Senior IT Specialist

Our client is a boutique creative technology company supporting high-end visual content production for clients across film, television, advertising, and digital media. With a strong reputation for technical excellence and innovation, the team is looking for an experienced IT professional to help scale and optimize the infrastructure that powers its production environment.

We're looking for a Senior IT Specialist to join the team! In this role, you'll take ownership of the organization's production technology infrastructure while driving improvements across systems, workflows, and automation. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a highly collaborative, technically sophisticated environment where reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement are key.

What you'll do:

• Own and maintain core IT infrastructure, including networking, storage, backups, and system availability

• Administer production systems, render infrastructure, licensing, and workstation deployment across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments

• Manage NAS environments, archival workflows, and backup solutions to ensure data integrity and performance

• Identify opportunities to improve production workflows through automation, process optimization, and emerging AI technologies

• Troubleshoot technical issues across infrastructure and production systems while supporting day-to-day studio operations

• Document systems, establish best practices, and contribute to the long-term scalability and reliability of the IT environment

What we're looking for:

• 5+ years of experience managing IT infrastructure, preferably within a VFX, animation, post-production, media, or other creative production environment

• Strong knowledge of networking, enterprise storage, and Windows, Linux, and macOS administration

• Hands-on experience supporting production pipelines and creative technology environments

• Experience with technologies such as Deadline, Baselight, Nuke, Flame, Redshift, NAS administration, LTO archival, or MDM platforms

• Proven ability to improve workflows through automation, systems optimization, and emerging technologies

• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to work independently and proactively

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

Nice to have:

• Experience supporting VFX, animation, post-production, or other high-performance creative production environments

• Exposure to AI-powered workflow automation or production tooling

• Experience documenting infrastructure and developing IT best practices

• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with availability to be on-site in downtown Toronto within 30 minutes during working hours