Render Wrangler

Essential Responsibilities Accountabilities & Results

• Collaborate with Pipeline leadership to set and adhere to team standards.
• Monitoring and queue management to effectively utilize resources diagnose issues and maximize throughput.
• Support and troubleshooting to identify root causes of errors and to provide feedback to various teams to ensure that issues are addressed going forward.
• Validation of jobs to ensure completion that there are no incomplete images or artifacts in the output.
• Optimization of submissions to maintain quality and efficiency while also keeping costs down.
• Communication with colleagues artists and stakeholders regarding any issues discovered/diagnosed so that expectations are managed accordingly.
• Telemetry and reporting within Deadline to provide artists and stakeholders with relevant information on farm utilization costs etc.
• Write and maintain clear documentation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Graphics Game Development or equivalent education and/or experience may be considered.
• Experience with AWS Thinkbox Deadline render management toolkit a must.
• Familiarity with other render management tools a plus.
• Familiarity with CGI production tools such as Maya Unreal Engine Houdini Nuke a must.
• Understanding CGI processes and production workflow.
• Experience with digital asset management systems like Flow or ftrack are a plus.
• Knowledge of Python and other development languages a plus.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks deadlines resources effectively and able to prioritize tasks create schedules and keep track of various project elements.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively liaise with stakeholders.
• Problem solving skills to identify issues analyze causes and develop effective solutions. Resourceful adaptable and able to think critically under pressure.
• Experience working with networking externally facing applications and infrastructure.