DevOps Engineer – Media & Entertainment Workflows

Breed Staffing; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing technology services firm is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to design and deploy creative production workflows in the cloud. The role involves extensive interaction with project stakeholders and requires strong communication skills and technical expertise in media and entertainment technologies.

Benefits

401(k) with up to 4% employer match

Health, Dental, Vision, Life, and Accident insurances

Flexible schedule

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Experience with render farms and creative applications like Nuke, Maya, C4D.
• Proficient in Linux command line and cloud solutions for creative workflows.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to assess VFX workflows and identify cloud-based improvements.
• Design, deploy, and optimize cloud environments for rendering and collaboration.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Scripting

Tools

Linux

AWS

Deadline

Nuke

Maya

C4D

Ansible

Terraform

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DevOps Engineer - Media & Entertainment Workflows

At GPL Technologies, our mission is to provide powerful, reliable, and innovative technology services and leadership to creative companies by combining specialized industry expertise with excellence in engineering. We are a rapidly growing technology services firm that caters to some of Hollywood’s most notable movie studios, gaming companies, visual effects houses, and advertising firms. Our vision is to expand GPL’s presence globally, building an elite team of technology specialists focused on empowering creatives to achieve their vision without worrying about managing technology.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer with solid expertise in media & entertainment technologies. As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll help our customers design and deploy creative production workflows in the cloud, developing systems for top studios worldwide and providing tools to artists for creating film, television, and video game content.

The ideal candidate will have experience with render farms—specifically Deadline—and creative applications like Nuke, Maya, C4D. You should be comfortable working cross-platform with Windows/Mac and proficient in Linux command line, as this role involves extensive Linux CLI work. Packaging apps in Conda is also essential for customizing solutions for our clients.

This role involves direct interaction with project stakeholders and end-users. Strong English communication skills and the ability to understand and translate customer requirements into technical solutions are crucial. Your ability to bridge engineering and creative workflows will be key to success.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to assess VFX workflows and identify cloud-based process improvements
• Design, deploy, and optimize cloud environments supporting rendering, collaboration, and data management
• Integrate AWS Deadline Cloud into customer pipelines for efficiency and scalability
• Deploy infrastructure for artist workstations, render nodes, and storage solutions
• Implement secure, high-performance remote workflows, including networking and VPNs
• Automate deployment and maintenance with Ansible and other infrastructure-as-code tools
• Support cross-platform interoperability across Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Assist with filesystem architecture, NAS solutions, and scalable storage management
• Collaborate with engineering teams to troubleshoot workflow challenges

Preferred Qualifications/Skills

• Excellent English communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience designing and deploying cloud solutions for creative workflows
• Proficiency in Linux (multi-distro preferred)
• Strong AWS experience (EC2, FSx, VPNs, networking)
• Experience with render farm management (Deadline) and creative tools (Maya, Nuke, Houdini, C4D)
• Understanding of networking, VPNs, and cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with SSH, Bastion hosts, secure access workflows
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible)

If you’re passionate about cloud media workflows, customer engagement, and high-performance computing, we’d love to hear from you!

Job Type

• Full-time
• Remote work from home

Compensation and Benefits

We offer:

• Competitive compensation
• 401(k) with up to 4% employer match
• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, and Accident insurances
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Join a great team serving a vibrant community of creative media companies worldwide.

About Us

Pixar’s founders said, "Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art." If you’re ready to help top creators turn inspiration into blockbuster content, join GPL Technologies.

We help studios, VFX companies, post-production facilities, creators, artists, and producers work faster, cheaper, and more collaboratively—anywhere in the world. Clients include Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony, and Amazon Studios.

We deliver optimized IT solutions for content creators and media providers, supporting problem-solving, creativity, and productivity. Leading companies like Pixomondo, Technicolor, Electronic Arts, Skydance, and Apple are embracing this wave of 'creative enablement.'

We seek self-driven, entrepreneurial candidates who are problem-solvers and team players, ready to innovate and support clients creatively.