[BBLISA-jobs] Linux Sys Admin - High Scalability Website (7M+ users) - Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA

[Don Harpin]

Want to work with the best and the brightest? We are a highly visible social media company located in Kendall Square. We are looking for someone that wants to join a five person Linux team and help support our international and highly-scalable site of 7 million users (and counting)! 

If you've got these skills, we want you!

- Redhat/CentOS/Linux *
- Puppet *
- Networking *
- Cisco (everything) - CCNA, iOS, etc
- F5 Networks
- Scaled environments with 100's of servers
- Agile/scrum

Apply online at http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?bj=o9iAWfwH&s=Craigslist

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* Serve as a hands on contributor to several key infrastructure projects, such as network and firewall upgrades, Linux web server upgrade and configuration management;
 * Cross-collaborate with the Program Management and Development/QA team members to meet requirements of regular production site updates as part of our Agile development and deployment process;
 * Provide installation expertise for all new hardware, software, systems and network;
 * Support production environment (including occasional 7x24 on-call
 rotation) for multi-production social network web based applications;
 * Contribute and in some cases own deliverables for special group projects focused on improving or upgrading systems hardware, software, or monitoring;
 * Conduct periodic code reviews for peers and other systems engineering staff;
 * Assess requirements for improvements in systems operations, keeping in mind primary goals (high availability, scalability);
 * Provide systems programming support to Development, QA, Database and Systems team members.
 
Education and Training:
 
* BS degree required in computer science or related technical field.
 
Skills and Experience:
 
* Extensive experience with Linux (CentOS, Redhat) or other UNIX-based operating systems;
 * Experience with Apache a strong plus;
 * Has some experience in managing and monitoring secure networks, with experience in monitoring (F5) loadbalancer and (Cisco or Juniper) firewall. Having a background and experience in network security fundamental or PCI compliant systems is a very strong plus;
 * Ability to identify tasks which require automation and automate them;
 * A solid understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts; understands principles of routing, client/server programming, the design of consistent network-wide file system layouts;
 * Experience with revision control systems (Subversion, CVS, git, other);
 * Experience with Perl, PHP, python, scripting languages a strong plus;
 * Have a background in object-oriented programming concepts;
 * Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, participating in professional organizations;
 * Proficiency in project execution and follow-through with a high level of detail, with demonstrated presentation skills;
 * Solid organizational skills: strong work ethic, ability to focus completing prioritized tasks in timely manner, meet multiple deadlines, and have a willingness to work long hours when needed;
 * A commitment to outstanding quality and reliability, and the initiative to remain current with new technologies.
 
Apply online at http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?bj=o9iAWfwH&s=Craigslist
 
No phone inquiries please!