Position Overview

The Systems Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day resolution of issues and requests (tickets) as well as the monitoring and maintenance and monitoring of all workstations and peripherals within the Boat Rocker Media network as pertains to hardware, operating systems, and application software.

The Systems Administrator is also responsible for keeping inventory up-to-date; ensure all software licenses are properly recorded, as well as keeping the systems area, the systems cage, and software cabinet organized and clean. They must also work with the Facilities department to assist in employee and/or equipment installations, moves and reconfigurations.

The Systems Administrator must work well with other members of the Technology Department to learn how to use and troubleshoot new applications and/or services as they are introduced to the production pipeline, as well as, increasing their skills in other areas related to the Technology Department to help improve their overall performance and scope of knowledge.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Resolve computer-related issues for studio employees as assigned by the Help Desk
• Complete in full all assigned project tasks
• Assist in ensuring that the inventory system is up-to-date
• Assist in ensuring that all software licenses are properly assigned
• Assist in organization and cleaning of all Systems and Systems storage areas
• Continually learning all skills required to provide proper ongoing support
• Continually improve troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Documentation of all methods and procedures
• Perform monitor calibrations as required
• Perform additional duties as required

 Required Skills and Experience

• 3+ years experience as a Systems Administrator (Studio experience a bonus)
• Completed post-secondary education in computer-related area of study

• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• High level of customer service orientation
• Availability to work non-traditional hours

• Strong knowledge and troubleshooting of basic network issues
• Strong knowledge and troubleshooting of Windows 7 and basic office applications
• Experience and knowledge graphics and animation applications a bonus

Territory Studio– AssistantSystem Administrator

We’re looking for an experienced Assistant System Administrator to join our growing team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our highly talented, creative and friendly studio, supporting the delivery of a varied range of exciting Motion Graphics and VFX projects. These include Film productions, Games, Live action shoots, Digital content for marketing campaigns including VR and 360 videos.

Responsible for supporting the Motion GFX and VFX production pipelines with any hardware and software requirements, accompanying plugins, and the render farm, you will be part of a team working with the latest, high performance technology in a constantly evolving environment with a diverse set of workflows.

Additionally, you will need to be an all-round IT expert able to oversee the complete IT infrastructure of Motion, troubleshooting IT issues and working with our external IT support company and Production Assistant to keep the pipelines running smoothly.

Role & Responsibilities

• Working with the System Administrator, you will be the first point of contact for the departments IT related issues and support users with technical advice and guidance, trouble-shoot and solve technical issues across the IT hardware and software.
• Working with our IT support company who are responsible for the servers, backup, archive and networking.
• Day-to-day system administration, management, support and maintenance of the IT infrastructure for motion including computer hardware, telephony, application software and operating systems, primarily Apple Mac with Windows.
• Install software and plugins on workstations and track usage.
• Oversee licence servers for a variety of software.
• Ensure that the security of the IT systems, network, resources and information is set-up following best practice, maintained and tested on a regular basis in line with information security management procedures.
• Manage the relationships with external IT service providers and suppliers.
• Provision new desktops, laptops, mobile devices and other IT equipment for new employees or employees changing their roles.
• Assist in training staff and new starters on their use of the company’s IT hardware, software and telephony systems.
• Track IT assets and organise recycling or decommissioning of IT equipment as required.
• Keep up to date with emerging technology and the security threat landscape to help plan, assess, specify and introduce new IT solutions and improvements to existing systems.
• Assist with setting company policies relating to the use, management and maintenance of IT systems, and ensure these are communicated to users and enforced.
• Creating and maintaining system documentation where needed.

Technical Skills & Experience 

• Experience of supporting shows within a VFX house and/or managing systems in a creative agency (preferred).
• An excellent knowledge of Apple Mac OS and Windows.
• Applications used in the studio include the following so working knowledge is beneficial but not vital: Shotgun, Cinema 4D, After Effects and Adobe's Creative Suite, Nuke, Maya and a range of plugins that go with them.
• Render farm set-up and management. Working knowledge of Deadline is beneficial but not vital, likewise with Arnold, Redshift, V-ray and Octane.
• Excellent troubleshooting and technical problem solving skills. Able to diagnose and fix hardware faults and software issues.
• A thorough understanding of networks including routing and switching.
• Strong system administration skills including the setup, configuration and monitoring of servers.
• Understand the importance of confidentiality, critical work and delivering promptly.

About You

To succeed in the role, you should be enthusiastic, positive, highly motivated, confident, organised and enjoy dealing with a large variety of systems and workflows. You should be excited by new technologies and opportunities and ready to help develop and improve the existing processes and infrastructure. You should be proficient at communicating both problems and solutions to technical and non-technical personnel alike and will bring new processes, technologies and techniques to the studio to improve the running of the facility in the future. The role requires a character that is always calm and willing to multitask and to help sort out problems and issues as they arise daily across the organisation, being flexible with work hours. This is an essential position within the company with lots of opportunity in the role as the company continues to grow.

About Us 

The facility is a world-leading motion graphics studio specialising in film and games. We believe that creative concepts across VFX, trailers and original content should capture the energy and excitement of dynamic narratives. And with a passion for bringing human depth to near future and science fiction technology, we craft stunning UI concepts that connect technology, entertainment and emotional engagement. www.territorystudio.com

The role is based in London, permanent and 40 hours per week.

Salary is competitive and dependent on experience.

You will need to be qualified to work in the UK

Are you a team player with great communication skills? Are you familiar with VFX processes and well versed in shading languages? If so – let’s chat!

As the Senior Shader Writer, you will further develop our shading technologies. Working closely with our Software team, you will spend your days:

• designing and architecting Rendering & Shading technologie
• writing RenderMan & Arnold shaders and tool
• integrating new rendering technologies within Katana
• building relationships with key artists and production staf
• translating production requests into technical implementation
• working in conjunction with supervisors, TDs and artists to ensure images can be created to the highest standard

You must have:

• strong knowledge of current Shading & Rendering technologies
• fluency in C++ and Python
• experience with a shading language/shader API (RIS, RSL , OSL, GLSL, Arnold,Mantra, etc)
• a solid understanding of VFX processes

In addition, the following are considered nice-to-have:

• experience with volumetric shading and rendering in Arnold and RenderMan
• experience with CUDA based real-time renderers
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Applied Mathematics equivalent

If this sounds like you, please submit your cover letter and resume to careers@spinvfx.com. Be sure to include “Senior Shader Writer” in the subject line.

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Sr. Systems Engineer, Platform Engineering

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ world-class filmmakers, artists and technical wizards collaborate to create the magic of animation. Bring your unique talents, passion and ideas to our team and prepare to play in a creative, artist-friendly environment.

We are adding one more talented engineer to our Technology team. In this role, you will partner with artists, production leadership, technical directors, other systems and software engineers, and technology leadership on the design and implementation of foundational infrastructure services motivated by the needs of film production at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

The ideal candidate will enjoy the diversity and challenges of working at various levels in the foundational platform stack, from defining storage architectures, providing service orchestration and measuring data performance, to developing service level APIs and intuitive user interfaces. All projects have in common the pursuit of simple and performant solutions to complex problems using Agile and DevOps methodologies as part of high-energy, proficient teams.

The engineer filling this role should welcome being assigned to a variety of projects depending on studio needs. Example assignments could include: investigation and implementation of high performance storage solutions;  design of configuration management and build automation processes; continuous integration and deployment; development of containerization and service orchestration solutions; cloud services integration; and data monitoring, measurement and analytics.

Systems engineers are highly supportive of each other, expected to demonstrate self-direction when needed, and learn through experiencing both success and failure. You must be comfortable supporting your team by bringing fresh insight for shared problem solving. Also critical to success in this role is the ability to build trusted relationships with technical and non-technical users to understand their needs and pain points intimately, and deliver relevant solutions.

Requirements

• Five or more years of systems engineering experience in a professional environment

• Demonstrated expertise in Linux systems engineering (Windows experience also useful)

• Object-oriented development experience in Python (C++ also useful)

• Strong knowledge of configuration management, build automation, and provisioning

• Experience with a wide variety of open source technologies and cloud services

• Deep understanding of TCP/IP networks and related technologies

• In-depth knowledge of NAS and Object Storage architectures

• Working knowledge of relational and nonrelational databases

• Solid communication, team working, and problem solving skills, with a desire to continue to grow in these areas

• Must be an effective listener who engages with stakeholders to understand their requirements and infer practical solutions

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field; or comparable industry experience

Job Summary

Responsible for planning, integrating and problem-solving in a cross-platform environment. In addition to supporting technical operations, under the leadership of the Director of IT, provide diagrams and documentation of all infrastructure aspects. Routine monitoring of servers, storage and network and provide support in the event of a system failure. Directs and assists IT Department in implementing and maintaining system policies and procedures.

Ensuring the needs of the studio are met, offering technical support and creating installation instructions for users.  

Responsibilities:

• Provide effective technical support to the Windows, Linux, and OS X and the operational environment. Ensure Windows and Linux servers are appropriately patched as part of a patch management strategy.

• Implementation and assist with compliance fulfilment by establishing and documenting these policies.

• Monitor all servers and networks, related hardware and software to assure optimal performance.

• Under the guidance of the Director of IT, create and follow defined policies and procedures that assure best practices for high availability for operations, including redundant power to all servers, HVAC, cabling, power and security.

• Build servers/virtual machines and configure to specification.

• Maintain servers, virtual machines, Active Directory, file and print services, storage systems and backups.

• Direct IT staff in developing, testing, evaluating and deploying new technologies and solutions and provide documentation and diagrams.

• Cross train with peers on the deployment and maintenance of the network infrastructure, virtualization, servers and storage support.

• Continually increase the level of stability within the studio's information technology infrastructure as well as personal skill set and knowledge.

• Setup and configure the server room and systems therein by architecting to a robust, stable and manageable state.

• Available to be on call in the event of any major system outage to troubleshoot, and resolve technology based issues. Followed by providing a roadmap outlining cause and recommendations for addressing system issue.

• Attend product briefings, read product information, understand what others are doing to assess validity and usefulness within the studio environment.

• Research and implement a backup strategy able to reliably backup critical user data and profiles.

• Provide leadership to with those with whom you work with through your conduct, attitude and professionalism. Represent the Information Technology organization to staff and artists in a way that reflects well on the IT Department.

• Effectively performs other duties as needed in the event of IT staff being unavailable.

Qualifications:

• 6 or more years related professional work experience.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to clearly relay technical requirements to management

• Strong, effective documentation skills

• Knowledge of server and desktop infrastructure, Linux, OSX and Windows 7

• Strong understanding of Bash, Python and/or Perl

• Knowledge of email systems (MS Exchange, Office365 and Google Apps)

• Ability to successfully work independently with initiative, and complete assigned tasks and responsibilities, as well as work collaboratively with others.

To Apply:

Please email resumes, reels and blogs to hireme@gurustudio.com with IT Architect in the subject line.

Guru Studio would like to thank all applicants for your interest, however, only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.  Guru Studio is an equal opportunity employer.  

EightVFX is always looking for exceptional, enthusiastic and passionate talent to join our team. With offices in Santa Monica and New York, we are a dynamic community of visual effects artists, producing high-end work for Advertising, Features, TV Shows and Video-Games cinematic.

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer for the facility in Santa-Monica (CA).

Responsibilities:

• Configure, manage and maintain servers.
• Develop and innovate best practices for data management.
• Manage hardware and software purchases, licenses and installations and maintenance.
• Provide day to day technology support and general systems management.
• Manage/maintain file sharing and data transfers.
• Manage archival storage and restores.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks.
• Manage security guidelines and ensure all content is up to par to clients security and confidential material.
• Manage the Autodesk Flame workstations (Installation, software and hardware troubleshooting)
• Ability to begin building and script an internal pipeline a plus.

Required knowledge:

• Linux administration
• Windows administration (Active directory, DNS, DHCP)
• Three to five years system administration experience in VFX industry
• Autodesk Flame experience (Hardware and software configuration)
• Strong shell scripting skills
• Good knowledge of IP networks (subnetting, vlaning, firewalling)
• Experience with virtualization
• Experience building out networks from scratch
• Experience with network security (firewalls, DMZ)

Director of Post Production Operations Job Description 

We are an Emmy winning Post-Production and Creative Services Company producing multiple short-form original series for major cable networks, original content for You Tube, EPKs, feature films, etc.  

Position reports directly to the CEO.  

Job Duties:

• Work with the Creative team, editors and clients to create and manage post schedules assets and deliverables
• Manage the day-to-day workflow for post-production department
• Liaise with Creative Services, Post Supervisor, editors and clients to create and manage post schedules, edit bays, assets and deliverables
• Organize notes and revisions with clients
• QC and manage deliverables
• Track Physical and Digital Assets
• Digital Asset Management
• Client relations and requests
• Server Media Organization
• Media Sharing Software maintenance and organization
• Shoot specification lists, oversee music cue sheets
• Evaluate and recommend creative post-production tools/software
• Evaluate department needs and/or problems by combining and applying problem solving analysis and production experience, then recommend efficiencies, procedures and directions
• All other duties as assigned by management

Work may also include:

• Client billing and bids
• Vendor relations
• Budgets and actuals
• Invoice review
• Manage Post personnel
• Ensure Creative team successfully hits goals

Requirements:

• Experience facing and communicating with clients
• Knowledge of HD/SD formats
• Knowledge of offline and online editing
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Knowledge of post-production workflow
• Management experience
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Final Cut Pro & Avid and video formats and codecs

Flexibility of schedule is needed. Some weekend work may be necessary.

ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS

EOE

Position Overview

The Systems Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day resolution of issues and requests (tickets) as well as the monitoring and maintenance and monitoring of all workstations and peripherals within the Boat Rocker Media network as pertains to hardware, operating systems, and application software.

The Systems Administrator is also responsible for keeping inventory up-to-date; ensure all software licenses are properly recorded, as well as keeping the systems area, the systems cage, and software cabinet organized and clean. They must also work with the Facilities department to assist in employee and/or equipment installations, moves and reconfigurations.

The Systems Administrator must work well with other members of the Technology Department to learn how to use and troubleshoot new applications and/or services as they are introduced to the production pipeline, as well as, increasing their skills in other areas related to the Technology Department to help improve their overall performance and scope of knowledge.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Resolve computer-related issues for studio employees as assigned by the Help Desk
• Complete in full all assigned project tasks
• Assist in ensuring that the inventory system is up-to-date
• Assist in ensuring that all software licenses are properly assigned
• Assist in organization and cleaning of all Systems and Systems storage areas
• Continually learning all skills required to provide proper ongoing support
• Continually improve troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Documentation of all methods and procedures
• Perform monitor calibrations as required
• Perform additional duties as required

 Required Skills and Experience

• 3+ years experience as a Systems Administrator (Studio experience a bonus)
• Completed post-secondary education in computer-related area of study

• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• High level of customer service orientation
• Availability to work non-traditional hours

• Strong knowledge and troubleshooting of basic network issues
• Strong knowledge and troubleshooting of Windows 7 and basic office applications
• Experience and knowledge graphics and animation applications a bonus

Molinare TV & Film Ltd

Post Production Systems Administrator 

Molinare TV & Film Ltd have an exciting vacancy for a Post Production Systems Administrator to join the team. The successful candidate will be providing IT administrative support to our VFX, grading, and editing systems.

The Company

Molinare TV & Film Ltd is a leading facility that provides excellence in post-production services for both feature films and high end broadcast television.  The company offers innovative workflows for its wide ranging clients and provides a competitive, agile and flexible technical response to meet their developing needs.

The IT team is vital in this role.  As well as having responsibility for systems administration of our post production tools, they provide support and development of workflow solutions, tailored to meet the ever-changing challenges that face the company.

The Role Overview

The role is responsible for production systems and support administration of predominantly Linux systems for VFX, grading, editing and general post production, liaising with operational staff to develop workflow enhancements and features.

Key responsibilities include

• Filmlight and Autodesk systems administration
• Administration of the VFX render farm, workstations and licencing/LDAP servers
• Scripting to provide enhancements in post-production workflows
• Production networking configuration
• General Linux administration

Desirable knowledge and experience

• Scripting in computer languages, such as Python and Bash
• Understanding of post-production workflows and practices
• Knowledge of video file transcoding
• General IT skills in Windows and Mac OSX
• HP blade centres & z workstations, deadline render management and Nuke support
• Experience of VFX, Filmlight Baselight and Autodesk Flame systems
• Team working
• Problem solving

Salary commensurate with experience.  Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

In line with the requirements of the Immigration, Asylum & Nationalities Act 2006, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.

Position Overview

The Systems Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day resolution of issues and requests (tickets) as well as the monitoring and maintenance and monitoring of all workstations and peripherals within the Boat Rocker Media network as pertains to hardware, operating systems, and application software.

The Systems Administrator is also responsible for keeping inventory up-to-date; ensure all software licenses are properly recorded, as well as keeping the systems area, the systems cage, and software cabinet organized and clean. They must also work with the Facilities department to assist in employee and/or equipment installations, moves and reconfigurations.

The Systems Administrator must work well with other members of the Technology Department to learn how to use and troubleshoot new applications and/or services as they are introduced to the production pipeline, as well as, increasing their skills in other areas related to the Technology Department to help improve their overall performance and scope of knowledge.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Resolve computer-related issues for studio employees as assigned by the Help Desk
• Complete in full all assigned project tasks
• Assist in ensuring that the inventory system is up-to-date
• Assist in ensuring that all software licenses are properly assigned
• Assist in organization and cleaning of all Systems and Systems storage areas
• Continually learning all skills required to provide proper ongoing support
• Continually improve troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Documentation of all methods and procedures
• Perform monitor calibrations as required
• Perform additional duties as required

 Required Skills and Experience

• 3+ years experience as a Systems Administrator (Studio experience a bonus)
• Completed post-secondary education in computer-related area of study

• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• High level of customer service orientation
• Availability to work non-traditional hours

• Strong knowledge and troubleshooting of basic network issues
• Strong knowledge and troubleshooting of Windows 7 and basic office applications
• Experience and knowledge graphics and animation applications a bonus

Sony PlayStation has an opening for a IT Specialist, in our Creative Department.  This role is responsible for supporting the technical needs of the our Creative, Design, Events, and Video group. This candidate will be working with a variety of team members, including: Designers, CG Artists, Editors, Producers, Project Managers, Digital Asset Managers, and IT. They will assist and provide guidance for the technical and production needs for the teams. This role supports creative groups who produce content that will be seen around the world by millions of fans. The role requires the ability to change gears quickly and support teams working against tight deadlines. If this sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you. Please note, this is a long term contract role, with possibility of extension.

Essential Creative Support Responsibilities:

• Assist CG, Video Production, and Designers with production issues such as software debugging and project related issues
• Scripting new tools and maintaining past scripts as necessary
• Providing technical support across all teams (software, license, plugin)
• Act as a support liaison between end users and vendors (Adobe, Thinkbox, Autodesk, etc)
• Work with IT on UAT for department specific software and plugins

Essential IT Responsibilities:

• Setup and upgrade of computer systems
• Physical setup of new computer systems and new users
• Troubleshoot computer issues with minimal end-user interruption
• Testing new software and plugins before deployment to end-users
• Create and maintain internal department documentation
• Create and update internal department documentation as necessary

Qualifications:

• At least 1 to 3 years of experience in a support role for creative teams, such as VFX, Animation, Game Industry, etc.
• VFX & Animation background with IT Support experience preferred
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud applications desired (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, Media Encoder)
• Familiar with the VFX pipeline a plus
• Experience with VFX applications (Maya, Nuke, Cinema 4D)
• Experience with render farms, Deadline preferred
• Working knowledge of Linux, Mac, and Windows
• A familiar understanding of network, storage, and IT practices
• Programming experience, Python preferred
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Time management skills; Able to multi-task and prioritize
• Ability to adapt to a high pressure, fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Support role requires 24/7 on call capabilities
• Ability to work late nights and weekends as required

Territory Studio– System Administrator

We’re looking for an System Administrator to join our growing team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our highly talented, creative and friendly studio, supporting the delivery of a varied range of exciting Motion Graphics and VFX projects. These include Film productions, Games, Live action shoots, Digital content for marketing campaigns including VR and 360 videos.

Responsible for supporting the Motion GFX and VFX production pipelines with any hardware and software requirements, accompanying plugins, and the render farm, you will be part of a team working with the latest, high performance technology in a constantly evolving environment with a diverse set of workflows.

Additionally, you will need to be an all-round IT expert able to oversee the complete IT infrastructure of Motion, troubleshooting IT issues and working with our external IT support company and Production Assistant to keep the pipelines running smoothly.

Role & Responsibilities

• Working with the System Administrator, you will be the first point of contact for the departments IT related issues and support users with technical advice and guidance, trouble-shoot and solve technical issues across the IT hardware and software.
• Working with our IT support company who are responsible for the servers, backup, archive and networking.
• Day-to-day system administration, management, support and maintenance of the IT infrastructure for motion including computer hardware, telephony, application software and operating systems, primarily Apple Mac with Windows.
• Install software and plugins on workstations and track usage.
• Oversee licence servers for a variety of software.
• Ensure that the security of the IT systems, network, resources and information is set-up following best practice, maintained and tested on a regular basis in line with information security management procedures.
• Manage the relationships with external IT service providers and suppliers.
• Provision new desktops, laptops, mobile devices and other IT equipment for new employees or employees changing their roles.
• Assist in training staff and new starters on their use of the company’s IT hardware, software and telephony systems.
• Track IT assets and organise recycling or decommissioning of IT equipment as required.
• Keep up to date with emerging technology and the security threat landscape to help plan, assess, specify and introduce new IT solutions and improvements to existing systems.
• Assist with setting company policies relating to the use, management and maintenance of IT systems, and ensure these are communicated to users and enforced.
• Creating and maintaining system documentation where needed.

Technical Skills & Experience 

• Experience of supporting shows within a VFX house and/or managing systems in a creative agency (preferred).
• An excellent knowledge of Apple Mac OS and Windows.
• Applications used in the studio include the following so working knowledge is beneficial but not vital: Shotgun, Cinema 4D, After Effects and Adobe's Creative Suite, Nuke, Maya and a range of plugins that go with them.
• Render farm set-up and management. Working knowledge of Deadline is beneficial but not vital, likewise with Arnold, Redshift, V-ray and Octane.
• Excellent troubleshooting and technical problem solving skills. Able to diagnose and fix hardware faults and software issues.
• A thorough understanding of networks including routing and switching.
• Strong system administration skills including the setup, configuration and monitoring of servers.
• Understand the importance of confidentiality, critical work and delivering promptly.

About You

To succeed in the role, you should be enthusiastic, positive, highly motivated, confident, organised and enjoy dealing with a large variety of systems and workflows. You should be excited by new technologies and opportunities and ready to help develop and improve the existing processes and infrastructure. You should be proficient at communicating both problems and solutions to technical and non-technical personnel alike and will bring new processes, technologies and techniques to the studio to improve the running of the facility in the future. The role requires a character that is always calm and willing to multitask and to help sort out problems and issues as they arise daily across the organisation, being flexible with work hours. This is an essential position within the company with lots of opportunity in the role as the company continues to grow.

About Us 

The facility is a world-leading motion graphics studio specialising in film and games. We believe that creative concepts across VFX, trailers and original content should capture the energy and excitement of dynamic narratives. And with a passion for bringing human depth to near future and science fiction technology, we craft stunning UI concepts that connect technology, entertainment and emotional engagement. www.territorystudio.com

The role is based in London, permanent and 40 hours per week.

Salary is competitive and dependent on experience.

You will need to be qualified to work in the UK

The Role:

What You’ll Own:

• Primary technical responsibility for a variety of servers, network devices, mass storage devices, workstations, and end-user laptops.
• Troubleshoot server, network, storage, and desktop issues with the hardware development, software development, and video production departments to resolve issues
• Administer and manage Cisco-based WAN, LAN, WiFi and VPN connectivity across multiple sites
• Administer and manage Linux-based (CentOS & Ubuntu) systems.
• Administer and manage communication solutions: Cisco VoIP, Zoom, A/V meetings.
• Help manage in-house storage (QNAP NAS), ensuring high availability, performance, redundancy, and capacity
• Help design and manage critical customer-facing systems in coordination with hardware, software, and QA teams
• Develop and maintain shell or Python scripts to automate processes and improve monitoring
• Manage data archiving for video projects across multiple office locations
• Work closely with other teams to plan and implement internal and customer-facing systems
• Share on-call responsibility
• Add to existing documentation
• Occasionally work off hours for planned maintenance and emergencies as needed

Our Ideal Candidate Has:

• Experience managing OS X, Linux and Windows servers, workstations, and laptops
• Experience designing, implementing and supporting a distributed/clustered file systems
• Experience working with data volumes into the hundreds of terabytes
• In-depth knowledge of Cisco WAN/LAN networking, with QoS and VoIP experience highly desired
• Experience troubleshooting performance bottlenecks on CentOS and Ubuntu Linux using GUI and CLI tools
• Solid scripting experience using shell scripting, Python, or similar
• In-depth knowledge of NFS, SMB, automounting, and tuning
• Experience with storage technologies and solutions, replication, backups, and cloud
• Experience with networking and IP services (TCP/IP, subnetting, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, routing, VPN, etc.) within a Cisco networking environment. Cisco certification preferred.
• Experience with LDAP, with Apple Open Directory specifically a plus

Want to make awesome cartoons with amazingly talented teams in a cool new studio?

DHX Media – Vancouver is looking for an experienced Desktop Support team member to join our IT department! 

The role: 

As a member of our Desktop Support team, you will be working with our awesome IT department to provide day-to-day end-user support for our Production and Corporate employees. You will be responsible for setup, maintenance and troubleshooting of workstations, laptops and printers. As this is a production environment you must be capable of quickly changing focus while keeping track of everything on the go. 

You will get to work on… 

•          Installing, maintaining, and upgrading PC workstations, peripherals and application software
•          Providing End-User support for Corporate and Production employees
•          Maintaining accurate record of hardware inventory
•          Other duties as assigned by the IT Manager 

You will be a great fit on our team if… 

•          You make a conscious effort to keep up-to-date on new and emerging technologies
•          You have the ability to excel in a fast paced environment, adapting to multiple demands and shifting priorities
•          You are a team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
•          You love to learn, try new things and think outside the box 

Specific skills we’d love to see… 

•          Knowledge of PC hardware, as well as various Windows and Mac operating systems and applications                                      
•          Strong knowledge of Windows Desktop Operating systems as well as the Office Suite
•          Familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory and Server 2012/2016 platforms
•          Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud and Autodesk Maya Software is a definite asset 

Who are we?

DHX Media Ltd. (TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B; NASDAQ: DHXM) is a leading children’s content and brands company, recognized globally for such high-profile properties as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Caillou, Inspector Gadget, and the acclaimed Degrassi franchise. One of the world’s foremost producers of children’s shows, DHX Media owns the world’s largest independent library of children’s content, at 13,000 half-hours. It licenses its content to broadcasters and streaming services worldwide and generates royalties through its global consumer products program. Through its subsidiary, WildBrain, DHX Media operates one of the largest networks of children’s channels on YouTube. Headquartered in Canada, DHX Media has 20 offices worldwide. 

THANK YOU to all those who express interest in being a part of the DHX Studios team. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we receive, we may be unable to reply to all applicants. If we feel that you may be a good match for one of our current openings you will be contacted. DHX will accommodate people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required.

To apply: https://www.dhxmedia.com/animation-studio-careers/

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to Pipeline Leadership, the Maya Pipeline Developer identifies and solves complex VFX Pipeline challenges for tools, plug-ins, pipeline and workflow. The Maya Pipeline Developer’s perspective is high level and forward looking. Demonstrated ability to prioritize, partner and implement new and improved technologies the Maya Pipeline Developer has advanced skills with Maya, Python and C++ required for research, development and mentoring others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify and solve complex, systematic problems in the domain of the tools, plug-ins, pipeline and overall workflow development
• Gather requirements across large collaboration efforts that span multiple departments and/or disciplines
• Leverage current technology research and development trends to innovate and advance Scanline’s technologies
• Design, build, and implement pro-types; Debug and QA using common testing platforms with stakeholders
• Maintain and support created tools; fine-tune and troubleshoot as needed
• Write Technical Briefs and documentation
• Partner with Pipeline Management team to identify and schedule tasks
• Define, communicate and enforce coding standards across teams and projects
• Mentor other pipeline team members; advise, guide and grow others

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS 

• BA in Computer Science, or similar discipline (required)
• 5+ years’ experience in VFX, Gaming or other professional Maya software development
• Demonstrated advanced work experience with Maya, C/C++ and Python
• Experience with runtime rendering APIs, like DirectX or OpenGL (preferred)
• Experience with user interface design in QT/PyQT
• Experience with V-Ray, Thinking Particles, or Fume FX (preferred)
• Experience working with pipelines in Windows
• Experience with meshes, transforms, joints and dynamic simulations
• Understanding of scheduling, task estimates and capacity planning
• Strong written & verbal communication skills

BENEFITS INCLUDED
+Extended Medical
+Disability Insurance
+Dental Insurance

JOB SUMMARY

The Desktop & Hardware Support reports to the Head of IT for our Vancouver and Los Angeles studio locations. This role involves providing day to day technical support in our Los Angeles studio and our remote datacenter in Los Angeles. Responsibilities include desktop support tasks, as well as working with our remote Vancouver team to diagnose hardware problems. As Desktop & Hardware Support, expect to work with all studio levels/departments in a fast paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide IT support to the LA and Vancouver studios
• Install new hardware and maintain existing workstations and servers
• Collaborate with local and remote team members to escalate and resolve problems
• Collaborate with IT and pipeline team to resolve cross-department technical problems

SOFTWARE SKILLS

• 1+ years Linux/Windows/Mac desktop or server experience
• Experience building and repairing computer hardware
• Experience with basic network configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python, bash, Powershell) (preferred)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Resourceful and proactive in gathering information, making a decision and taking action
• Able to manage own workload
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment including remote members of the team

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JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to Pipeline Leadership, the 3Ds Max Pipeline TD supports the maintenance and ongoing improvement of the studio tools and pipeline workflow. The Max Pipeline TD's perspective is customer-centric with artist and production team’s requirements in mind. Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and work collaboratively, the 3DS Max Pipeline TD has intermediate skills with Max, Python and Mel Script required to solve day to day VFX studio pipeline issues. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works daily with Pipeline Management team to identify and implement existing and new features.
• Troubleshoot artist tool issues; develop effective solutions w/pipeline team.
• Collaborate w/Production team; attend production meetings as needed for requirements gathering and ongoing project updates.
• Follow coding standards and participate in code reviews.
• Write Technical Briefs and UI documentation.
• Complete various tasks as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS 

• BA Computer Science or similar discipline (preferred)
• 2+ years’ experience in VFX, Gaming, or similar development environment
• 3Ds Max, Python, Max Script (required)
• C++, 3Ds Max SDK, Shotgun, 3D (preferred)
• Experience with Rigging, Animation and Creature FX (preferred)
• Team player and able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Eye for detail, initiative, and excellent organizational skills
• Nuke, QT, ArchViz a plus! 

BENEFITS INCLUDED

+Extended Medical
+Disability Insurance
+Dental Insurance

 How to apply: http://scanlinevfx.applyfirst.ca/