Technology openings at Walt Disney Animation Studios

Walt Disney Animation Studios currently has the following technology
openings at our Burbank, CA studio:

Manager of Technology, Systems and Network Engineering
Systems Engineer, Production Engineering
Systems Engineer, Archiving and Backups

See below for further information and how to apply.

Thanks!

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Manager of Technology, Systems and Network Engineering

Walt Disney Animation Studios combine the very best in artistry and
storytelling with cutting-edge technology to bring wonderful new
characters to the big screen for audiences around the world. Constantly
challenged to create innovative new technologies for animated features,
theme park productions and special projects for the Walt Disney Company,
Disney Animation is home to some of the most talented artists working in
the film industry today. Our latest film, MEET THE ROBINSONS, is in
theaters now!

We currently have an opening for a Manager of Technology, Systems to
join the team at our Burbank, CA studio.

The Manager, Systems will oversee multiple teams to provide core systems
and networking infrastructure to the studio. This is a technical manager
position requiring strong technical expertise and customer service
skills, experience fostering vendor relationships, experience budgeting
and planning for large facilities, project leadership experience and the
proven ability to hire, train and mentor technical support personnel of
all experience levels. This role will work closely with other technical
management in Technical Support and Software Development groups in
support of Feature Animation's technology strategies. The successful
candidate will also develop strong working relationships with Production
and Artistic leadership, fostering an environment of trust, creativity,
collaboration and excellence.

Duties:
*Manage technical personnel in multiple teams with strong emphasis on
core UNIX, Windows and Mac services, networking and data center
facilities.
*Design, implement and support core services such as LDAP, Active
Directory, DNS, Email, SANs (EMC, Cisco), NAS Devices (NetApp, EMC) and
central database servers.
*Design, implement and support desktop management systems including
Linux, Mac and Windows.
*Responsible for staffing, training, team building and performance
management.
*Long range strategic forecasting, yearly budgets and other tasks as
needed.

Qualifications:
*Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical
Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience.
*5+ years experience in systems administration, network engineering
and/or technical support, 2+ years in leadership or project management
roles.
*In depth knowledge of networking, Linux, Windows, OSX and core UNIX
infrastructure.
*Demonstrated ability to communicate intricate technical and procedural
matters effectively to a wide audience (from the technical to the
non-technical), and to interpret their needs and requirements in return.
*Proven ability to detect and react to patterns and inefficiencies
across a wide range of support and procurement calls.
*Demonstrated ability to manage teams and meet deliverables in demanding
timeframes.
*Strong financial planning and project management skills required.
*Proven ability to build and maintain positive vendor relationships.
*Must have excellent people skills; must have effective and diplomatic
communication skills.
*Experience managing technical teams in Animation, Visual FX or Video
Game production environments a plus.

To apply, please visit this link: http://tinyurl.com/2laoyq

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Systems Engineer
Production Engineering Team

Walt Disney Animation Studios combine the very best in artistry and
storytelling with cutting-edge technology to bring wonderful new
characters to the big screen for audiences around the world. Constantly
challenged to create innovative new technologies for animated features,
theme park productions and special projects for the Walt Disney Company,
Disney Animation is home to some of the most talented artists working in
the film industry today. Our latest film, MEET THE ROBINSONS, is in
theaters now!

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a UNIX Systems Engineer to
join our Production Engineering team in Burbank, CA.

The UNIX Systems Engineer will have a focus on core UNIX Services and
programming in support of animated feature film production.

Duties:
*Programming tools for core services in C++, perl and python
*UNIX Server design and administration including IMAP, LDAP, Sendmail,
DNS, NIS, Samba, Syslog, CUPS, etc.
*Design, administration and tuning of a high-performance Linux computing
environment.
*System automation through the use of scripting.

Qualifications:
*Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems,
Engineering, Computer Graphics, related field or equivalent experience
*4+ years experience managing large-scale UNIX environments
*Strong understanding of core networking concepts including TCP/IP and
NFS
*Experience working with Linux package management systems such as 'rpm'
and 'yum'
*Well developed programming and scripting skills including C++, Perl and
Python

To apply, please visit this link: http://tinyurl.com/2qwlgj

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Systems Engineer
Archiving and Backups Team

The Walt Disney Animation Studios combine the very best in artistry and
storytelling with cutting-edge technology to bring wonderful new
characters to the big screen for audiences around the world. Constantly
challenged to create innovative new technologies for animated features,
theme park productions and special projects for the Walt Disney Company,
Disney Animation is home to some of the most talented artists working in
the film industry today. Our latest film, MEET THE ROBINSONS, is in
theaters now!

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join
our Archiving and Backups Team in Burbank, CA.

The Systems Engineer will be responsible for the design, implementation
and troubleshooting of broad, complex systems applications and core
infrastructure solutions relating to data management and high
performance computing for animated movie production. The Systems
Engineer will work with Production and Technology on profiling of the
production pipeline and performance tuning and as it relates to Data
Services. This will include analysis of existing backup/restore,
disaster recovery and archiving systems and identifying opportunities
for process improvement. The Systems Engineer will also work with
production, systems and outside vendors to design and implement a
centralized image archive library based on Disney Animation requirements
and best practices.

Duties:
*Design, implementation and troubleshooting of systems applications and
core infrastructure solutions
*Develops new specifications and strategies as needed to support a
rapidly changing environment.
*Works with technical managers & leads and production leads and oversees
teams that implement solutions. 
*Sustains an overview of long-term requirements and maintains the
long-term vision for systems and services that they have designed and
supported. *Constantly monitors and adjusts strategy to take advantage
of advancements in the industry.
*Supports and helps to train personnel in new technological
advancements.
*Maintains/ensures system redundancy and reliability.
*Act as Tier III support for all issues in their related fields. 
*Provides detailed technical specifications, timelines with deliverables
and regular status reports to Manager & VP Systems.

Qualifications:
*Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, related field or equivalent work experience
*4+ years systems engineering experience in complex heterogeneous
environments
*Well developed programming and scripting skills including C, C++, Perl,
Python
*Expertise in high performance, high density, high availability storage
systems (Petabytes)

Experience with the following preferred:
*Veritas Netbackup (now Symantec) automated backup/restore software
*Storage Tek (STK), ADIC and other robotic tape systems
*Rimage CD/DVD burning and printing systems 
*Pioneer and other DVD reader/jukeboxes
*Network Appliance Nearstore/Snapvault

To apply, please visit this link: http://tinyurl.com/29pbts 

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The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.



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