Systems Team Lead

Company Description

Technicolor Production Services is the division which contains Technicolor’s world leading Visual effects and Animation brands such as MPC, Mr X, The Mill, and Mikros.

Technicolor’s brands have worked on the spectacular scenes and tiny details that make movies, advertising campaigns and Animation movies truly mind-blowing. We’re the people behind the effects in countless blockbuster films like The Lion King, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run and advertising campaigns for clients such as Samsung, Audi, Nike and Apple.

We are constantly looking for the best talent in the world, enthusiastic people that come in everyday to be a part of some of the best work in the industry. Technicolor’s artists are wildly creative, uber talented and passionate about the possibilities of VFX, Experiential, Animation and Technology. When you join the team, you’ll be working with and learning from the most skilled people in the business.

Job Description

This role reports to the Head of Technology, Montreal. We seek to appoint a Systems Team Leadto help lead a team of Systems Engineers, handling team management duties such as:

• Task Triage
• Project Management
• Asset Management
• Mentorship
• Code review
• Jira Management
• Escalations

This is a varied role that includes liaising within our Global Technology group, managers, and other visual effects departments. It is important applicants are resilient, proactive and know how to work cohesively as part of the bigger picture. If you like the idea of leading a group of highly motivated technology specialists and running a very busy department, we want to hear from you.

This role is ideal for people interested in a managerial role within technology

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of systems administrators and support system operations
• Creating documentation and leading training
• Ticket triage – dispatching and prioritizing tickets from ticket-tracking system
• Keeping track of and managing assets inventory for Software & Systems Departments, and Expiry Calendar
• Coordinating, creating and executing transfer plans with department managers and systems administrators
• Maintaining a communication rapport with vendors and tracking items to ensure they were properly received and recorded
• Facilitating information flow across teams, departments, and projects
• Scheduling project tasks and coordinating their dependencies

Qualifications

• Proven experience in systems administration of devops role, with prior leadership experience strongly preferred
• Experience within a deadline driven environment
• Strong Project Management and Scheduling skills
• Clear confident communicator
• Organized and focused
• A strong commitment to service, quality and reliability
• A personable nature who knows how to be upbeat and motivate teams in times of delivery
• Experience in delivering technology projects
• Film industry experience is preferred but not essential

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