Release DevOps Engineer

2 Hours ago • 3 Years + • DevOps

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Release DevOps Engineer, you'll create and maintain automated build, testing, and deployment pipelines using Gitlab. You'll leverage CI/CD expertise and containerization to define best practices and improve developer velocity. Responsibilities include automating Gitlab tasks, writing documentation, and partnering with leadership to schedule tasks. The ideal candidate is a Gitlab expert with Python development experience (3+ years), proficient in building robust build systems, and familiar with VFX pipelines and production needs. Experience with Docker, C++ libraries, Rez, Python build ecosystems, reverse proxies, and cloud deployments is essential.
Must have:
  • 3+ years Python development
  • Gitlab CI/CD expertise
  • Automated build & deployment
  • Docker experience
  • Code quality enforcement
Good to have:
  • VFX pipeline knowledge
  • C++ library experience
  • Rez/Python build systems
  • Reverse proxy knowledge
  • Cloud deployment experience

Job Details

As a DevOps Engineer, you will support the team by creating and maintaining automated build, testing and deployment pipelines. You will leverage your extensive knowledge of CI/CD processes and containerized build and deployment to help define best practices and enable other developers to focus on feature development. The ideal candidate is an experienced Gitlab administrator who worked as a python developer and enjoys supporting a team of developers with rigorous and robust build systems.

Key Responsiblities

    • Create and maintain complex build, test, integrations and deployment pipelines
    • Improve developer velocity through automation of gitlab tasks
    • Write technical briefs and user documentation
    • Partner with software development leadership and pipeline team to identify and schedule tasks

Qualifications

    • 3+ years Python development
    • Expert with automated build and deployment systems in Gitlab or similar
    • Experience enforcing code quality through testing and linting in the Python ecosystem
    • Hands on experience with docker
    • Familiarity with VFX Pipelines and production needs
    • Experience building C++ libraries
    • Experience with Rez and/or python build and distribution ecosystems
    • Understanding of reverse-proxy and other techniques for making APIs accessible 
    • Working knowledge of cloud based deployments 
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills
About Us
Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich (will cease to operate by year's end), Seoul, and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.

We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.

Eyeline Studios
Eyeline Studios, our virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility. Learn more.

Powered by Netflix
Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows us to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in visual effects. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, we continue to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients.

Come as you are
We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.

We will only consider applicants based in British Columbia, or those willing to relocate.

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About The Company

Scanline VFX is an award-winning, global leader in the visual effects industry with studios in 7 core locations including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. From humble beginnings over 30 years ago, we’ve grown to a team of over 1,200 made up of diverse nationalities from around the world. We believe in the power of storytelling and are committed to helping filmmakers realize their artistic vision. Underpinned by a commitment to innovation, collaboration and long-standing partnerships, we continue to develop innovative tools, techniques and technologies, to offer filmmakers the ultimate in creative freedom. Eyeline Studios, Scanline’s virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility.

Netflix’s investment in Scanline’s pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows Scanline to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in VFX. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, Scanline continues to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients outside of Netflix.

Established in 1989 in Munich, Scanline became well-known for our ability to create photorealistic natural phenomena such as fire, smoke and water, having developed our proprietary fluid simulation software, Flowline. Scanline was the sole developer of Flowline and in 2008, and was the recipient of a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award® for the software.

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