DisneyToon Studios, an industry leader in the creation of quality animated feature length films for the home and theatrical markets. Dedicated to producing cutting edge entertainment the world over, DisneyToon Studios offers a creative environment where you and your talents can be part of the magic.

We are seeking a Production Analyst/Archive Administrator for an immediate project in our Glendale, CA studio.

The Production Analyst/Archive Administrator will be responsible for the analysis of over 18TB of production data from a CG feature film as well as the creation of tools and processes for data archiving.

An ideal candidate for this project may have experience as a Technical Director with scripting abilities, a S/W Engineer with CG production experience or a Systems Administrator with maya and scripting experience.

This is estimated to be a 6 month project with the strong likelihood of additional projects upon completion.

Responsibilities:

• Create archiving procedure for CG production data
• Help determine and create necessary toolset for project
• Building simple tools for archive pipeline such as scripts to move and manipulate files
• Design procedure for data restore
• Create test render procedure as final data check
• Obtain a good understand of data structures across all CG departments and create disk usage reports by file type and department
• Resolve data path differences between multiple studios
• Determine what data does not live with shots or assets (such as Anim libraries, Light kits, EFX Engines, etc.)

Additional tasks may include:
• Create a high level check to determine if we have all sequences, shots, and assets
• Create a system for checking that we have the latest version of all shots and assets
• Create a Maya file compare/parser to ensure that all source images are present for each shot
• Create a RIB file to Maya compare tool to identify any modifications to the RIB files, and help determine whether or not RIB files should be retained
• Catalog data and determine process for restoring data

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years experience in a complex VFX or CG Animation production environment
• Experience in Windows CG production environment
• Scripting skills such as MEL, python or perl a necessity
• Working knowledge of Maya, Fusion and Renderman
• Demonstrated ability to understand and manage large data sets
• Superb organization skills and ability to establish project plans and procedures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate technical concepts to a general audience
• Well developed problem solving skills a must
• Coding skills a plus
• Linux or Unix experience a plus