Systems Administrator
Madrid
Skydance Animation Madrid – IT /
Full Time /
Hybrid
Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.
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As a Systems Administrator you will be responsible for the architecture, deployment, maintenance and security of the company’s infrastructure services, systems, and network.
Responsibilities
- Installing, configuring, and managing network infrastructure.
- Installing, configuring, and managing servers and services both cloud and on-premises.
- Installing and evaluating new software releases, system upgrades and patches.
- Maintaining and monitoring system configuration to ensure data and configuration integrity.
- Operating with the objective of having a reliable, efficient, and scalable infrastructure using configuration as code methodologies.
- Collaborating across departments to evolve systems standards studio wide.
- Collaborating with the InfoSec team on vulnerability management.
- Performing system backups and recovery.
- Documenting and automating daily tasks.
- Participating in large system and subsystem planning.
- 3rd level of support functions, including problem isolation and resolution.
- Keeping up on current methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company.
- Collaborates with other team members, when necessary.
- Follows the Supervisor’s and Lead´s guidance.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of professional experience in IT departments.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and subnetting
- Experience with VLANs, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)
- Proficiency in network troubleshooting and packet analysis (Wireshark, tcpdump)
- Configuration and administration of routers, switches, and firewalls
- Understanding of cloud networking (OCI, AWS, Azure Virtual Network)
- Knowledge of structured cabling standards (Ethernet, fiber optics)
- Process automation and deployment
- Experience with enterprise monitoring solutions
- Scripting (Powershell, Python, bash)
- Ansible/Terraform
- Apache/nginx/Flask
- PostgreSQL/ MySQL
- Experience with high availability systems.
- Experience in process virtualization and deployment.
- Experience in the 3D animation sector
- Recommended certification (not required but preferred): Cisco CCNA/CCNP.
- Medium-high English level required.
- Spanish desirable.
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Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, interactive, and animation divisions.
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