Systems Administrator

For more than 35 years, Bardel Entertainment has been growing and evolving, yet at our core, we remain grounded in the creative roots of the craft of animation.  Our pursuit of fresh ideas, techniques, and technologies is driven by the belief that together, through creativity and collaboration, we can accomplish anything!  If you want to be part of an environment that empowers you to experiment, learn, and contribute to exciting projects, come and join us.

Bardel is currently looking for Junior and Mid level Systems Administrators to work collaboratively with our Emmy award winning studio team. Working closely with all Technology teams, this role is responsible for the successful development and maintenance of the company’s infrastructure, supporting Production in making technical decisions and general technical support throughout the organization.  
 
What you will be doing: 

• Maintain Bardel’s Systems Administrations operation standards of installation, configuration, and administration of the tech infrastructure 
• Collaborate across multiple teams to design and deploy highly redundant and secure systems. 
• Administration and maintenance of physical, virtual and Cloud infrastructure. 
• Monitor and optimize system performance and ensure production facing services are performing to the required standard.
• Focus on continuous improvement and automation of repetitive tasks/procedures. Work with Desktop support team on ticket escalations and technical knowledge sharing. 
• Assist in implementing new systems and keep project on time and on budget.
• Provide input into potential improvements in efficiency, reliability and performance of the animation pipeline. 

 
What you bring with you: 

• Minimum 2+ years' experience in a similar role 
• Experience with automated deployment (Foreman, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform etc.) 
• Configuration management experience, ideally with Puppet/Ansible 
• Experience administering Microsoft Server (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP) 
• Orchestration of containerized environments, i.e. Kubernetes, Docker 
• Scripting knowledge, preferably bash / PowerShell 
• Windows/Linux software deployment and OS imaging (Foreman, Chocolatey, Artifactory, etc) 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Ability to deliver project deliverables on time and in scope 

 
Bonus Experience:  

• Experience in the media and entertainment industry (VFX, television, animation or gaming) 
• Experience with Networking and Security, i.e. Firewall Management, routing and switching 
• Experience with Logging and Metrics Collection/Analysis 
• Experience Managing and maintaining Automation tools, i.e. Jenkins, Github actions, etc. 
• Experience working with Cloud Infrastructure, AWS/Azure, etc 
• Knowledge of storage technologies (Qumulo, NetApp, Isilon, Cohesity and S3) 

Pay Range: CAD $65,000 - $90,000 per year  

This salary range provided reflects our current expectations for these roles as of this posting’s date. Your final salary offer will consider various key factors, including your education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographical location, as well as the needs and requirements of the business. 

Flexible work environment, Extended Health and Wellness from day 1, RRSP matching are just some of the benefits. For more details, check out our website. 

If this seems like a good fit, what are you waiting for, get your application in!