[nycbug-talk] Google positions in CA, WA, Ireland and Switzerland

[Dru]

Google approached me to see if I knew any BSD talent for 2 positions 
(descriptions follow). Please pass along if you know someone looking for 
work and willing to relocate.

Comments on the lack of the BSD word in the descriptions to /dev/null 
please.

Dru

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Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com (SRE)

This position is available in Mountain View, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Kirkland, 
WA; Dublin Ireland and Zurich, Switzerland

Are you part ace coder, part adrenaline junkie? Do you have a knack for seeing 
a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe you've been 
coding for years, are bored with the old design-build-review-test-ship-repeat 
routine, and yearn for some faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a 
seasoned software engineer who is also a genius at jockeying networks and 
administering UNIX clusters.

We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join the 
Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything involved 
with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic 
anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring 
and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are aggressively 
building this elite team of high level engineers in this mission critical 
environment. All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting 
skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all 
enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely 
Google. Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, 
and work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the 
process.

Qualifications: 
- Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++,
   Java, Perl, Python. 
- Senior Level experience with Unix system administration. 
- Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate,
   diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery
   components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with
   the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices
   (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able
   to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using
   server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute,
   etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity
   with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of
   common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of
   troubleshooting at the packet level. 
- Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user
   systems. 
- In-depth knowledge of Unix (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. 
- Proven technical troubleshooting experience. 
- Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong
   sense of urgency. 
- Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests.

6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, or 3-8 years experience for 
SWE position.

BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience.

SEND RESUMES TO:
MARISELA at GOOGLE.COM

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Senior Systems Administrator/Architect, Google.com (SRE)

This position is available in Mountain View, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Kirkland, 
WA; Dublin Ireland and Zurich, Switzerland.

Are you a detail-oriented systems professional, seasoned Unix jockey, Internet 
services architect, database whiz, performance analyst, or software engineer, 
at the top of your game? Looking for the next cool problem to solve, in a 
fast-paced and engineering-driven environment? Can you write a script or 
application that performs practically the entire job you once held earlier in 
your career? Does your idea of a good time involve taking things apart just to 
see how they work? Are you successful putting them back together when you're 
done? Can you help achieve increased Availability, Reliability, Uptime, and 
Quality? (for our systems and services, naturally) If you answered "Yes" to 
more than three of the above questions, you may have what it takes. Keep 
reading.

Google.com Engineers are involved in all aspects of running our site. From 
design to debug, from architecture to applications, Google.com engineers spend 
their time troubleshooting problems in large-scale clustered application 
service environments, and focus on making continual improvements to our 
services.

Working for Google.com, you will wear many hats: performance analyst, service 
architect, system/database administrator, capacity planner, tools developer, 
monitoring expert, and technical evangelist, for all components of Google.com's 
services.

This position requires a passion for problem solving, deep understanding of 
networks, operating systems, multi-tiered Internet services, and the ability 
to learn new applications and concepts quickly. Strong scripting skills are 
essential.

Requirements:

- 3+ years experience in Unix or Linux Systems Administrator. 
- Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment. 
- Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate,
   diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery
   components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with
   the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices
   (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able
   to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using
   server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute,
   etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity
   with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of
   common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of
   troubleshooting at the packet level. 
- Skilled in leading projects, especially in deploying live end-user systems. 
- Proven technical troubleshooting experience. 
- Database administration experience a plus. 
- Programming or debugging of web applications running under Java VM. 
- In-depth knowledge of Linux, networking, and shell scripting. 
- Knowledge of Python programming a plus. 
- Experience with MySQL a plus. 
- Programming and troubleshooting skills in C/C++ and/or Java a plus. 
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
- Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. 
- BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.

SEND RESUMES TO MARISELA at GOOGLE.COM