Render Wrangler

Job Description

Technicolor Creative Studios is the division with Technicolor, which contains Technicolor's world-leading Visual effects and Animation brands such as MPC, Mr. X, The Mill, and Mikros.

Technicolor's brands have worked on the spectacular scenes and tiny details that make movies, advertising campaigns and Animation movies genuinely mind-blowing. We're the people behind the effects in countless blockbuster films like The Lion King, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run and advertising campaigns for clients such as Samsung, Audi, Nike and Apple. We are continually looking for the best talent globally, enthusiastic people who come in every day to be a part of some of the industry's best work.

Technicolor's artists are wildly creative, uber-talented and passionate about the possibilities of VFX, Experiential, Animation and Technology. When you join the team, you'll be working with and learning from the most skilled people in the business.

Technicolor Production Services is the division that contains our world-leading Visual effects and Animation brands such as MPC, Mr X, The Mill, and Mikros. Key to the success of our division and its brands is winning the war on talent through acquiring and growing a community where artistry meets technology.

Position Summary

As a Digital Resource Administrator in the Technical Resource Management (TRM) team, you will be responsible for serving as the liaison for technical resources, rendering and data pipeline information between Production, CG Supervisors, Artists and Technical support staff and is responsible for tracking and managing all digital information through the CG pipeline.

The TRM department is made of a technical multi-disciplinary team that oversees the operational management of all the technical resources used by our production departments. That includes compute, storage, bandwidth or software licenses usage.

What you tell your friends you do

''I manage thousands of servers to help create Oscar winning effects for the latest movies or tv shows.''

What you will really be doing
• Understanding of meeting the project goals while monitoring the render farm's health status on a regular basis
• Maximizing the render farm's resources, monitoring rendering and make the required corrections when needed
• Troubleshooting and monitor infrastructure and render farm issues, escalate problems to the respective teams.
• Monitors and reports status to production and technology teams.
• Maintain, track rendering priorities given by Production.
• Plan and communicate effectively in regards of resources allocations in accordance with the needs of the projects and of the production team.
• Diagnose rendering problems in conjunction with the artists and production
• Monitoring the cloud computing usage and utilizing optimum level
• Monitoring control of technical resources across global sites

Qualifications
• Previous working experience in Linux is a must
• Basic knowledge on scripting / Programming Skills (Bash/Python) would be added advantage
• Ability to multitask and prioritize
• Any Degree / 3 Year Diploma in Engineering / Film Production /Technical animation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Willingness to work very flexible hours in 24*7 shifts rotations

Desirable:

Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1b5zv-18-191-46-36-42 in your application.