TRIXTER is continually looking for talented and qualified artists to enhance our team and is seeking dedicated and creative people who have a vision for their future. We offer innovation and imagination in exciting global projects for feature film VFX, broadcast design, advertising, interactive presentations and multimedia-based installations for large venue exhibitions.
Render Wrangler
After Hours Render Wrangler & IT Support
The After Hours Render Wrangler & IT Support position is a part-time but mission critical role to offer both after hours IT support and assist in the effective use of the computing resources (render farm) utilised in rendering computer generated images for our active projects.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Monitor, manage and keep the render farm running at maximum capacity
- Monitor jobs on the “Pixar Tractor” render manager: identify stalling jobs, follow up and report failed jobs to artists/Production.
- Check and re-start failed render tasks.
- Update and maintain Render Manager job priorities according to instructions from Production.
- Monitor disk space usage and flag high disk or network usage over-night.
- Restart unreliable blades and report them to the IT as necessary for later diagnosis.
- Provide first level technical support to artists and production team members working after
- Provide additional information to, and where required, liaise with the IT team to assist in trouble-shooting larger technical issues.
Required Skills & Experience:
- A focus in Computer Science/Engineering as an undergraduate is a major plus.
- Experience with Linux/UNIX, in particular the shell environment and navigating through the file system is a requirement.
- Experience and/or interests in any of the following IT technologies is a benefit: ZFS, Layer 2 Networking, esxi, vsphere, pfsense, RHEL, iSCSI, git, rpm, Bacula, NFS, SMB, python, Asterisk, Ansible, Graphite, Nagios, Observium, Cacti, Solaris, bash, csh.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to handle a fast paced, occasionally high pressure environment
- Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team
- Willingness to work very flexible hours, including weekends and/or evenings.
Please contact us by email: jobs@trixter-la.comIncluding the following:
- Cover letter which states the position you are applying for and your availability
- Resume
- Demo reel and/or portfolio
- Breakdown Sheet
Animation Pipeline TD
We are currently hiring an Animation Pipeline TD for our Production Engineering team to support our Animation Pipeline. We are looking to fill this role immediately.
Primary responsibilities:
• Support our complex in-house Animation Pipeline and release tools.
• Work with the Rigging TD(s), Rigging Artists and Animators to resolve technical work-flow issues.
Requirements:
• At least 5 years of industry experience as an Animation TD or similar developer / support TD.
• Strong programming skills in Python, PySide (MEL experience is a plus).
• In depth knowledge of Maya and the Maya API.
• Experience with revision control systems (Git, SVN) is a plus.
• Must be comfortable working in a Linux environment.
• Good communication and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Knowledge of CG production pipelines and post production in general is of great benefit.
• EU citizenship or an existing German work permit
Please contact us by email: jobs@trixter-la.comIncluding the following: - Cover letter which states the position you are applying for and your availability
- Resume
- Demo reel and/or portfolio
- Breakdown Sheet
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