In-Person | Phoenix, AZ
Reports to: CEO
Salary: DOE (Depends on Experience)
Full-time

We’re looking for an IT Systems & Broadcast Engineer who’s as comfortable updating firewall rules as they are troubleshooting a video matrix before a national show hits the air.

This is a hands-on, in-person role supporting the complex systems behind the Kim Komando Show, America’s most listened-to weekend talk radio show about tech. You’ll oversee everything from cloud servers and networking to studio audio and video systems.

✅ What You’ll Need

  • 5+ years of IT and network systems experience
  • Background in broadcast or media production systems (radio or TV is a plus)
  • Comfort working independently and juggling a lot of cool (and mission-critical) tech
  • Familiarity with both Windows and Mac environments
  • Ability to communicate clearly with both techies and not-so-techies

🧰 Your Tech Playground

You’ll get to manage, configure, and support a broad range of platforms and services:

🖥️ Systems & Infrastructure

  • Google Workspace & Office 365
  • Windows Server (2008–2016), Hyper-V
  • MySQL, MariaDB
  • N-able (RMM), Bitdefender ESR
  • DNS (BIND9, Cloudflare, Windows)
  • AWS (EC2, RDS)
  • Remote access (Guacamole, GoToMyPC, RemotePC)
  • Citrix XenServer, Veeam, Dell EqualLogic
  • WordPress & WP Engine, SSL (Let’s Encrypt)
  • QuickBooks hosting & admin
  • Zapier, Google Analytics
  • Beehiiv

🔌 Networking & Security

  • FortiGate, Watchguard Firewall Admin
  • VLAN/routing and Cisco CLI
  • Ruckus Unleashed Wi-Fi
  • iSCSI LUN management, backups, disaster recovery

🎙️ Broadcast & Studio

  • Wheatstone Blade3, Telos VX, Comrex
  • Harmonic, Tricaster, OB Software
  • Miranda NV9700 matrix, BrightEyes, Blackmagic Decklink
  • Shoretel Director 100, FreePBX / Asterisk
  • Chyron Hego, Clip Jockey, Live Streaming via CDN
  • Riverside.fm, Carbonite Extreme

🎯 Why You’ll Love It Here

You’ll work directly with a small, mighty media team reaching millions of listeners, viewers, and readers every week. It’s fast-paced, rewarding, and every day is different  from software testing to keeping our audio crystal clear and video broadcast-ready. Plus: competitive salary, health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off and more!

Equal Opportunity Employment

We take great pride in our diverse and talented workforce. We recognize that our continued success depends largely on the collective strengths of our employees. Developing the right mix of skills, ideas and individuals requires an unwavering commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. Accordingly, we recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to an employee’s race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, veteran status or disability.

WestStar is deeply committed to fostering a transparently inclusive workplace environment, and people of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQIA+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Our company-wide mission is to reach very diverse audiences, and so, we are committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.

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