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Overview

FuseFX has an opening in Vancouver! We have an opportunity at our studio for an experienced and talented Senior Network Engineer.

FuseFX is an award-winning Visual Effects Studio providing visual effects services for episodic television, feature films, commercials, virtual productions, and VR. Founded in 2006, the company employs 800+ personnel across eight studio locations and three brands. Our flagship studio is in Los Angeles, CA, with locations in New York City, Vancouver, BC., and Atlanta. Our Montreal, Toronto, and Bogota studios are serviced by FOLKS VFX, who joined FuseFX in 2020. The Adelaide, Australia studio is serviced by Rising Sun Pictures, who joined FuseFX in 2021.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and enhance FuseFX’s network environments at all locations.
  • Ensure that the network is secure, available, stable, efficient, and scalable.
  • Supports and develops the definition, implementation and enforcement of technical architecture policy, procedures, and standards.
  • Configuration and maintenance of firewalls, networking equipment (switches, firewalls, access points), and AWS (Amazon Web Services) networking services.
  • Completing network projects from end to end.
  • Provides technical expertise and advice to systems professionals in support of the application environment as well as be an escalation point for other members of the team.
  • Make recommendations on hardware purchases, stay up to date on upcoming renewals for warranty and support on networking hardware

Traits of a successful Network Administrator:

  • 5+ Years’ experience in a Network Support/Design Role
    CCNA/N+ preferred or equivalent experience
  • Knowledge of data switches, routers, firewalls, VPN, and network security.
  • Multi-vendor experience is a plus (Cisco, Dell, Brocade, Extreme).
  • Ability to communicate complex systems information clearly and concisely.
  • Knowledge/experience on network monitoring applications.
  • Experience building and troubleshooting complex network architectures.
  • Strong grasp of TCP/IP, routing, switching, internet protocols (e/iBGP, ISIS, OSFP and EIGRP), firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers.
  • Strong grasp of L1-7 issues with xSTP, link aggregation, ACL implementation.
  • Experience in the animation/VFX/media and entertainment industry is a plus.
  • Excellent communications skills – verbal and written.
  • Ability to thrive in a team environment.
  • Available for after-hour work if/when required and subject to reasonable business travel.

Apply here: https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=WZR3W6&cws=37&rid=521

Nothing in this job description restricts the Company’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The Company prohibits discrimination in employment against otherwise qualified applicants because of a physical or mental disability and will make reasonable accommodations to enable qualified persons with known disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job consistent with applicable law. The Company will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

About FuseFX-BC Inc.

FuseFX is an award-winning visual effects studio that provides visual effects services for film, television, commercials, games, and special venues.

FuseFX was founded by David Altenau in 2006 and initially provided visual effects for a few network episodic productions. In 2008, Tim Jacobsen and Jason Fotter joined the company as partners and contributed to significant expansion, opening new offices in Burbank, and adding infrastructure and personnel to service multiple major episodic television programs as well as feature films and commercials. In 2014, FuseFX opened a new office in New York, bringing on board Greg Anderson to head those operations.

FuseFX BC was also established in 2014 to serve Vancouver’s burgeoning film and television production community. Led by Jon Cowley, the team combines a boutique mindset with the industry’s most efficient pipeline and an ability to work seamlessly and nimbly as an extension of the company’s Los Angeles and New York studios. The results are visuals of outstanding quality and imagination, delivered on time and on budget.

Today, FuseFX’s four locations have over 30 television shows in production simultaneously, while also servicing various commercial and feature film projects. FuseFX employs 800+ personnel across eight studio locations and three brands. The company has exclusively provided visual effects for all the major studios, and on such productions as American Horror Story, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Criminal Minds, Sons of Anarchy, Bones, Mad Men, TURN, The Blacklist, The Magicians, and many others.

As a philosophy, the principals at FuseFX believe that Visual Effects offer an amazing ability to go beyond the limits of what practical production can accomplish. We strive to work with our clients to create a vision and story that could not otherwise be accomplished without the tools and talents FuseFX offers.