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Associate Engineer
Ghost VFX
Ghost VFX is looking for talented Associate Engineer to join the team at Ghost VFX Manchester!
Company description
Ghost VFX, Streamland Media’s visual effects division, is a leading visual effects studio with award-winning talent and innovative technology. Ghost VFX’s dedicated teams around the globe fulfill the demands of our clients and create ground-breaking work that quietly speaks for itself.
Copenhagen | London | Los Angeles | Manchester | Pune | Toronto | Vancouver
Responsibilities
- Provide systems support to VFX artists, producers and other stakeholders in the VFX team along with the installation
- Monitoring and troubleshooting of operating systems, network hardware and other computer infrastructure
- Reporting to the Technical Operations Manager, you will be part of a support team covering all of Ghost’s studio’s across the world but mainly focused on London, Manchester and Copenhagen
- Collaborate with artists, producers, developers and also third party support teams and vendors.
Requirements
- Organized, good communication skills, willing and able to absorb new technical concepts
- Analytical Problem solving
- Experience in Post Production or VFX studio
- Experience of using and troubleshooting Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems
- Administration of Microsoft Active Directory
- Understanding of IP networking and shared storage
- Software licensing mechanisms such as RLM and web based license managers
- Experience of VFX applications such as Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Shotgun
Some travel may be required.
Preferred Skills
- Additional experience in Python or bash scripting skills
- Varied skills in Azure AD and M365 Administration
- Experience with Salt Stack
- Zabbix monitoring
Education
- High School education or equivalent required
- BA/BS in applicable field preferred.