Walt Disney
Location
Burbank, CA | United States
Job description
The Platform & Infrastructure team at Walt Disney Animation Studios, is responsible for building tools and managing infrastructure that the studio uses daily to assist with creating celebrated feature animation films. Among other things, the team designs, implements, and manages the tools and infrastructure for artist desktops, storage, and rendering systems. We are seeking a Staff Engineer with strong expertise in Linux to innovate and support the next generation of tools and services needed for our current and future films.
The Staff Engineer will provide technical leadership and guidance to provide Walt Disney Animation Studios with highly available and scalable Linux infrastructure services. This includes system analysis, design, troubleshooting, and integration of new products and developing tools and strategies to improve existing systems.
Qualified candidates will have demonstrated expertise in design and management of tools and services dedicated to Linux desktop, high performance storage, and render-farm operations. Critical to success in this role is an aptitude for working with a technical team to develop requirements and strategies, and to support the Linux infrastructure.
This position is located at our studio in Burbank, CA.
Responsibilities
Architect, Implement and support infrastructure to deliver systems and services with high availability and reliability.
Architect the design and implementation of render-farm, high performance storage, and job scheduling software.
Perform cross-functional troubleshooting of complex issues, as required
Demonstrated ownership for the projects delivered by your new team and department
A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast paced environment
A proven ability to work with product teams to translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define
A keen eye for potential optimizations and/or enhancements to our services
Manage multiple projects, balance, and prioritize work
Document engineering solutions so that services are delivered in an effective and efficient manner
Perform special projects, other duties or functions as requested by management or assigned
Establishes and maintains good working relationships with all team members, partners, and customers and demonstrates a willingness to collaborate on all things
Adhere to all policies, rules, regulations, and procedures
Required Qualifications:
BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant work experience
7+ years of software engineering experience
Strong analytical skills
Strong programming (C/C++ and Python or other related programming languages)
Understanding of the Linux kernel and/or deep system level design knowledge, and native C APIs
Familiarity with QT C++ APIs
Strong knowledge of network attached storage and access protocols, such as NFS or SMB
Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences
Strive for excellence
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with both relational and non-relational database technologies such as MongoDB, ELK, and Postgres
AWS, GCP or any other cloud platform
Experience with Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with media and entertainment workflows
Basic understanding of network routing, switching and network security principles
Knowledge of storage area networking
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