The Role
Designs, builds, and supports high-performance studio infrastructure for post-production and VFX environments. Leads architecture across storage, virtualization, networking, cloud, servers, rendering, and security systems. Provides technical leadership, advanced troubleshooting, capacity planning, project delivery, vendor evaluation, documentation, and infrastructure modernization. Partners with global engineering, production, security, operations, and studio leadership to deliver reliable, scalable, resilient infrastructure.
Summary Generated by Built In
Business Unit: Company 3
Position: Systems Engineer, Sr
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Requisition Number: 1077
*Pay Range: $42.00 - $61.54 CAD hourly
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Systems Architect will design, build, and support the core infrastructure for Company 3 and SDFX, spanning post-production, color, finishing, editorial, VFX, and audio mixing environments.
This role owns the architecture for studio infrastructure, ensuring reliability, performance, scalability, and security as production demands grow. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in network architecture, virtualization technologies, high-performance storage, and complex problem-solving.
The Senior Systems Architect will collaborate closely with Global Engineering, Software Development, Information Security, Production Operations, and local studio leadership at Company 3 and SDFX to align infrastructure architecture with business objectives and production requirements.
MAIN DUTIES:
Technical Leadership & Mentorship: The Systems Engineer, Sr will serve as a senior technical authority and the final escalation point for complex infrastructure issues. They will mentor Systems Engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will be well-seasoned professional in Systems Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering, including designing and architecting enterprise infrastructure. They must have prior experience designing and supporting enterprise infrastructure across media, post-production, VFX, broadcast, or related creative industries. As well as advanced knowledge of Linux systems engineering, enterprise storage architecture, network infrastructure and services, virtualization platforms, cloud computing platforms, and identity and access management. They will also have prior hands-on experience designing and managing Isilon storage, Quantum StorNext, Fibre Channel, Proxmox, and Ceph. Additional desired skills include:
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.
Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:
Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the Company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise need any accommodation or support in order to participate in the application process.
*The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range may be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs.
The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings as adopted and amended from time to time will apply.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws.
This position is for an existing vacancy. Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through the Company’s Career Page. The Company generally only contacts those individuals who have submitted an application which it wishes to interview. To the extent required by applicable law, the Company will contact candidates who are interviewed, within 45 days of their last interview, to advise as to whether or not a hiring decision has been made.
Position: Systems Engineer, Sr
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Requisition Number: 1077
*Pay Range: $42.00 - $61.54 CAD hourly
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Systems Architect will design, build, and support the core infrastructure for Company 3 and SDFX, spanning post-production, color, finishing, editorial, VFX, and audio mixing environments.
This role owns the architecture for studio infrastructure, ensuring reliability, performance, scalability, and security as production demands grow. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in network architecture, virtualization technologies, high-performance storage, and complex problem-solving.
The Senior Systems Architect will collaborate closely with Global Engineering, Software Development, Information Security, Production Operations, and local studio leadership at Company 3 and SDFX to align infrastructure architecture with business objectives and production requirements.
MAIN DUTIES:
Technical Leadership & Mentorship: The Systems Engineer, Sr will serve as a senior technical authority and the final escalation point for complex infrastructure issues. They will mentor Systems Engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
- Provide technical direction for infrastructure priorities, design decisions, and project execution.
- Establish engineering standards and best practices for infrastructure design, change management, and documentation.
- Lead advanced troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and long-term remediation of infrastructure-level issues.
- Design monitoring, capacity planning, and performance strategies that scale with production demand.
- Define infrastructure improvements, modernization initiatives, and lifecycle plans.
- Work with local and global teams to design for resilience and minimize operational disruptions.
- Architect and support the integration of new production technologies and workflow improvements.
- Collaborate with global technology teams to align architecture, standards, and operational practices.
- Shape infrastructure architecture plans and long-term technology roadmaps.
- Provide senior engineering support for critical incidents and planned infrastructure maintenance.
- Design infrastructure that complies with Company 3 security policies, industry best practices, and customer security requirements.
WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will be well-seasoned professional in Systems Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering, including designing and architecting enterprise infrastructure. They must have prior experience designing and supporting enterprise infrastructure across media, post-production, VFX, broadcast, or related creative industries. As well as advanced knowledge of Linux systems engineering, enterprise storage architecture, network infrastructure and services, virtualization platforms, cloud computing platforms, and identity and access management. They will also have prior hands-on experience designing and managing Isilon storage, Quantum StorNext, Fibre Channel, Proxmox, and Ceph. Additional desired skills include:
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis capabilities.
- Excellent written, verbal, and organizational communication skills.
- Strong documentation skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced production environment.
- Strong decision-making skills and sound technical judgment.
- An architect's mindset, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and long-term design.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical execution.
- Ability to remain calm and effective during critical operational events.
- A collaborative approach with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience designing infrastructure for color, editorial, finishing, VFX, rendering, or production workflows is a plus.
- Experience with infrastructure automation is a plus.
- Experience architecting hybrid cloud infrastructure and large-scale storage environments is a plus.
- Experience supporting distributed global teams is a plus.
- Experience in security, compliance, or operational resilience initiatives is a plus.
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.
Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:
Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the Company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise need any accommodation or support in order to participate in the application process.
*The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range may be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs.
The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings as adopted and amended from time to time will apply.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws.
This position is for an existing vacancy. Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through the Company’s Career Page. The Company generally only contacts those individuals who have submitted an application which it wishes to interview. To the extent required by applicable law, the Company will contact candidates who are interviewed, within 45 days of their last interview, to advise as to whether or not a hiring decision has been made.
Skills Required
- Experience in systems engineering or infrastructure engineering, including enterprise infrastructure design and architecture
- Prior experience designing and supporting enterprise infrastructure across media, post-production, VFX, broadcast, or related creative industries
- Advanced knowledge of Linux systems engineering
- Advanced knowledge of enterprise storage architecture
- Advanced knowledge of network infrastructure and services
- Advanced knowledge of virtualization platforms
- Advanced knowledge of cloud computing platforms
- Advanced knowledge of identity and access management
- Hands-on experience designing and managing Isilon storage, Quantum StorNext, Fibre Channel, Proxmox, and Ceph
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis capabilities
- Excellent written, verbal, and organizational communication skills
- Strong documentation skills and exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced production environment
- Strong decision-making skills and sound technical judgment
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical execution
- Collaborative approach with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience designing infrastructure for color, editorial, finishing, VFX, rendering, or production workflows
- Experience with infrastructure automation
- Experience architecting hybrid cloud infrastructure and large-scale storage environments
- Experience supporting distributed global teams
- Experience in security, compliance, or operational resilience initiatives
Company 3 Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Company 3 and has not been reviewed or approved by Company 3.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is presented as part of a comprehensive package for eligible full‑time staff and part‑time employees working 25+ hours per week. Local plans are provided outside the U.S., with specifics varying by territory.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are included for eligible full‑time staff and 25+ hour part‑time employees. Project hires and sub‑25‑hour part‑time employees also receive retirement plus select insurance.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Eligibility extends beyond full‑time roles to certain part‑time and project‑based employees. This tiered structure broadens access across employment types and locations.
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The Company
What We Do
Company 3 is a comprehensive postproduction facility for features, episodic, commercials, and music videos with locations in Los Angeles, New York, London, Atlanta, Toronto, Vancouver and Pune. Known for its creative color artistry, pioneering technology, and global reach, Company 3 is trusted to deliver a quality product every time. It is home to one of the largest and most talented pools of colorists and visual effects artists working in post-production today with a client list that includes many of the most respected and talented film and entertainment professionals in the industry. Company 3 offers solutions-based services ranging from color correction, Digital Intermediate (DI), and file-based workflows to visual effects and online services. Through its virtual outposts, Company 3 Colorists are available to clients around the world.
