Lead System Administrator

For over three decades, Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) has been delighting and inspiring audiences worldwide with award-winning visual effects and is responsible for creating some of Hollywood’s most memorable screen moments.

RSP’s reputation and leadership makes it a trusted creative partner for major motion picture studios worldwide, with innovation a key component to RSP’s ongoing success.

RSP's recent work includes Sinners, Mickey 17, A Complete Unknown, Thunderbolts*, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fall Guy, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Knuckles, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

We're looking for an experienced and hands-on technology leader to oversee the day-to-day operations of our Systems Administration team, providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance while ensuring the delivery of reliable, secure, and high-performing IT services.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the senior escalation point for complex infrastructure, systems, and network issues across Linux, macOS, and Windows environments.
• Administer and support studio infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, virtualization platforms, backups, and endpoint devices
• Manage the deployment, maintenance, and lifecycle of laptops, workstations, and thin clients.
• Support enterprise platforms and services including Okta, Microsoft 365, Ceridian, ADP, and production applications such as Maya and Nuke.
• Collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Production, Operations, and Support teams to ensure reliable and efficient technology services.
• Identify recurring issues, drive root-cause analysis, and implement operational improvements.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, disaster recovery plans, and security best practices.
• Contribute to infrastructure projects, upgrades, and technology initiatives involving platforms such as Proxmox, Ovirt, StorNext, Ceph, Ruckus, Mellanox, and Sophos.
• Coordinate planned maintenance activities and help ensure high levels of service delivery across the studio.

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in Systems Administration, Infrastructure, or a related IT role, with demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise across Linux, macOS, and Windows environments, with advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proven experience managing enterprise infrastructure, including networking, virtualization, storage, backup solutions, security, and cloud technologies (AWS experience advantageous).
• Experience supporting production-focused environments such as VFX, animation, gaming, media, or other creative industries is highly regarded.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment