Post Engineer, Animation Series

Netflix

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Los Angeles, CA
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The Post Engineer, Animation Series (Union 700) joins the Netflix Series Animation team to provide frontline engineering triage and support for daily operational post production issues. This role involves maintaining shared storage platforms, configuring workstations, and managing video signal routing and color calibration for editorial displays. The engineer will troubleshoot hardware, software bugs, and connectivity issues for remote and local editors while overseeing storage pools and user permissions. Key technical requirements include experience with 2110 and NDI infrastructure, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, and Pro Tools. Candidates must possess skills in SMB, NFS, PCoIP, and VPN troubleshooting across MacOS, Windows, and Linux environments. The role specifically supports animation post production workflows, including render farm troubleshooting and animatic processes.

Skills

Avid Media Composer Adobe Premiere DaVinci Resolve Avid Nexis Pro Tools Python Bash NDI 2110 PCoIP VPN SMB NFS MacOS Windows Linux Blender Maya Deadline Networking Color Calibration

What you'll do

  • Provide rapid-response engineering triage for hardware, software, and connectivity issues for local and remote editors.
  • Maintain and support core post production software including Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, and DaVinci Resolve.
  • Oversee daily operations and troubleshoot shared storage platforms and user access permissions for post production pipelines.
  • Configure workstations, video signal routing, and color calibration for editorial displays.
  • Create system diagrams and workflow guides for editorial bay support.
  • Support daily operational tasks for ingest, rendering, and data transfers.
  • Manage 2110 and NDI infrastructure protocols and remote desktop hardware endpoints.

What we're looking for

  • 5 to 7 years of work in post production engineering or technical support within a post production facility or studio environment.
  • Proven experience with remote protocols, configuring and troubleshooting remote desktop (PCoIP and similar) hardware endpoints.
  • Practical knowledge and experience with VPN clients, end-user home network troubleshooting, and ACLs.
  • Expertise in Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, Premiere, and related editing tools.
  • Understanding of video codecs, display monitors, IP-based equipment, and cabling.
  • Expertise in Avid Nexis storage, SMB, NFS, and complex permission trees.
  • Proficiency in cross-platform troubleshooting, networking, OS environments (MacOS, Windows, Linux), and basic command-line scripting.
  • Experience with Blender, Maya, animatic process, and render farm troubleshooting (preferred); ACSR certification or IT network infrastructure experience (preferred).

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