Systems Administrator
The Systems Administrator builds infrastructure solutions to Scanline VFX’s technology needs in a variety of areas, including: storage networking; physical networking; render farm management; name services; desktop support; and desktop build and software management.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work with other Systems Engineer to address business and technical needs
• Provide complexity and time estimates for completion of tasks
• Design, build, deploy and maintain system infrastructure across multiple hardware and operating system platforms
• Identify and resolve problems in the production system quickly and completely
• Document the systems of the company and educate others in their use

Education, Experience and Skills Required:
• Maintaining and extending a multiple thousand core and multiple hundred terabyte production environment
• Minimum 2-4 years in related role
• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical field
• Experience administrating multiple operating systems, including Windows (XP, Win7), Mac OS and linux (Centos, Opensuse,Ubuntu)
• Experience with distributed filesystems like Lustre, gluster, Isilon etc., a plus
• Experience with one or more administrative scripting languages (Perl, Python, Bash, etc.)
• Familiarity with networking and distributed computing, including network file systems, routing and subnetting. Configuring switches, vlan configuration, and experience in extreme switches an extra plus.
• Fluency with common network protocols and their implementations and management: DNS, NFS, directory services, SSH/SSL and security protocols
• Experience with performance analysis and tuning of operating systems and networks
• Experience in asterisk phone system a plus
• Experience in openvpn a plus
• Experience in firewall (iptables) a plus
• Programming experience in a procedural or functional language a plus
• Some knowledge of 2D & 3D graphics tools, (e.g. After Effects, 3ds Studio Max, Maya, etc.) a plus
• Strong scientific troubleshooting & debugging skills
• Some flexibility in work hours. The Technology Team is committed to working at a sustainable pace, but occasional real crises do arise
• Knowledge of color management a plus
• Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to multitask
• Ability to take direction positively, work well within a team and thrive under the pressure of tight deadlines

Scanline VFX specializes in creating complex effects for high end feature film and commercials, with studios in Los Angeles Vancouver, Munich and Dusseldorf. Currently working on “Man of Steel”, “Iron Man 3” plus more. Past films include “The Avengers” Battleship”, “Super 8”, “Journey 2”, “Immortals”, “Hereafter”, “2012”, “300”,“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”, “Iron Man”, “The Invasion”, and “Poseidon”

To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume with a link to your online website/portfolio to:

jobs_van (at) scanlinevfx.com

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