Framestore’s LA office is looking for a Lead Systems Engineer to work in partnership with Global Head of Technology, Global Facilities Director and other technology leads to provide input into Integrated Advertising technology plan and capex planning.
Responsibilities
- Manage the recruitment, training and retention and review performance of local technology team.
- Create and maintain technical documentation to create shared knowledge base. Investigate, research and evaluate external suppliers for potential strategic benefit.
- Drive performance metrics and benchmarking to assess new and alternative solutions.
- Plan, advise and support implementation of large technical projects.
- Represent the company at relevant external events and with relevant suppliers as required.
- Plan, install and support servers, large storage file systems and network infrastructure.
- Edit and create scripts as appropriate to facilitate the automation of systems activities.
- Ensure technical support is provided to local productions where required to meet daily support needs.
Essential Skills
- Four (4) years of experience in job offered, or as a Head of Technology, or in a related occupation.
- Experience,understanding and knowledge of supporting VFX and commercials Linux environments.
- A thorough grounding in digital camera technology and digital delivery specifications.
- Working knowledge of networking and security concepts and technologies.
- Knowledge of industry specific technologies including high performance storage systems and distributed rendering/computing technologies.
- Linux system administration experience using mainstream Linux OS.
- Understanding of technologies such as MySQL, Postgres, NFS, SAN, APACHE, Clustered file system, Bash and Python.
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