Senior Systems Engineer - Storage

Job Description

As an Oscar-Award winning (Sci-Tech) team, innovation is at the heart of what we do as a company, be this developing new techniques, new ideas or creative new ways to tell our clients' stories.

Underpinning all of this is a long tradition of research, technology and development - from engineering our bespoke software solutions to gaining early access to bleeding-edge technology and forging vibrant partnerships with leading academic and scientific institutions.

Who We Are
Framestore combines talent and technology to bring life to everything we create, whether in film, TV, advertising or immersive experiences. Driven by creativity and inspired by the future, we set out every day to reframe the possible.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced engineer to play a pivotal role in our London team - you'll share knowledge, offer mentorship, and work closely with various systems support teams, production departments, and stakeholders to keep everything running smoothly.

Your main focus in this role will be to provide expert support and development for our globally distributed storage estate. This includes managing and enhancing a mix of Solaris, Linux NVMe, GPFS, Qumulo profiles, primarily using the ZFS file system. We're talking high performance, highly available, multi-tier, multi-petabyte capacity, supporting Framestore's systems and production departments.

That's not all – we're looking towards the future. Framestore is set on modernising our storage estate to a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) architecture. We want to leverage the latest Open Source and proprietary solutions to improve management, performance, and reliability.

You'll also be:
• Designing, developing, maintaining, and evolving our global storage estate
• Being the escalation point for storage operational issues
• Ensuring business continuity through resilience, automation, metrics, and data analysis
• Monitoring and adopting DevOps/Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
• Experience managing enterprise storage systems, preferably in a global context.
• Proficiency in storage technologies such as object storage, distributed & clustered file systems, block storage, and data replication.
• Knowledge of storage virtualisation, data deduplication, compression, and encryption technologies.
• Familiarity with enterprise storage hardware, including Dell, NetApp, and Supermicro.
• Understanding of storage protocols like NFS, SMB, SAS, FC, iSCSI, and NFS v4.
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible or similar systems, along with version control using Git.
• Competence with Linux operating systems.

Desirable Experience
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with VMWare VSAN and virtualisation technologies.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python/BASH and knowledge of Gitlab CI/CD for continuous integration.
• Exposure to backup solutions like NetBackup.
• Hands-on experience with containerisation technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of cloud storage solutions and familiarity with clustered file systems such as GPFS, Isilon, Qumulo, and Ceph.
• Knowledge of non-clustered file systems like ZFS, XFS, and EXT4, as well as object storage, erasure coding, and S3 technologies.
• Competence with Solaris operating systems.

Work Arrangements

At Framestore, we offer a flexible work arrangement where employees have the option to split their work time between home and office. While remote work is feasible, occasional attendance at team meetings held in our London office may be required. Candidates should be able to commute easily when necessary. Unfortunately, VISA sponsorship is not available for this position at this time.
Our Commitment

Application Process

To apply, please complete the linked application form or submit your resume and portfolio to careers@framestore.com with the subject line: [Senior Systems Engineer - London].

Application Deadline

Framestore is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Here is a short video of what it's like to work as part of our amazing Framestore Technology team!

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-re0qz1-3-141-8-247-42 in your application.