Lead Technologist - New York
What we’re up to at Untold
We are a creative community - a team of world-class talent, visionary clients, and an exciting future ahead. As a studio, our people and culture are at the core of everything we do. Our purpose is simple: to create outstanding content that captivates audiences, while enjoying every step of the journey.
The Role
You will be the Lead Technologist in our New York studio and the senior-most technologist on site and the main point of contact for Technology in NY.
You will own the New York side of the studio's technology platform: the on-prem office infrastructure and its connection into our existing cloud environment, Autodesk Flame Review Rooms, artist cloud experience, storage, security and compliance. Alongside this, you'll contribute to studio-wide requirements for licensing and capacity planning and working with the Heads of Technology and Lead Technologists in LA, London and Toronto. When projects of significant scope or strategic nature land in New York, you'll partner directly with studio leadership.
You have in-depth technical knowledge and are driven to work in a forward-thinking, innovative Technology department. You are a highly motivated problem solver who thrives on owning issues end-to-end, you bring great ideas, and you have the skills to deliver them.
We are committed to supporting you and your ongoing development. We will work closely with you to establish a personal progression plan. You are never on your own.
What you'll own (New York)
- On-prem infrastructure: WiFi, VPNs, networking, IO line, CCTV, and NUC provisioning/automation
- Review rooms: calibration, displays, audio and colour-managed playback
- Managing Flame setups
- Cloud-to-office connectivity for NY
- Vendor coordination, performance debugging and local capacity
- Security: site audits, VPNs, firewalls, and compliance for the NY site
What you'll contribute to (studio-wide)
- Render farm: cross-site capacity and US-region rendering
- Flame: build, test and performance
- Licensing: US-region and TPN-driven constraints
- Capacity planning, jointly with Lead Technologists across the studio
Leadership
- Lead the NY Technology function and represent it within the studio
- Build relationships with current and future suppliers, particularly US-East coast vendors
- Represent Untold at industry events on the US-East coast
- Partner with Senior Management on initiatives of significant scale
Untold Studios is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in all aspects of recruitment and employment regardless of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief or disability (whether registered as disabled or not). If you would like to know more about how we approach equal opportunities, please let us know.