Senior Broadcast Design Authority (Video & IP)

Senior Broadcast Design Authority (Video & IP) – Contract Role

Robert Half is supporting a global consulting firm in sourcing a Senior Broadcast Design Authority to lead a complex broadcast infrastructure site exit and migration programme. This is a senior, hands-on role requiring ownership of end-to-end design decisions across broadcast video and IP network environments.

Assignment Details

• Initial 3-month discovery phase with strong likelihood of extension through to May 2027

• Day rate c.£400–£450/day via umbrella

• Primarily remote with occasional on-site work in Hampshire (discovery phase)

Role Overview

You will act as the Lead Design Authority (LDA), responsible for analysing a complex, largely undocumented broadcast environment and defining the target architecture and migration strategy.

This includes ownership across:

• Discovery and service mapping

• Options analysis and target state design

• Migration approach and service transition

• Oversight through build and handover

Key Experience Required

• Proven experience acting as Design Authority / Lead Architect within broadcast environments

• Strong background in broadcast transmission, headend systems and video processing

• Hands-on experience with multiplexing, MPEG transport streams, encoding/decoding

• Experience across satellite, fibre and IP-based broadcast delivery chains

• Ability to analyse legacy, undocumented environments and define structured solutions

• Experience delivering end-to-end migration or transformation programmes

• Strong understanding of IP networking within broadcast environments (multicast, routing, transport)

• Ability to own and defend design decisions with senior stakeholders and architecture teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with Nimbra or similar broadcast transport technologies

• Exposure to cloud-based broadcast platforms (AWS/Azure)