Training Technical Specialist

Description

Lucasfilm’s Training Department is seeking a Technical Specialist to perform two key roles: 1) to maintain training’s hardware and computing environment to ensure that we are prepared to provide effective training for Lucasfilm’s CG Production units – ILM, LucasArts, and Lucasfilm Animation and 2) maintain and develop vidcap, Lucasfilm’s open source application which captures X-Windows based desktop sessions into a movie file with audio.
This challenging entry-level position will offer the opportunity to discover, develop, and expand one’s skills in a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative environment.

Training Environment:

• Maintain resources and standards for Training. Coordinate with technical staff at ILM, LucasArts, and Lucasfilm Animation to determine the needs for Training’s environment. Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensure that training directories are up-to-date with current generics.
  
• Monitor disk space and report status to all who need to know.
  
• Monitor show-specific scripts.
  
• Set up dot files and make corrections.
  
• Modify scripts where needed to make sure everything is working and appropriate improvements are developed.
  
• Maintain proficiency in shot and asset management systems.
  
• Politely remind trainers and trainees to clean up their files.
  
• Quickly and efficiently perform all tasks as directed, assisting the trainers with scripts/software, resource updates, departmental procedures, and so on.
  
• Facilitate integration of new software, hardware and procedures into ILM & show specific pipelines as needed.

• Maintain vidcap tool and including new releases/upgrades as necessary.
  
• Troubleshoot vidcap related support questions.
  
• Collaborate with theater Projectionists, Media Systems Engineering, and Lucas Online Information System development team to ensure vidcap is working as it should.

• Maintain and update STG web site, ensuring content is current and relevant.
  
• Post vidcaps/recordings to Lucas Online Information System after Speaker Series presentations.
  
• Work with the Dub Desk regarding dub requests, taping, and converting movie files.
  
• Provide media updates to the ILM Production Workflow document.
  
• Update Lucasfilm’s internal SIGGRAPH portal.