Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer – Media & Entertainment Workflows

At GPL Technologies, our mission is to provide powerful, reliable, and innovative technology services to creative companies by combining specialized industry expertise with engineering excellence. We are a rapidly growing firm that serves Hollywood’s most notable movie studios, gaming companies, visual effects houses, and advertising firms. Our vision is to expand GPL’s presence globally, building a team of specialists focused on empowering creatives to achieve their vision without worrying about managing technology.

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer with solid expertise in media and entertainment technologies. In this role you’ll help our customers design and deploy creative production workflows in the cloud, developing systems for some of the top studios in the world and providing artists with the tools they need to create high‑quality film, television, and video game content.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with render farms—specifically Deadline—and creative apps such as Nuke, Maya, C4D, and others. You must be comfortable working cross‑platform with Windows and macOS and possess fluent proficiency in Linux command line, as this role is heavy on Linux CLI work. Packaging apps in Conda is also essential.

This role requires frequent direct interaction with project stakeholders and end‑users. Strong English communication skills and a deep understanding of customer workflows are essential. You will translate customer requirements into technical deliverables and advise on best practices to help customers achieve their technical goals.

• Engage directly with customers to assess their VFX production workflows and identify opportunities to streamline creative processes in the cloud.
• Design, deploy, and optimize cloud‑based production environments that support rendering, collaboration, and data management.
• Integrate AWS Deadline Cloud into customer pipelines to maximize efficiency and scalability.
• Design and deploy cloud‑based infrastructure for artist workstations, render nodes, and collaborative storage solutions.
• Implement best practices for secure, high‑performance remote workflows, including networking, VPNs, and Bastion host setups.
• Automate deployment and maintenance tasks using Ansible and other infrastructure‑as‑code tools.
• Provide guidance on cross‑platform interoperability, ensuring seamless integration across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments.
• Support customers with file system architecture, NAS solutions, and scalable storage management.
• Work closely with engineering and pipeline teams to troubleshoot complex render and workflow challenges.

• Excellent English communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience designing and deploying cloud‑based solutions for creative workflows.
• Proficiency in Linux (multi‑distro preferred).
• Strong AWS experience, particularly in EC2, FSx, VPNs, and networking.
• Experience with render farm management (Deadline) and familiarity with creative artist tools such as Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Cinema 4D, and others.
• Solid understanding of networking, VPNs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with SSH, Bastion hosts, and secure access workflows.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Terraform, or Ansible).

• Full‑time
• Remote work from home