I'm looking for an advanced system administrator to work as part of a UNIX/Linux system administration team in San Francisco at Looksmart. The position's job description very closely follows the SAGE System Administrator 3 job description.
Applicants can email their resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] and feel free to ask me any questions. I'd actually recommend the position to friends in the field. Systems Administrator 3 (Solaris/Linux) Job Summary: This posting is for an advanced systems administrator. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in the implementation of scalable networks of heterogeneous systems and in working as a member of a large team. S/he will have demonstrated ability in automating systems administration tasks and authoring policies and procedures that support 24x7 operation. This position includes off hours, on-call responsibilities. Responsibilities: - Ensure the reliable, correct operation of production services with 24x7 uptime - Implement scalable, multi-architecture network based services - Write automation tools for the maintenance of said systems - Work with development groups as a partner to meet company goals, identify solutions to problems and proactively seek improvements in reliability and performance of LookSmart products Required Skills: - 5 or more years of experience as a systems administrator in a large, heterogeneous environment, including at least 2 years experience each as a systems administrator in Solaris and Linux environments - Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing purchase justifications, training users in complex topics, making presentations to an internal audience, and interacting positively with upper management - Independent problem-solving, self-direction - Comfortable with most aspects of operating system administration; for example, configuration of mail systems, system installation and configuration, printer systems, fundamentals of security, installing third-party software - Solid understanding of a UNIX-based operating system, including paging and swapping, inter-process communication, devices and what device drivers do, and filesystem concepts (inode, clustering, logical partitions) - Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed computing environment concepts; can configure NFS, NIS, NT domains; can use nslookup or dig to check information in DNS; understands basic routing concepts - Ability to write scripts in some administrative language (e.g., Perl, shell) - Ability to do debugging and modification of C programs - Ability to setup and manage common network services (Apache, BIND, NIS, Sendmail) - Familiarity with CVS or other version control systems (rcs, Perforce, SourceForge) - BSCS or equivalent experience Desired Skills: - Experience with hardware and software RAID solutions, 3rd party file systems and volume managers (e.g. Veritas), experience designing distributed file system architectures (NFS, AFS, DFS, etc) - Familiarity with MS Windows systems administration concepts - Participation in Open Source development projects -- Nate There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. --Ken Olson, President of DEC, World Future Society Convention, 1977 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
