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About the Company:
Founded in 2017 by Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO is an artist-led independent studio shaping the future of film and television. The Russo Brothers and AGBO have generated more than $7 billion at the global box office, including Avengers: Endgame. The studio's projects include Academy Award-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once, Netflix hits The Gray Man and Extraction, and Prime Video's visceral thriller The Bluff and the global Citadel franchise. Citadel Season 2 premieres in May 2026.

AGBO is currently in production with Netflix on Tygo and Mercenary, both part of the Extraction universe, as well as with Lionsgate on John Rambo, a prequel to the iconic franchise. The studio is in post-production on The Whisper Man, starring Robert De Niro, and Avengers: Doomsday, which will be released December 18, 2026. AGBO will begin shooting Avengers: Secret Wars later this year. Both upcoming Avengers films are directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and co-produced by AGBO and Marvel Studios.

In 2023, AGBO welcomed Donald Mustard-former Chief Creative Officer at Epic Games and co-creator of Fortnite-as a partner. Mustard brings a bold creative vision to AGBO: to expand what storytelling can be through immersive, interconnected worlds that span across media. We're building the future of storytelling-and we're looking for bold, creative minds to help shape it. If you're ready to help define what comes next, we'd love to meet you.

Position Summary:
As a Senior Support Technician, you will be a central part of the IT team that supports video game production. Based in our Raleigh studio, you will serve as the sole on-site IT resource in North Carolina while operating as a fully integrated member of the full IT team based in Los Angeles. You will contribute to all aspects of software, hardware, and networking support, with strong focuses on personable service, maintaining functionality, deploying new systems, and maintaining security standards. This role requires a high degree of autonomy and self-motivation, while coordinating with the broader team for approvals and higher-level decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full technical support across the studio owning issues from triage to completion.
• Serve as the on-site resource for production IT support primarily for video game production including game development support, dev kit setup and management, and day-to-day production technical needs.
• Responsible for triage, tracking and resolution of Studio IT requests. Escalates issues as needed for any changes, approvals and higher level decisions that fall outside studio level scope.
• Managing employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, changes of status, and all associated processes.
• Deploy/troubleshoot peripherals, printers, VoIP phones, computers and mobile devices.
• Troubleshoot and setup conference room software/hardware.
• Executive level IT Support - handling support needs of all C suite executives.
• Deploy and manage software remotely, including security tools and patching
• Create and maintain user accounts and directory services; administer group policies, permissions, and access rights.
• Support corporate functions and Film/TV/VFX production as needed.
• Provide individual instruction and/or training to users on new or updated technology.
• In collaboration with the rest of the IT team, create instruction manuals, cheat sheets, general reports, and other related documentation.
• Help to troubleshoot any networking issues in collaboration with the rest of the team or third-party IT vendors.
• Troubleshoot applications in PC / Mac / Linux environments: Office 365 suite, Adobe Suite, Zoom, Slack, Google workspace, etc.
• Maintain asset tracking for the studio.
• Under the direction of the Helpdesk Manager, join the planning, implementation, and deployment of IT projects and studio-wide initiatives.
• Actively collaborate among members of the IT and Operations teams and cross-functionally with other departments.
• Attend and actively participate in any necessary staff, IT, Operations, or Creative meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 4-8 years of experience in an IT support role for a video game studio strongly preferred. Experience supporting Animation and VFX will also be considered. Experience supporting Unreal is ideal.
• High degree of self-motivation and proven ability to work independently with minimal on-site supervision.
• Experience operating as a primary or sole on-site IT resource, comfortable working autonomously while coordinating with a remote team.
• Demonstrated ability to balance local operations needs with IT governance, including knowing when to act independently and when to escalate or align with IT management.
• Experience deploying and supporting high performance workstations and game development hardware, including dev kits, in a studio environment.
• Knowledge of a wide range of computer systems software, applications, and hardware concepts.
• Working knowledge of networking concepts such as shared storage, VPN, firewall, and VLANs.
• Basic experience using and administering a directory and MDM system, Active Directory and JumpCloud preferred.
• Ability to perform routine preventive maintenance on systems software, applications, hardware, networking, and communications.
• Ability to use a ticketing system and complete tickets in a timely manner.
• Knowledge of current trends and developments in IT infrastructure and game development workflows.
• Records maintenance skills.
• A genuine enthusiasm for problem solving.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of employees, vendors, contractors, etc.
• Ability to analyze and resolve systems issues.
• Ability to communicate technical guidance and instruction to users on the use of all operating systems and their related applications and tools.
• Experience with automation, Perforce, GitHub, and deployment/management of AI tools a plus.

Additional Information:

• This role is based in Raleigh, NC, and candidates located in or willing to relocate to the area will only be considered.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

AGBO Labs LLC is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We aim to recruit the right people for the jobs we have to offer, and to assess applications on the basis of relevant skills, education and experience.

AGBO participates in E-Verify - English | Spanish

The job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent to this position.