What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Systems Administrator position at GPL Technologies?
THE COMPANY
We are partnering with a VFX company led by an Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and with a global network of studios in Beijing and LA. Our client provides client-side visual effects and post-production services for VFX heavy films.
THE POSITION
The Mid-Level Sys Admin role is critical to the company’s technical systems up time, ongoing maintenance, support, configuration, and improvement. This role supports and maintains the necessary systems required for day-to-day operations and is proactive to resolve issues or outages before productivity is affected. Areas of focus include physical and virtual servers, class- leading storage and networking, workstations, operating systems, playout devices, in-house and cloud-based render farms.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Workstation builds via automation including OS and software installation
- Server builds for necessary services, both physical and virtual
- Configuration automation and management
- Troubleshooting performance bottlenecks and intermittent issues
- Ongoing documentation of system design and configuration
- Deployment of end-user remote access hardware
- Moving, transporting, and installing physical hardware
- Content security practices
- Network interface configuration and tagging
REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- CS degree
- Competency in Linux/Unix (shell commands, common tools and processes)
- VFX industry knowledge of formats, file types and codecs
- Demonstratable knowledge of remote access protocols (PCoIP, VNC, NoMachine, RDP)
- Previous experience administering Active Directory in a Linux environment
- Puppet and Ansible awareness at a minimum
- Networking device configuration, interface tagging.
- License servers for network-based licensing services
- Data transfer experience (aspera, signiant, ftp/sftp, rsync)
- Supporting and troubleshooting VFX software packages (Maya, Nuke, Houdini)
- Previous experience building or at least support a render farm (Deadline, Tractor, Qube)
- Identity management and SSO (Single Sign On) knowledge and awareness
DESIREABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Scripting language experience (Bash, Perl, Python)
- Experience with production tracking systems (Shotgun/Shotgrid, ftrack, NIM)
CORE SKILLS
- Must be able to multi-task and maintain a positive attitude under pressure
- Excellent troubleshooting and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability working with various levels of technical proficiency
- Excellent documentation skills
- Interest in computer animation and visual effects