Post Engineer - Animation Series

The Post Production Engineers are frontline support providing engineering triage of daily operational post production related issues and maintains and supports the systems and shared storage platforms used by post production.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide frontline, rapid-response support and engineering triage for remote and local editors and assistant editors encountering hardware issues, software bugs, connectivity issues, or any performance latency issues.
• Experience with both 2110 and NDI infrastructure and protocols.
• Keep core post production software operational including Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, and DaVinci Resolve.
• Keep abreast of additional plugin software requirements for post production systems (i.e. BorisFX, Izotope, etc.)
• Storage Management: Oversee daily operations, troubleshoot, and maintain shared storage platforms directly accessed by Avid and Premiere editor and assistant editor systems.  Manage storage pools and user access permissions specific to post production pipelines.
• Equipment Setup: Configure workstations, video and signal routing and flows, and color calibration for editorial displays.
• Technical Documentation: Create system diagrams and workflow guides as it pertains to the support of editorial bays.
• Pipeline Support: Assist with daily operational support for ingest, rendering, and data transfers as it relates to post production.

Requirements and Skills

• This role is an IATSE Local 700 position and will be covered by a collective bargaining agreement
• Experience: 5 to 7 years of work in post production engineering or technical support within a post production facility or studio environment.
• Proven experience with remote protocols, configuring and troubleshooting remote desktop (PCoIP and similar) hardware endpoints.
• Practical knowledge and experience with VPN clients, end-user home network troubleshooting, and ACLs.
• Software Knowledge: Expertise in Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, Premiere, and related editing tools.  ACSR certification is preferred.
• Hardware Skills: Understanding of video codecs, display monitors, IP-based equipment, and cabling.  Expertise in Avid Nexis storage, SMB, NFS, and complex permission trees.
• Strong foundation and proficiency in cross platform troubleshooting, networking and remote protocols, OS environments (MacOS, WIndows, Linux), and basic knowledge of command-line scripting.
• Solid technical understanding of project management and systems requirements for Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere.
• Strong command of Color and Audio calibration and setup.  Display calibration, HDR/SDR color pipelines, audio setups.
• Problem Solving: Strong communication skills to help fast-paced creative teams avoid technical downtime. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Animation post production workflow and pipeline support: experience with Blender, Maya, and animatic process and workflows, render farm troubleshooting (i.e. Deadline).
• Avid ACSR certification or IT network infrastructure experience.
• Basic knowledge of automation scripts (Python, Bash, etc.)

This position may be covered by a collective bargaining agreement. If so: Pay for the position is governed by the currently effective applicable collective bargaining agreement and thus will be no less than $3,735.80 per week and up to any better conditions and terms negotiated and obtained as expressly provided therein.