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OUR STORY

For more than 35 years, Bardel Entertainment has been growing and evolving, yet at our core, we remain grounded in the creative roots of the craft of animation.  Our pursuit of fresh ideas, techniques, and technologies is driven by the belief that together, through creativity and collaboration, we can accomplish anything!  If you want to be part of an environment that empowers you to experiment, learn, and contribute to exciting projects, come and join us.

The Systems Administrator Lead is a senior, hands-on technical role responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of core infrastructure services across systems, security, firewalls, storage, backup, and container platforms. This role supports both on-premises and cloud environments and plays a critical part in maintaining reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure for an Animation and VFX production environment.

This position emphasizes technical leadership and ownership rather than formal people management. While prior people management experience is beneficial, it is not required. The successful candidate will lead through technical expertise, operational excellence, and collaboration.

Location: Vancouver, BC

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Systems & Infrastructure

Design, deploy, and maintain Linux and Windows Server environments in production settings

Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of infrastructure supporting production pipelines

Act as a senior escalation point for complex systems issues and outages

Contribute to infrastructure planning, lifecycle management, and modernization initiatives

Virtualization and VDI

Experience with - VMware vSphere, Horizon, vCenter, Teradici PCoIP

Networking fundamentals - TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewalls, QoS

Scripting and automation - PowerShell (PowerCLI), Bash, Python. Infrastructure-as-code tools Puppet, Ansible

Security & Firewall Management

Design, manage, and maintain firewall and network security configurations

Implement and enforce security best practices, access controls, and segmentation

Partner with security stakeholders to support compliance, auditing, and client security requirements

Identify and remediate infrastructure security risks

Storage, Backup & Data Protection

Design and operate enterprise storage solutions (on-prem and cloud-based)

Own backup, disaster recovery, and restore processes

Ensure data integrity, availability, and performance for production workloads

Regularly validate backup and recovery procedures

Kubernetes & Containerization

Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters in on-prem and cloud environments

Support and maintain containerized services used by pipeline, infrastructure, and internal platforms

Implement best practices for container security, networking, scaling, and monitoring

Collaborating with Pipeline and Development teams to optimize container-based workflows

Leadership & Collaboration

Serve as a technical lead and subject matter expert for systems and infrastructure

Establish standards, documentation, and operational procedures

Mentor and support other Systems Administrators

Collaborate cross-functionally with Pipeline, Security, and Production teams

Required Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of experience in an Animation or VFX Studio environment

Strong hands-on experience with:

o Linux systems administration

o Windows Server administration

o Enterprise storage and backup solutions

o Firewall and network security management

Practical experience operating Kubernetes and containerized environments

Experience supporting hybrid infrastructure (on-prem and cloud)

Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and operational skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a production-driven environment

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience acting as a technical lead or mentor

People management experience (beneficial but not required)

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Infrastructure as Code and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)

Experience supporting secure content environments and client delivery requirements

Role Scope Alignment (Salary Band Context)

Senior hands-on contributor with architectural influence

Limited formal management responsibility

Expected to own systems and services rather than large teams

Balance of operational support and forward-looking improvements

Benefits

Pay Range: CAD $100,000 - $125,000 per year  

This salary range provided reflects our current expectations for these roles as of this posting's date. Your final salary offer will consider various key factors, including your education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographical location, as well as the needs and requirements of the business. 

Flexible work environment, Extended Health and Wellness from day 1, RRSP matching are just some of the benefits. For more details, check out our website. 

If this seems like a good fit, what are you waiting for, get your application in!