Principal Software Architect (Streaming Media)

Job Title:	Principal Software Architect
Department:	Engineering
Reports to:	Technical Fellow
Office:	Morrisville, NC
Work Environment:	Remote (Eastern & Central time zones)

Owl Cyber Defense is a leader and trusted partner in cyber security. We deliver solutions that protect and connect the world’s most critical networks. Owl’s product lines of cross domain, data diode, and portable media solutions provide the strongest available security checkpoints for threat prevention and secure data availability. Our in-depth expertise in security engineering at the hardware and operating system level enables us to help government and commercial customers meet ever-evolving cyber security threats.

Job Summary:

Are you a visionary software architect with a passion for cutting-edge voice and video streaming technologies? Do you thrive on designing robust, scalable, and high-performance systems that deliver seamless communication experiences to critical decision makers? We're looking for an experienced Streaming Media Architect to lead the technical direction and evolution of our innovative streaming platform.

We're looking for a highly experienced and strategic Streaming Media Architect to play a pivotal role in defining and guiding the technical implementation of our products and services. You'll be instrumental in translating business requirements into technical designs, ensuring architectural integrity, and driving the adoption of best practices across our development teams. This role requires deep expertise in all facets of video streaming, from content ingest and encoding to delivery and playback.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve the architectural roadmap for our VOIP and video streaming platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Design and implement highly available and fault-tolerant systems for audio/video ingest, processing, transcoding, and delivery.
• Lead test-driven development to ensure reliable video quality.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance our streaming capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, guiding them on best practices for software design, development, and deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand product requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide solutions for optimization and improvement.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies in video streaming, codecs, Voice over IP (VOIP) and telephony.
• Champion security best practices within the streaming architecture.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Education
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience
  • 15+ years of experience in software development, with at least 5+ years in a lead development role focused on audio/video streaming
  • 3+ years of experience in VOIP/telephony applications with Asterisk and/or Cisco Unified Communications
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Deep expertise in video streaming protocols and technologies: RTP, SRTP, RTCP
  • Strong understanding of video codecs: H.264, H.265 (HEVC)
  • Strong understanding of audio codecs: G722, G729
  • Strong understanding of Voice over IP (VOIP) protocols and applications: Asterisk, SIP
  • Strong programming skills in at least one relevant language (e.g., Python, Java, C++).
  • Experience with live streaming and low-latency video.
  • Familiarity with video analytics and quality of experience (QoE) monitoring.
• Additional Competencies/Requirements
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to lead and influence technical discussions and decisions.
  • Some travel required
  • Candidates must be able to obtain/maintain a US Government security clearance

Benefits:
Owl offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the health, financial security, and wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) retirement plan with company match, generous paid time off, company-paid life insurance, and company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance. Employees may also choose from a variety of voluntary benefits and wellness programs. Specific benefit plan details, employee contribution rates, eligibility requirements, and other program information will be shared during the hiring process.

About Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC
Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC is a fast-growing cybersecurity solutions company, holding a firm leadership position in network security and secure information transfer. It is a privately-owned US company with offices in Columbia, MD, Danbury, CT and Morrisville, NC. For more information, see http://www.owlcyberdefense.com.

Owl Cyber Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal employment laws and regulations. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status