Video Streaming Engineer; Wowza, AWS Elemental

Job Title:

Video Streaming Engineer (Wowza, AWS Elemental)
Job Category:
Information Technology Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
None Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10%
Type of Travel:
Local*
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* The Opportunity:

CACI is currently looking for a Senior Video Streaming Engineer with Agile methodology experience to join our BEAGLE (Border Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge Information Technology) Agile Solution Factory (ASF) Team supporting the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) client located in Northern Virginia!

As a member of the BEAGLE ASF Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity. CBP agents and officers are on the front lines, every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive  this role, you will be the program's video delivery expert.

You will design, build, and optimize end-to-end Full-Motion Video (FMV) streaming pipelines utilizing Wowza Streaming Engine and AWS Elemental media services. Collaborating directly with Enterprise Architects and Technical Leads, you will help design and implement low-latency live video streaming topologies utilizing modern protocols like HLS and WebRTC , while steering the team toward future-state video transport technologies like SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) to support tactical edge operators.

Responsibilities:

Architect & Engineer Video Pipelines:
Collaborate with System Architects and Tech Leads to design, deploy, and maintain highly resilient, enterprise-scale video streaming architectures across hybrid (cloud and on-premises) environments.

Media Server Administration:
Install, configure, cluster, and optimize Wowza Streaming Engine servers to handle high-concurrency ingestion and distribution.

Cloud Video Processing:
Configure, monitor, and optimize cloud media workflows using the AWS Elemental Suite (including Elemental Media Live, Media Convert, Media Package, and Media Store).Protocol Implementation:
Implement and tune streaming video protocols including HLS, WebRTC, RTMP, and RTP/UDP , with a strong focus on deploying SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) for secure, low-latency streaming over unpredictable networks.

Video Optimization:
Configure and optimize video codecs (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.265/HEVC), transcode profiles, frame rates, adaptive bitrate (A ) streaming, and keyframe intervals for optimal performance over low-bandwidth environments.

Troubleshooting & Quality Assurance:
Deep-dive into complex video streaming issues such as frame drops, audio-video synchronization issues, latency bottlenecks, caching issues, and decoder incompatibilities.

Secure Delivery Integration:
Partner with security engineers to implement content encryption, DRM, secure token authentication, and TLS-wrapped streaming protocols to safeguard sensitive video assets.

Automation & Observability:
Write scripts (Python, Bash) to automate video ingestion pipelines, server provisioning, and performance monitoring. Establish real-time QoS/QoE monitoring and alerting for all active video streams.

Agile Team Member:
Actively participate in sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, and product demonstrations, delivering production-ready configurations and features in short sprint cycles.

Qualifications:

Citizenship & Clearance:
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass a CBP background investigation. Criteria include, but are not limited to:3-year check for felony convictions1-year check for illegal drug use1-year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud

Education:

College degree (B.S.)…