Senior Systems Engineer, Broadcast Engineering

How You’ll Make An Impact

As the Senior Systems Engineer, you will join our dynamic team dedicated to Media Content Engineering. This role is responsible for providing innovative solutions for the Broadcast product team and will be responsible for building and managing systems that directly impact content creation, distribution, and live broadcast. This role will be responsible for delivering products and solutions that directly affect revenue to Sirius

XM.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining, configuring, and ensuring the reliable operation of computer systems within the broadcast content environment. In addition, you will adhere to standard operating procedures within IT Operations, including staff training and documentation.

Specifically, job duties include managing Windows servers & workstations, Linux servers, and the VMware virtual environment and the backend hardware supporting our virtual infrastructures. Your primary goal is to guarantee system uptime, performance, resource allocation, and security align with Sirius

XM security standards.

• Build, configure, and manage Windows Server (2012‑2022) and Linux server environments, including installation, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and software integration.
• Use SCCM to manage domain computer objects, create application packages, and deploy applications and patches across workstations.
• Perform backup, restore, rollback, and disaster recovery operations while maintaining system documentation, compliance reporting, and patch/update schedules.
• Apply core networking fundamentals—OSI/TCP/IP models, subnetting, NIC configuration, and network diagnostics—to ensure stable and secure infrastructure operations.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to resolve server, application, and infrastructure issues and support administrative tasks such as account setup and storage allocation.

• Working knowledge of Cisco UCS platform including Cisco UCS Manager and firmware upgrades.
• Knowledgeable of HP server platform, installing, configuring, and troubleshooting issues.

• Oversee the AD domain infrastructure.
• Manage AD objects, including user accounts and computer objects.
• Create, modify, and troubleshoot Group Policy objects.
• Knowledgeable about DNS, creating, managing host records and zones.
• Proficient with managing DHCP.

• Experience deploying Microsoft & Linux security patches.
• Assist in deploying patches to workstations and servers using Ivanti Security Controls.

• Manage Network File Servers and FTP resources.
• Administer end‑user accounts and permissions.

• Responsible for Virtual server infrastructure.
• Monitor and troubleshoot any issues.
• Collaborate with team members to perform upgrades.
• Provide recommendations including new features, licensing requirements, high‑availability, identity integration and risk assessment as appropriate.
• Develop and document all aspects of the virtual infrastructure as well as best practices and operating procedures.
• Work with application Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to build and manage virtual machines.

• Conduct design, implementation, administration, and support of the virtual desktop infrastructure including data‑center virtualized products and related components, server and data storage systems and systems software.
• Monitor the virtual desktop environment and take necessary steps to optimize efficiency and improve performance.
• Develop and document all aspects of the VDI environment as well as best practices and operating procedures.
• Understand desktop image creation and optimization for optimal workstation performance.

• Understanding of anti‑virus or endpoint security management.
• Ability to deploy, configure and troubleshoot endpoint security agent to servers and workstations.

• Handle Tier 2 trouble tickets submitted by end users via Service Now.
• Perform troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common hardware and software issues.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT systems or equivalent,…