Dev Ops Engineer

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a media and entertainment company that develops, produces, and markets entertainment, news, and information. It owns and operates a portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a motion picture company, television production operations, a television stations group, theme parks, and a suite of Internet-based businesses.

Position:DevOps Engineer
Location: Glendale, CA 91201
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Shift: Monday To Friday From 9:00 AM To 6:00 PM

Required Qualifications

• Linux Expertise: Expert-level administration and configuration skills in Linux environments, including deep familiarity with shell scripting (Bash), package management, and system performance tuning.
• GitHub Actions Ecosystem: Extensive hands-on experience building, debugging, and maintaining complex enterprise pipelines using GitHub Actions, including self-hosted runners and custom actions.
• Programming & Scripting: Strong proficiency in Python for automation, tool development, and pipeline integration.
• C++ Build Systems: Deep understanding of the C++ compilation pipeline (compilers, linkers, static/dynamic libraries), Docker, Conan, Rez and CMake build automation tool.
• Version Control: Mastery of Git, including branching strategies, submodules, hook configurations, and large repository management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Multi-Platform Engineering: Practical experience managing builds and troubleshooting compilation dependencies on Linux (Rocky9), macOS (M-series) and Windows platforms.
• Familiarity with Rez, and VFX-standard runtime environments.
• Industry Experience: Prior experience working within a visual effects (VFX), animation, or gaming studio pipeline is a significant plus.

Responsibilities:

• Client is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer skilled in Configuration Management (CM) / Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) and Build Systems and tools to join our Render team responsible for the MoonRay production renderer, used in-house and open-sourced.
• In this role, you will expand, optimize, document, design and maintain the automated build, integration, release, and deployment system for the award-winning, open-source MoonRay render engine developed at client and a member project of the Academy Software Foundation, powering our feature film production pipelines.
• You will work closely with software engineers to ensure our proprietary rendering toolset is built and distributed reliably across our studio infrastructure and open-source.
• Additionally, you'll bring strong communication skills to talk at technical and management levels, and the ability to thoroughly document systems and processes.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.