Senior Systems Administrator

Full Time Job
Responsibilities include third-level support escalation, as well as mentoring and leading the Tier 1 2 team members. As Senior Systems Administrator, expect to work with all studio levels/departments in a fast paced environment. The Senior Systems Administrator’s key function is to support diverse multi-platform network and infrastructure comprised of; high performance network storage, a large rendering/compute farm with hundreds of users at multiple locations.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintain current systems and implement new systems
• Mentoring and training team members
• Perform research and development for technical strategy and future systems; define and advocate software solutions and options using SWOT metrics
• Provide Tier 3 level escalation support for difficult to solve incidents
• Collaborate with IT and pipeline team to resolve cross-department technical problems and diagnose root causes of incidents
• Guide and project manage the implementation of infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration and dev-ops methodologies in IT team

SOFTWARE SKILLS
• 5 years Linux experience (required)
• 5 years Windows experience (required)
• 3 years’ experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python, bash, Powershell) (required)
• Experience using configuration management tools such as Puppet, Salt or Ansible (required)
• Experience in using development tools such as git, JIRA, Confluence (required)
• Experience managing large multi-platform environments - ideally mixed Windows/Linux/Mac OS environments (preferred)
• Proficiency with network design and protocols such as DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing protocols, firewalls (preferred)
• Experience managing high performance network attached storage environments (preferred)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to lead and give direction to others as well as taking direction from management
• Resourceful and proactive in gathering information, making a decision and taking action
• Able to manage own workload and balance conflicting priorities
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment including remote members of the team

BENEFITS INCLUDED

Extended Medical
Disability Insurance
Dental Insurance