AV Architect - SME

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Summary: The AV Architect-SME designs and governs enterprise AV/VTC solutions, leading architecture and optimization of live and recorded video streaming workflows while driving AV standards and continuous service improvement. Highlights: 1. Serve as the lead subject matter expert for enterprise AV architecture. 2. Design end-to-end AV systems for various collaboration spaces. 3. Lead integration of AV solutions with Microsoft Teams Rooms and Webex. Apply Now Description The AV Architect-SME serves as the senior technical authority for audiovisual and video teleconference architecture supporting the SEC ISS contract. This role designs and governs enterprise AV/VTC solutions across conference rooms, collaborion spaces, and large venues, ensuring interoperability, reliability, and secure integrion with SEC collaborion plforms such as Microsoft Teams Rooms and, per SEC ISS/PWS scope, Webex. The position leads architecture and optimizion of live and recorded video streaming workflows for high-visibility events, including town halls and open/closed commission meetings. This role also drives AV standards, technical direction, and continuous service improvement aligned to SEC operional, SLA, and cybersecurity requirements. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Enterprise AV Architecture and Standards - Serve as the lead subject mter expert for enterprise AV architecture across SEC-supported environments. - Design end-to-end AV systems for conference rooms, collaborion spaces, and large event venues. - Define and enforce AV engineering standards, reference designs, and interoperability requirements across hardware, control systems, and conferencing plforms. - Present technical design decisions and implemention direction to Federal stakeholders for review and approval prior to execution. Unified Communicions and Plform Integrion - Lead integrion of AV solutions with Microsoft Teams Rooms, Webex (as required by SEC ISS/PWS scope), and reled unified communicions services. - Architect AV-over-IP and network-aware AV designs th align with SEC LAN/WAN/WLAN and VoIP environments. - Partner with service desk, network, and operions teams to resolve escaled AV/VTC issues and prevent recurrence through permanent fixes. - Develop and maintain AV technical documention, SOPs, and operional runbooks to support consistent delivery. Streaming, Events, and Media Engineering - Architect and optimize secure, high-quality, low-lency video streaming workflows for enterprise broadcasts and live events. - Provide technical leadership for AV/VTC execution of major SEC events HQ and remote locions, including town halls and commission meetings. - Oversee live audio/video direction, recording, post-production editing, and webcast delivery quality. - Coordine captioning and third-party accessibility support (for example, sign language services) to meet event requirements. Operions, Security, and Continuous Improvement - Oversee AV/VTC infrastructure lifecycle activities, including upgrades, modernizion planning, and operional readiness validion. - Implement proactive monitoring, incident response support, and root-cause remediion for AV service reliability. - Ensure AV solutions comply with SEC change control practices and applicable cybersecurity/security requirements. - Track AV service performance trends and contribute recommendions to improve SLA outcomes and user experience. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Citizenship/Work Authorizion: Must meet contract requirements. Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain SEC Public Trust (or higher if required). Educion: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (for example, Informion Technology, Computer Science, or Engineering). Experience: - 12+ years of experience in AV engineering or AV architecture in enterprise environments. - Demonstred experience designing and deploying complex AV/VTC solutions for conference rooms, collaborion spaces, and large venues. - Experience integring AV systems with collaborion and communicions plforms and enterprise network infrastructure. - Familiarity with AV security best practices for enterprise AV/VTC design, deployment, and operions. Technical Skills: - Core staffing-mrix skills: enterprise AV hardware (displays, codecs, DSPs, microphones, conference room systems). - Core staffing-mrix skills: AV control systems (Crestron, AMX). - Core staffing-mrix skills: Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms integrion. - Core staffing-mrix skills: video conferencing, video streaming, AV-over-IP architecture, and network integrion concepts. - Core staffing-mrix skills: troubleshooting and resolution of complex AV/VTC interoperability issues. - Core staffing-mrix skills: AV standards development, documention, and operional governance. - PWS-derived contract-context capabilities: Cisco Webex integrion and webcast/media-production workflows for SEC ISS event support. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience supporting AV/VTC services in a federal agency or similarly reguled enterprise environment. - Experience supporting high-visibility executive, board, or commission-style live events with strict quality and timing requirements. - Working knowledge of ITIL-based incident/problem management and service metrics in a ticketed operions model. - Familiarity with accessibility support delivery for live events, including captioning workflows and vendor coordinion. - Experience leading large-scale, multi-site AV modernizion programs across enterprise or federal environments. - AVIXA CTS-D or CTS-I - Crestron certificion - Microsoft Teams Rooms technical certificion WORK ENVIRONMENT / OTHER Operional Support: May require participion in on-call or surge support activities depending on operional needs. Locion: On-site SEC HQ, Washington, DC Travel: As required per contract direction. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. 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