This job requires someone in the greater Los Angeles area, preferably in either Santa Monica or Irvine who can access one of our offices there regularly.

Genvid is pioneering Massive, Interactive Live Events (MILEs) as a huge new category of transmedia. We provide the unique technology and services that enable this new form of cloud-based, live broadcast entertainment to be built on any of the top game engines and run on all major streaming platforms.

We believe viewers love live events, love communal experiences, and love when their participation matters. We believe the Metaverse is coming, and we’re already helping build its foundation.

We exist to power the next generation of these experiences — across gaming, sports and TV.

Our rapidly expanding workforce is composed of veterans from the video game and broader technology industries, with offices around the world. The Genvid team is extremely diverse, forward thinking, creative, and collaborative. We solve thorny problems quickly, reinvent the rules when necessary, and take pride in blazing new trails with major partners in the tech, social media, film and television, and pop culture sectors.

Our Solution:

Genvid Technologies is changing the face of the multi-billion-dollar livestreaming market through its proprietary technologies and related services, bringing real-time, interactive experiences to viewers of all kinds of broadcast content - even creating entirely new game-like experiences such as the recent Facebook Watch exclusive Rival Peak.

With successive investment rounds in place, our well-funded company continues to grow quickly: we expect to triple in size over the next few years. Genvid’s clients include the biggest game publishers in the world, as well as video game engine creators, game consoles, streaming platforms, indie developers, Hollywood studios and other major IP holders.
Be part of the revolution of interactive broadcasting!

IT Manager

The IT Manager will be the key contact for IT Support for employees in regards to IT operations, particularly for local LA staff. The ideal candidate will be responsible for handling all IT equipment for all US employees.

Reporting to the IT Manager Canada, the IT Manager role and responsibilities are the following but not limited to:

Key contact for all IT network infrastructure, ensuring internet and firewall connectivity
Configuring and deploying IT equipment including performing onboarding and offboarding duties for all US employees
Working with couriers to ship equipment to employees
Maintain internal network including: Domain, VPN, Wireless
Purchasing IT equipment and maintaining inventory levels
Prepare IT Equipment, managing security on all network and cloud infrastructure
Set up and maintain IT permissions, managing security and access to various applications
Support all employees with their varies IT needs, taking action to assist in solving their problems
Work with HR in regards to hiring and termination of employees, retain confidential data
Work with vendor in the USA for softwares and network including with with ISP
Ensure integrity of backup systems
Available to work after hours for maintenance, installation and updates
Managing asset tracking (tagging, tracking, assigning in online tool)
Annual reviews with the IT Manager Canada to ensure that we are always using the best options as our “standard” gear and updating our supplies when better alternatives become available.

Experience & Education

5+ years experience in IT networking
5+ years experience managing IT desktop environment (Windows and MacOS)
2+ experience working with AWS and/or Azure
2+ experience working with Linux
Core understanding on the functionality and structure of a software development company
Strong problem solving and communication needs
Bachelor's degree in IT Systems and/or equivalent

Assets:

Knowledge and experience in the gaming, multimedia and/or web services industry
Demonstrated success autonomously managing complex projects that require input from many stakeholders
Advanced communication, collaboration, organizational and time management skills
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
Start-up experience