Systems Administrator

Job Description

yU+co is a Hollywood-based design/Post Production studio specializing in film & television titles, branding and experiential design. We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Systems Administrator/IT Engineer to provide technical support and functionally manage technical needs across our multi-faceted media studio.

We have listed an extensive job description for this position below. We understand that one individual may not have experience in all of these areas and are happy to have you grow and expand into this role if you have a strong knowledge base of most of these tasks. We are looking to fill the position immediately.

Although the majority of our employees are remote work from home, this position requires an on-site presence for maintenance of our servers and render farms.

Pls reach out - we'd love to hear from you!

Required Skills:

Post-production experience and/or studio facility experience in a deeply technical role, with a good understanding of the entire post-production process, preferably in motion design.

Excellent problem solving and communication skills required

Experience and an understanding of all aspects of an IT Infrastructure

Ability to troubleshoot and maintain all technical infrastructure

Ability to work with artists, producers and executive stakeholders

Excellent documentation skills

Excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to juggle multiple priorities and demands

The ability to analyze and prioritize production needs and tasks

Highly detail-orientated with a strong ability to multi-task

Superior understanding of a deadline render farm system to manage and debug render issues

Familiar with C4D, Maya, After Effects, Redshift, Deadline

Responsibilities:

Provide technical support and functionally manage technical needs across a multi-faceted media studio

Conduct ongoing research and recommend improvements to workflows in order to improve productivity and/or communication to ensure that technical systems are operating at peak capacity

Research and support the adoption of developed tools and systems as needed

Create and support established yU+co technical standards and practices that will optimize the content creation process to make best use of our unique pipeline

Maintain optimal Deadline Render Farm systems through superior knowledge of the render farm and systems

Research, deploy and support in-house productivity software

Maintain tools/shaders/plugins/scripts and recommend relevant alternatives, as appropriate

Provide support and recommendations of tools and procedures that enhance the production pipeline

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rb19k6-3-15-202-4-42 in your application.