Lead Systems Engineer

Job Description

The Mill is a global creative partner for agencies, production companies and brands, working across all media channels and platforms.

We are trusted specialists in visual effects, creative technologies and content production Our projects include the creation of digital products and virtual experiences, as well as world class visual effects and video production.

We are a vibrant network of talented artists, producers, directors and creative technologists from multinational backgrounds. We nurture innovation, flexibility and diverse ideas across our studios in London, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Berlin and Bangalore. We are all united by one single ambition: To create extraordinary and memorable work that captivates and excites audiences.

We are The Mill. We create the extraordinary.

Reporting to the Head of Technology, the Lead Systems Engineer works with the local engineering team to provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support to the LA facility and also collaborate with the global Core Engineering team to build, maintain and support the facility infrastructure and pipeline

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the engineering team efforts to coordinate ideas and changes that improve service and optimize infrastructure.
• Work closely with Lead VFX artists to ensure engineering meets and exceeds support expectations.
• Maintain server room and colocation facility equipment along with the Technology Engineers.
• Build and maintain operation of storage, render, servers and workstations.
• Coordinate support for global services hosted locally - MySQL Databases, Amanda, renderfarm, Multisite VMs etc.
• Systems performance monitoring and optimization
• Lead disaster recovery efforts for local site
• Collaboration with Global IT and Core Engineering teams to resolve complex issues, design, specify and deploy new technology.
• Work with Production Operations Manager on capacity planning to ensure resourcing is in line with production needs.
• Assist LA Head of Technology with vendor management and purchasing.
• Manage technology needs and resources of artists working remotely.
• Mentor and train other team members

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Engineering level knowledge of standard CG and compositing applications (Maya, Houdini, Flame, Nuke, Baselight)
• Proven experience in Linux, Mac OS and Windows system administration experience including networking and scripting.
• Demonstrable knowledge of scripting with bash and Python.
• Working knowledge of other scripting languages such as tcsh, and Perl.
• Experience with configuring and maintaining enterprise scale hardware. (Render
farms, Clusters, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Storage, etc.)
• Strong understanding of storage and networking, NFS, Isilon storage cluster, Extreme, Brocade and HP switch configuration.
• General understanding of SMPTE standards and broadcast video engineering concepts including video systems.
• Experience with remote working solutions including Leostream, HP RGS, Teradici, TViPs, and Clearview.
• Facility with database technologies such as MySQL and Postgres.
• Excellent communication, people skills, and team working skills.
• Resourcefulness and an ability to prioritize and manage multiple time-sensitive projects at once.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r718z8-18-117-142-128-42 in your application.