Senior VFX Network Engineer - Contract (AWS/Deadline)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly contract (1099)

Job summary

Thea Energy seeks a Senior VFX Network Engineer contractor to manage high-bandwidth, ultra-low latency infrastructure for render farms, large data transfers, and real-time artist collaboration. This role emphasizes spine-leaf networks, high-speed storage routing, and multi-cloud rendering pipelines.

Responsibilities include configuring Deadline Cloud Submitter, coordinating with VFX and Corporate Technology, and building scalable per-show environments.

Qualifications

• Engineering-level knowledge of CG and compositing apps (Maya, Arnold, Nuke, Unreal).
• 5+ years Linux, macOS, Windows administration including networking and scripting.
• Bash and Python scripting proficient.

Responsibilities

• Research and implement networking strategies for optimizing VFX CG visualization pipelines.
• Define architecture with VFX and Corporate Technology teams.
• Configure and validate Deadline Cloud Submitter end-to-end (queue setup, render node config).
• Ensure Maya/Arnold scenes submit, render, and return output correctly across show environments.

Skills

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Deadline (AWS Deadline Cloud)

VFX render farm

Linux/Windows administration

Networking optimization

Maya/AArnold workflows

Tools

Git

NFS/SMB

Rez/Env loading

Docker

HP Anyware/Teradici

Job description

Thea Energy seeks a Senior VFX Network Engineer contractor to manage high-bandwidth, ultra-low latency infrastructure for render farms, large data transfers, and real-time artist collaboration. This role emphasizes spine-leaf networks, high-speed storage routing, and multi-cloud rendering pipelines.

Responsibilities include configuring Deadline Cloud Submitter, coordinating with VFX and Corporate Technology, and building scalable per-show environments.