Head of Technology overseeing infrastructure at the world's first cloud-based Visual Effects studio. Leading tech maintenance, growth, and support while managing cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
Lead the design, maintenance, and scaling of on-prem infrastructure including networking, servers, switches and local and cloud connectivity.
Own all studio technology and facilities tech, including AV systems, meeting rooms, editorial/finishing setups, and general IT experience.
Oversee Flame and Review suites, client-facing environments, and artist workstations.
Ensure high reliability and performance for all physical studio spaces.
Manage studio connectivity with AWS and streaming services like Clearview and NDI.
Lead and grow the Technology team, embedding strong collaborative culture.
Oversee daily operations across the studio, including remote and hybrid users.
Manage onboarding processes, system documentation, and knowledge-sharing standards.
Foster an innovative, collaborative, and high-ownership team environment, and manage career planning and growth for the team members.
Lead the studio’s security and compliance initiatives, working with internal stakeholders, vendors, and auditors.
Manage identity access, endpoint security, network design, patching, and monitoring for both on-prem and AWS.
Work collaboratively with Pipeline, and Cloud Developers to maintain a secure hybrid environment.
Manage licensing for all software including procurement, renewals, tracking, and optimisation.
Develop key vendor relationships for hardware, software, cloud, and services.
Work with the Commercial team to forecast spend, negotiate contracts, and ensure cost-efficiency.
Support decisions on capacity planning, instance usage and render resource planning.
Provide feedback on architecture decisions as needed.
Monitor, optimise, and forecast infrastructure and AWS spend alongside the Cloud and commercial teams.
Requirements
7–10+ years in senior technology infrastructure leadership within a technical, media, VFX, animation, broadcast, or high-performance computing environment
Familiarity with cloud-based compute environments
Understanding of remote workstation technologies or virtualised environments
Experience with AWS services and cloud-native infrastructure
Experience managing licensing across complex software environments
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