<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">A friend of mine at Yahoo passed this to me. I've placed the link at the bottom.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Position: Production Engineer, Yahoo!
Search Technology </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Location: Sunnyvale,
CA </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Do you... </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Have a passion for
solving technical problems, from the network to the application stack? </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Want to write
applications that provide infrastructure for deploying software to,
managing, and maintaining many thousands of servers? </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Envision the
ability to work with large scale systems which require performing almost
no tasks manually? </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Spend time trying
to figure out how something works, not stopping with knowing just that
it does? </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Want to make real
web applications and back-end systems faster, more reliable, more
efficient? </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Production Engineers
at Yahoo! thrive on the scale and mission-critical nature of our complex
search systems as well as the challenge that comes along with their
operation. In this critical role, you'll utilize your rare combination
of significant UNIX systems experience, network knowledge,
troubleshooting skills, and coding sensibilities to design, deploy,
monitor, and automate all operational aspects of Yahoo!'s
revenue-critical search platforms. The ideal candidate is a technical
generalist with skills ranging from production systems/network
management to software development. </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></font></o:p></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">This is a full time
position located in Sunnyvale, CA. </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Responsibilities
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></font></o:p></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Function as a
technical generalist responsible for the overall health and performance
of our search platform </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Use a combination
of open source and custom built tools to handle deployment,
administration, and monitoring of a large-scale Linux environment </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Gain deep
application-level knowledge of the systems.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">* Administer a
massive mission-critical production environment, plus a large
non-production environment.<span style=""> </span></font></font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Work with
development teams to harden, enhance, document, and generally improve
the operability of our systems </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Responsible for the
configuration/build-out of new deployments to facilitate our constant
growth. </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Participate in a
12x7 (daylight hours) on-call pager rotation </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Minimum Job
Qualifications <o:p></o:p></font></font></u></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* 4 years of work
experience in Unix System administration.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Experience working
with datacenter technicians while provisioning servers and dealing with
break fix of hardware.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Experience
providing tier1 production support for mission critical web
applications. </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Excellent
Troubleshooting and problem solving skills, including application,
server and network-level troubleshooting ability. </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Knowledge of
Internet fundamentals.<span style=""> </span>(e.g. RFCs, DNS
architecture, best practices, security, etc.)</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Good written and
verbal communication skills</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">* Good
interpersonal skills and be an avid team player<span style=""> </span></font></font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Must be a
self-starter and quick learner with a passion for open source solutions.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Have a passion for
production support and possess a constant desire to excel and grow in
the job.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></font></span></p><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></font></o:p></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Preferred
Job Qualifications <o:p></o:p></font></font></u></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></font></o:p></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Bachelor’s degree
in Computer Science or MIS. </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* 2+ years experience
with Linux, preferably with RHEL. </font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Experience
administering large-scale (1000+ server) production installations
(ecommerce background a plus)</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Familiarity with
web design and LAMP stack.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Experience with
network designs, protocols, and troubleshooting.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Good scripting
experience, Perl is a plus.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">* Exposure to
virtualization technologies.</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><div><br></div><br></font><a href="http://careers.yahoo.com/jdescription.php?frm=jsres&oid=26960">http://careers.yahoo.com/jdescription.php?frm=jsres&oid=26960</a><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Mahsuri Sans MT'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Mahsuri Sans MT'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Regards,<br>Mikel King<br>CEO, Olivent Technologies<br>Senior Editor, BSD News Network<br>Columnist, BSD Magazine<br>6 Alpine Court,<br>Medford, NY 11763<br>o: 631.627.3055 c: 631.796.1499<br><a href="skype:mikel.king">skype:mikel.king</a></span></font></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Mahsuri Sans MT'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://olivent.com">http://olivent.com</a><br></span></font></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Mahsuri Sans MT'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelking">http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelking</a><br>http://twitter.com/mikelking</span></font></div></span></span></font></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div> </div><br></body></html>