Senior System Engineer

Job Description

We are currently looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team in our Toronto office. This role will provide support for the infrastructure and applications in our studio, utilizing a mixture of Windows, Mac and Linux.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• You have an engineering background, developing and delivering solutions using automation, configuration management, and security best practices
• You are familiar with Infrastructure as Code, incorporating automated builds, monitoring, and virtualization.
• You are familiar with monitoring systems, utilizing tools like Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, node exporter, DataDog, etc.
• You have hands-on experience with VMWare and VDI
• Your Windows and Linux-Fu is strong, including scripting and troubleshooting.
• You have experience with automation and configuration management (Puppet, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Experience with Cisco and Juniper network devices (routers, switches, firewalls)
• You have the people skills required to successfully work with domain experts and interface with clients.
• You have worked in an operational support role with after-hours on-call responsibilities
• You have ITIL Knowledge (Incident, Change and Problem Management) and tools

Experience:

• Degree or diploma in an IT related discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in the field.
• Preference will be given to candidates with prior Media & Entertainment / VFX experience
• Experience building and maintaining enterprise workstations and infrastructure with a healthy mix of: Linux, Windows, Mac, networking, storage, and virtualization
• Experience with Active Directory , Google Workspace
• Scripting experience with Bash or Powershell
• Experience with AWS/Azure and related orchestration tools
• RHCE, RHCA or MCSE and cloud certifications are an asset.

If this sounds like you, please submit your cover letter, resume and demo reel. Be sure to include “Senior System Engineer” in the subject line.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2y442-13-59-218-147-42 in your application.