AWS Engineer – Media & Entertainment Workflows

GPL Technologies; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Signing bonus

401(k) with employer match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible schedule

Paid time off

Job summary

A tech service firm in Los Angeles seeks an AWS Engineer to design and deploy cloud workflows for media and entertainment. Candidates should have strong AWS and Linux expertise, as well as experience with creative tools like Maya and Nuke. The role offers a salary of $100k-$145k, remote work options, and a $10,000 signing bonus.

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering cloud-based solutions for creative workflows.
• Ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills in render and workflow challenges.

Responsibilities

• Assess VFX production workflows and identify improvement opportunities.
• Design and deploy optimized cloud-based production environments.
• Integrate AWS Deadline Cloud into customer pipelines.
• Automate deployment tasks using infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Support customers in file architecture and storage management.

Skills

Linux command line proficiency

Strong AWS expertise

Customer engagement

Render farm management knowledge

Scripting skills

Tools

Maya

Nuke

C4D

Ansible

Deadline

Job description

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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 cater 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.

We are seeking a skilled AWS Engineer with solid expertise in media & entertainment technologies. As a AWS Engineer with our company, you’ll help our customers design and deploy creative production workflows in the cloud, developing systems for some of the top studios in the world and giving artists the tools they need to help them create the best film, television, and video game content.

The ideal candidate for this role will have experience working with render farms—specifically Deadline—and creative apps like Nuke, Maya, C4D, etc. You’ll need to be comfortable working cross-platform with Windows/Mac and fluent proficiency in Linux command line is a must as this role is heavy on Linux CLI work. You’ll need to be very comfortable packaging apps in Conda as this plays a big role in how we customize solutions for our customers.

This role requires lots of direct interaction with project stakeholders and end-users, so strong English communication skills and comfort digging into the details of how customers work and what they want to accomplish is a must. You’ll need to be proficient at translating customer requirements into technical deliverables and capable of advising customers on best practices and solutions that can help them achieve their technical goals. Your ability to bridge the gap between engineering and creative workflows will be key to success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Engage directly with customers to assess their VFX production workflows and identify opportunities to streamline creative processes in the cloud.
• Design, deploy, and optimize cloud-based production environments that support rendering, collaboration, and data management.
• Integrate AWS Deadline Cloud into customer pipelines to maximize efficiency and scalability.
• Design and deploy cloud-based infrastructure for artist workstations, render nodes, and collaborative storage solutions.
• Implement best practices for secure, high-performance remote workflows, including networking, VPNs, and Bastion host setups.
• Automate deployment and maintenance tasks using Ansible and other infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Provide guidance on cross-platform interoperability, ensuring seamless integration across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments.
• Support customers with filesystem architecture, NAS solutions, and scalable storage management.
• Work closely with engineering and pipeline teams to troubleshoot complex render and workflow challenges.

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Excellent English communication skills – must be able to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience working directly with customers to design and deploy cloud-based solutions for creative workflows.
• Proficiency in Linux (multi-distro preferred).
• Strong AWS experience, particularly in EC2, FSx, VPNs, and networking.
• Experience with render farm management (Deadline) and familiarity with creative artist tools (Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Cinema 4D, etc.).
• Solid understanding of networking, VPNs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with SSH, Bastion hosts, and secure access workflows.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Terraform, or Ansible).

If you’re passionate about cloud-based 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

• Competitive salary ranging from 100k to 145k annually depending on experience and qualifications
• $10,000 signing bonus
• 401(k) with employer match up to 4% of annual base salary
• Dental / Health / Vision / Life / Accident Insurances
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off