From ike at blackskyresearch.net Thu Aug 4 09:30:14 2011 From: ike at blackskyresearch.net (Isaac Levy) Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:30:14 -0400 Subject: [jobs] San Francisco Area Message-ID: <201108041331.p74DVQIk032005@rs75.luxsci.com> Hi All, Someone just contacted me about a cool looking job in the SF Bay Area with a big web company, ping me off list if you'e interested: Snippet: "Reliability Engineering Team with 2+ more Senior Linux Engineers with strong programming (particularly Python/Ruby/Scala)" Best, .ike From ike at blackskyresearch.net Thu Aug 4 10:00:52 2011 From: ike at blackskyresearch.net (Isaac Levy) Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 10:00:52 -0400 Subject: [jobs] Ruby/Rails Developers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201108041401.p74E12kW015701@rs75.luxsci.com> Hey All, Not my working group, but my company is looking for Ruby/Rails developers with strong fundamentals. I know this isn't exactly the place, but if you know anyone, please feel free to have them email me off-list. Thanks! Best, .ike (p.s. thanks for the replies on the UNIX SA position, keep em' coming!) On Jul 26, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Isaac Levy wrote: > Hi All, > > Looking for a solid SA: > > # You are: master of, or eager to learn: > - solid UNIX fundamentals (BSD mentality, Linux Experience) > - best practices for various tech deployed > - shell scripting and software deploy experience > - have managed virtual machine environments > (preferably jail(8) or xen experience) > - real-world HA web application architecture > - real-world HA networking experience > (CARP, LAGG, Linux-HA, HSRP, VRRP, etc...) > - real-world internet-facing security fundamentals > > # You possess: > - a desire to create world-class systems > - humble, reliable, and interested in learning > > # The shop: > - rails/mysql shop > - an internet company > - 3 year old startup in extremely high-growth period > - many cloud services, at odds with compliance and business needs > > # Near-term project targets: > - Infrastructure Clean Up (Oil Change at 80mph) > - Deploy/Release Management Enhancements > - Configuration Management Cleanup > - User Management Cleanup > - Prep for Systems/Application Audits coming, (PCI) > > # You will need to maintain patience with: > - fast-moving targets (the UNIX group is here to provide stability) > - me :) > > Best, > .ike > > From smcgrail at winterwyman.com Thu Aug 25 10:43:15 2011 From: smcgrail at winterwyman.com (Sabrina McGrail) Date: 25 Aug 2011 10:43:15 -0400 Subject: [jobs] Sr Systems Administrator - Brooklyn Message-ID: <1866187975.1314283395773.JavaMail.cfservice@sl3app4> Hi NYCBUG, I'm currently working on a Senior Systems Administration position with a well-established client of mine in Brooklyn. This position is with Wireless Generation (www.wirelessgeneration.com). If you're unfamiliar, they are a company that creates innovative tools, systems, and services that help educators teach smarter. They currently serves more than 200,000 educators and 3 million students. They were bought by Newscorp in 2008 for 160MM and are currently at about 400 employees. We have a very close relationship with the hiring manager for this role. We placed him in his last position and have been working directly with him since 2008. Below is some more information on the role. Job Description: The Systems Administrator will help manage the creation of tools and processes that allow our development teams to quickly and efficiently release our educational software products. Responsibilities for Systems Administrator: - Deploy and ensure proper instrumentation of software components in all environments from development through production - Work closely with other Operations teams and Developers to aid in the successful release of software and to ensure reliability of the production site - Maintain effective monitoring of key production services - Manage availability, capacity and performance of the firm's production stack (web, application, database and storage) - Configure application load balancing (F5 experience a plus), and troubleshoot issues related to load balancing and web traffic - Measure the impact of changes to content, applications, networks and infrastructure Requirements for Systems Administrator: - BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience is required followed by 3+ years of relevant experience. - Deep understanding of networks, routing, switching, firewalls, load-balancing, high availability, disaster recovery, the OSI network model, web and application server technologies (apache, IIS, jboss, tomcat) caching technologies (memcached), virtualization (VMware), file systems, databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Vertica), storage infrastructure and storage area networks, trending and capacity planning. - Familiarity with concepts and usage of source control (git a plus). - Process oriented and meticulous work habits. - Extensive scripting experience on Unix and/or Windows platforms (bash, perl, python, powershell, tcl). - Experience with configuration management tools. If anything I mentioned here sounds interesting, please send your resume and contact information with the expectation of confidentiality to Sabrina McGrail - smcgrail at winterwyman.com or call 212-616-3527. Best, Sabrina Sabrina McGrail Consultant - Technology Division Winter, Wyman & Company - New York smcgrail at winterwyman.com | 212.616.3527 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: