[sf-perl] [job] Senior Linux Sys Admin with strong Perl skills

[Earl Ruby]

The company where I've been working the past 8 years is looking for a
Senior Linux Sys Admin with strong Perl skills. We also use Perl for
all of our web applications, but this job is more focused on sys admin
tasks.

If you're looking, or know someone who's looking, here are the details:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/sad/2737936661.html


Senior Linux Sys Admin with strong Perl skills

WebCDR.com is a privately-held telecom software company providing
operations support services (OSS) to the international wholesale
telecom industry. We are looking for a senior linux systems
administrator with strong Perl skills for a full-time position in San
Francisco.

We have 90 servers running OpenSUSE Linux. We have OpenSUSE Linux
servers for our custom applications, as well as web, database,
firewalls, load-balancing, and other tasks. These systems are
automatically built and configured using our custom configuration
management tool called "apply-config" written in Perl. About 95% of
our in-house tools are written in Perl, the rest are mostly bash
scripts.

We are looking for someone who can help us keep our systems secure,
available, and up to date. We are not the kind of organization that is
always fighting fires, and we like to hire excellent people so we can
keep it that way.
Job Description

   Maintain the system images on our install/build server.

   Create/test new versions of OpenSUSE, using our "apply-config"
tool to create different classes of servers.

   Create test harnesses to verify that new servers are running as expected.

   Troubleshoot and fix problems with our Perl build scripts.

   Extend our Perl build/configuration scripts to handle new services
and software.

   Primary on-call (pager) duty one week in four (based on staffing levels).

   Initial work to be performed at our San Francisco offices 5
days/week (M-F) until you get familiar with our systems. After that we
are open to telecommuting some days each week if you wish.

   Must be able to drive to our Santa Clara data center on an
as-needed basis. (Typically twice a month or less.)

Required Technical Skills

   7+ years Linux sys admin experience.

   Proven troubleshooting skills.

   Strong Perl and bash skills.

   Understanding of setting up, configuring, and using:

       iptables

       ipsec

       ipvs

       Nagios

       RT

       Network security tools

       Mail servers (we use Postfix and CourierIMAP)

       Xen hypervisor

   Understanding of CVS and Git version control systems.

   Experience in a network operations environment.

   Proven ability to document what you do.

Desired Technical Skills

Our preferred candidate will have skills in one or more of the
following areas, and a desire to learn the rest on the job:

   Understanding of setting up and configuring ospf, bonding, BGP,
managed switches.

   FreeRADIUS configuration/setup

   Corosync / Pacemaker HA clustering tools.

   Telecom/SIP/VoIP knowledge.

   Cassandra (or similar) NoSQL database installation, setup, and tuning.

   SAN/fiberchannel setup and configuration.

   Oracle database installation and setup.

   Cyclades console server setup.

Professional

   Excellent spoken and written English. This position requires
providing written documentation of problems found and actions to take.

   Highly productive; revenue aware.

   Ability to accept direction and instruction from management.

   Ability to track and communicate status of your projects to
management on a recurring basis.

Personal

   Highly intelligent, innovative problem-solver.

   Detail oriented with strong follow-through.

   Ability to learn new concepts quickly.

   Happy working solo or in a team.

   Reliable, trustworthy, honest.

   Sense of humor a must.


We require three professional references from candidates at the
preliminary interview. We perform credit and criminal background
checks on candidates after the second interview per our corporate
security policy. No phone calls or visits without prior invitation.

Absolutely no agents or third party inquiries.

If you're interested, please reply to this ad via e-mail with your
resume and a cover letter introducing yourself.

-- 
Earl Ruby
http://earlruby.org/