OUR STORY
For more than 35 years, Bardel Entertainment has led the animation industry through unwavering commitment to quality, creativity, and innovation.
We are an internationally recognized, Emmy Award®-winning studio in two prominent Canadian cities, Vancouver and Kelowna and the creative force behind top audience hits such as The Dragon Prince, Rick and Morty, Teen Titans Go!, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Bardel is currently looking for a Systems Administrator 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
- Collaboration across multiple teams to design and deploy highly redundant and secure systems.
- Administration and maintenance of physical, virtual and Cloud infrastructure
- Monitoring and optimizing 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
- Take a lead role 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 3+ 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)
Salary Range : CAD $80,000 - $95,000 / week. The Salary Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position.
The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position.
In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.
Location : We are currently considering only candidates based in BC or Quebec who are legally able to work in Canada.
WHY JOIN BARDEL?
We’ve got great people here, with good reason! We offer extensive, meaningful benefits centred on well-being (RRSP contribution matching, extended health and wellness perks, and paid closures to name a few!) as well as a hybrid studio model with flexible schedules.
And did we mention that our studios are dog friendly?
Being a part of our team will have you working on exciting, prominent industry projects and collaborating with influential, creative professionals from around the world.
We’ll help you grow your career through regular social events and ongoing development opportunities, such as leadership training, workshops, and classes led by experienced industry guest instructors.
If you're driven by the excitement of tackling creative challenges, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, and pushing the boundaries of diverse entertainment, we invite you to join us let’s create together!
JOIN US
Ready to apply and join our cast of characters? Fill out the form below with your current resume, samples of your work (e.
g. a link to your website or reel don’t be afraid to show off a little!), and tell us why YOU are the best person for this role!
GOOD TO KNOW
Remote work may be considered for this position. Bardel's Hybrid & Remote Work Policy will be presented and open to discussion during the interview process.
Bardel Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to fostering an inclusive environment where the strength in the diversity of backgrounds, lived experiences, and identities are not only valued, but essential to our creative process.
We hire personnel without discrimination based on race, ancestry, place of origin, citizenship, ethnic origin, colour, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, language, marital status, age, physical and / or mental handicap or financial ability.
Candidates applying must be based in and legally eligible for work in Canada.
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