Sr. Systems Administrator

at  Company3Method Studios

Company: SDFX Studios
Position: Sr. Systems Administrator

Location: Toronto, ON or Los Angeles, CA

• Pay Range: $95,000 - $130,000 CAD annually

POSITION SUMMARY:

We currently have an opening for a Sr. Systems Administrator. This position will be located in Toronto, ON or Los Angeles, CA.
The Senior Systems Administrator reports to the Manager of Production Technology. As a key technical team member, they will be responsible for systems architecture and administration of enterprise and distributed technologies, maintaining/securing/scaling local and global infrastructure, and will also participate in group wide planning efforts in collaboration with other facilities.

The Senior Systems Administrator will install, deploy, and maintain all backend systems and software that runs our operations. They will quickly diagnose and resolve infrastructure hardware and software issues. They will develop and maintain system and data configurations and manage backups of all priority infrastructure and data to ensure efficient and dependable redundancy for all critical production resources. They will work with technology management to understand the longer-term development goals of the group and execute according to requirements. Other duties include:

• Maintain and ensure compliance with our security policies.
• Identify any risks to production systems integrity and coordinate remediation projects with other team members.
• Standardize and optimize workstation, render, and server deployment, and deploy and maintain systems monitoring.
• Maintain organized cabling throughout our server rooms, telco closets and datacenters, including proper labeling and documentation of equipment, connections, and configurations.
• Keep up to date on new technology, standards, protocols, and tools in areas relevant to the rapidly changing digital environment.
• Mentor other team members and encourage growth through collaboration on key projects.