The Mill

The Mill

Senior Systems Engineer

New York, NY, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2160 days ago
PythonBashPowerShellAWSGCPLinuxCustomer SupportSystems EngineeringDNSMayaCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • The Mill is seeking Principal Technology Engineers to join our ever expanding group.
  • The Mill has offices in New York, Chicago, London, Bangalore and Los Angeles each with a local engineering team at each location.
  • Interpersonal skills are essential as you will be working closely with Artists, Producers as well as Engineers both local and from other offices.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical support for VFX Artists using Linux workstations.
  • Maintain server room and colocation facility equipment along with the Technology Engineers.
  • Network design, management and troubleshooting. Layer 2/3 network switches.
  • Support physical security systems/applications and ensure proper functioning.
  • Support and maintain infrastructure including Linux render nodes, Isilon storage, Linux servers and workstations, network equipment, and virtual machines.
  • Manage preventative maintenance schedules.
  • Support and mentor more junior members of the team.
  • Strong OS X and Windows support & configuration skills

Requirements

  • Shift work will be required from time to time as well as working on weekends when required.
  • A knowledge of AWS/GCP concepts and workflows
  • A minimum of 3 years UNIX/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows system administration experience.
  • Engineering level knowledge of standard CG, compositing and color grading applications (Maya, Houdini, Flame, Nuke and Baselight)
  • Required skills, knowledge and experience:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.

Nice to have

  • Experience with scale strongly preferred. (Renderfarms, Clusters, Clouds, Enterprise, etc.)

Skills

  • GCS/AWS Cloud Certifications beneficial.

Equal opportunity

  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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