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OUR STORY For more than 35 years, Bardel Entertainment has been growing and evolving, yet at our core, we remain grounded in the creative roots of the craft of animation.  Our pursuit of fresh ideas, techniques, and technologies is driven by the belief that together, through creativity and collaboration, we can accomplish anything!  If you want to be part of an environment that empowers you to experiment, learn, and contribute to exciting projects, come and join us. The Systems Administrator Lead is a senior, hands-on technical role responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of core infrastructure services across systems, security, firewalls, storage, backup, and container platforms. This role supports both on-premises and cloud environments and plays a critical part in maintaining reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure for an Animation and VFX production environment. This position emphasizes technical leadership and ownership rather than formal people management. While prior people management experience is beneficial, it is not required. The successful candidate will lead through technical expertise, operational excellence, and collaboration. Location: Vancouver, BC Requirements Key Responsibilities Systems & Infrastructure · Design, deploy, and maintain Linux and Windows Server environments in production settings · Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of infrastructure supporting production pipelines · Act as a senior escalation point for complex systems issues and outages · Contribute to infrastructure planning, lifecycle management, and modernization initiatives Virtualization and VDI · Experience with - VMware vSphere, Horizon, vCenter, Teradici PCoIP · Networking fundamentals - TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewalls, QoS · Scripting and automation — PowerShell (PowerCLI), Bash, Python. Infrastructure-as-code tools Puppet, Ansible Security & Firewall Management · Design, manage, and maintain firewall and network security configurations · Implement and enforce security best practices, access controls, and segmentation · Partner with security stakeholders to support compliance, auditing, and client security requirements · Identify and remediate infrastructure security risks Storage, Backup & Data Protection · Design and operate enterprise storage solutions (on-prem and cloud-based) · Own backup, disaster recovery, and restore processes · Ensure data integrity, availability, and performance for production workloads · Regularly validate backup and recovery procedures Kubernetes & Containerization · Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters in on-prem and cloud environments · Support and maintain containerized services used by pipeline, infrastructure, and internal platforms · Implement best practices for container security, networking, scaling, and monitoring · Collaborating with Pipeline and Development teams to optimize container-based workflows Leadership & Collaboration · Serve as a technical lead and subject matter expert for systems and infrastructure · Establish standards, documentation, and operational procedures · Mentor and support other Systems Administrators · Collaborate cross-functionally with Pipeline, Security, and Production teams Required Qualifications · Experience supporting high-performance production, gaming, media, cloud, or enterprise infrastructure.  · Strong hands-on experience with: o Linux systems administration o Windows Server administration o Enterprise storage and backup solutions o Firewall and network security management · Practical experience operating Kubernetes and containerized environments · Experience supporting hybrid infrastructure (on-prem and cloud) · Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and operational skills · Ability to manage multiple priorities in a production-driven environment