Expression of Interest – Temp IO Technician

Sphere Entertainment Group • Burbank, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

An I/O Technician to join a groundbreaking studio technology department based in Burbank. The I/O Technician is responsible for facilitating the smooth ingest, egest, organization, and delivery of digital asset media across a wide range of platforms and mechanisms. This role requires experience with Aspera, SharePoint, AWS, and GCP transfer workflows, working knowledge of enterprise and prosumer-level data transfer platforms, and a basic understanding of post-production and studio media pipelines. The I/O Technician owns communication around all requests from submission to completion and coordinates efforts with multiple departments across the Engineering, Operations, and Post-Production teams. The ideal candidate is deeply familiar with digital and physical I/O operations, operating systems, drive hardware, and scripting/command-line tools including Python and BASH. This role offers the opportunity to work with proprietary toolsets related to Sphere’s groundbreaking capture and display technology pipelines and to help shape department procedures and workflows as the studio grows. A positive team player with a keen interest in developing technologies and enthusiasm for the future of entertainment is essential.

Requirements

• Minimum of three years’ experience as an I/O Technician or Data Wrangler in a high-end post-production environment; vault experience is a plus.
• Experience working with departments spread across multiple locations and interfacing with VFX, audio, color, and third-party vendors.
• Aspera experience required, with strong working knowledge of enterprise data platforms and cloud services (AWS and GCP).
• Primary working hours will include evening and weekend shifts, determined on a job-to-job basis; must have a flexible schedule and be able to work independently.
• Positive, collaborative team player with a constructive approach to problem-solving.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ShotGrid and Jira Service Management strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Organize, track, and catalogue the ingest of files and prepare deliverables via digital file transfer programs and physical hard drives.
• Service enterprise data ingest and egest needs of multiple creative partners while adhering to strict operational and security protocols.
• Prep, track, and deliver drives to and from internal departments (VFX, color, audio) and third-party vendors to maintain quality assurance and a high level of detail across all inbound and outbound activity.
• Work closely with in-house development and operations teams on the refinement and deployment of custom toolsets to meet Sphere’s unique data I/O needs.
• Assist with implementing protocols, processes, and workflows around these toolsets to ensure preparedness for deliverables and audits.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed