Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

Senior Systems Engineer

Culver City

Sony Pictures Animation, an industry leading Animation studio located in Culver City Los Angeles, is seeking a Systems Engineer. Systems Engineering is responsible for first- and second-level support of 300+ users in a dynamic, high-performance production environment. The job demands astute and critical thinking coupled with Mac, Windows, and Linux systems engineering to develop solutions for a unique industry combining high performance computing with digital artistry and storytelling. You will participate in projects utilizing new technologies in the areas of large-scale systems administration and engineering including building, configuring, installing, deploying, servers, and critical Mac workstations. We are building a high performance global digital workflow for animation production and this is a great opportunity to work on technically challenging projects in a very creative work environment of talented engineers and artists.

Responsibilities:

Primary areas of responsibility will include:
• Installation, deployment and maintenance of processing servers, VMs, and R&D hardware.
• Streamline the enrollment and deployment of critical Mac hardware.
• Design and implement network configurations.
• Initiation of and participation in departmental and site-wide engineering projects.
• Specification, documentation and communication of requirements for engineering tasks across the enterprise.
• Technical assistance to a wide range of end users in a customer-service oriented organization.
• Mentoring and advising on best practices for Systems Engineering personnel throughout the department.
• Minimal after hours, holiday and weekend support as scheduled in rotation with other engineers.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

The successful candidate possesses:
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written. This includes the ability to provide thorough written documentation.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to perform as an individual and on a team.
• Scripting and programming abilities that maximize efficiency in daily tasks.
• Self-guided triage and follow-through skills to best respond to assigned duties.

Education, Skills & Certifications:
• Degree in Computer Science or in a related field. Significant industry experience may be substituted.
• Four to six years experience in a large, high-performance technical computing site.
• Extensive networking experience with TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, LDAP and other directory services, used across local and wide-area/metro-area networks of varying topologies.
• Experience in installation, deployment and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux workstations and servers.
• Experience in using JAMF or other similar technologies for managing Mac deployments.
• Experience in supporting mission-critical systems to ensure high availability.
• Experience with Cloud Computing is a plus: Google Workspace, Google GCP, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) is a plus: Terraform, puppet, ansible, gitops
• Direct experience with multi-terabyte Netapp (or other) NAS installations is a plus.

We value unique perspectives, and want diverse, unique talent to work with us. We encourage candidates from all identities to apply.
*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.
*As part of our commitment to health and safety, SPE requires all US non-union applicants and employees to submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or to request and obtain approval of a reasonable accommodation based on disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice or observance. To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process, you may contact us at SPE_Accomodation_Assistance@spe.sony.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r00691-3-140-186-241-42 in your application.