Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:38:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole <blabgoo@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Fw: Production Engineer Position at Yahoo. -- Not FreeBSD Anymore? Message-ID: <763429.94093.qm@web51804.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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So much for Yahoo being mostly FreeBSD based? :( Waaah Nicole --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Bianca Medina <biancam@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > From: Bianca Medina <biancam@yahoo-inc.com> > Subject: Production Engineer Position at Yahoo. > To: > Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 8:13 AM > Job Title: Production Engineer > Location: Santa Clara, CA > > The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are > proud to stand > out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet > brand, servicing > over a half billion people, we're determined to > maintain our commitment > to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... > each and every > day. > > In order to maintain our position as one of the world's > most trafficked > Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for > people with big > ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with > the innovative > products and services they've come to expect from > Yahoo!. We're looking > for people like you. > > How Big Can You Think? > > Production Engineers at Yahoo! thrive on the scale and > mission-critical > nature of our complex ad serving runtime as well as the > challenge that > comes along with its 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 ad serving systems. > > The ideal candidate has strong Perl programming skills as > well as an > extensive background in large-scale system administration. > S/he will > work directly with design and development teams, and will > participate in > all phases of software development from planning, design, > implementation, testing, deployment, and day-to-day service > operation. > > This is a full time position located in Santa Clara, CA. > > Responsibilities > * Function as a technical generalist responsible for the > overall health > and performance of our search and ad serving platforms > * Develop tools to automate the deployment, administration, > and > monitoring of a large-scale Linux environment > * Gain deep application-level knowledge of the systems as > well as > contributing to their overall design > * Work with development teams to harden, enhance, document, > and > generally improve the operability of our systems > * Assist in the configuration/build-out of new deployments > to facilitate > our constant growth > * Participate in a 12x7 (daylight hours) on-call pager > rotation > Minimum Job Qualifications > * Extensive system administration background > * Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills, > including > application and network-level troubleshooting ability > * Strong programming skills in one or more of: C, Perl, > Python, Ruby > * Excellent written and verbal communication skills > * Experience working with development teams > Preferred Job Qualifications > * 5+ years experience with Linux (RHEL a plus) > * 5+ years experience administering large-scale UNIX > installations (ISP > background a plus) > * Experience with SQL and commonly deployed database > systems > * BS Computer Science > Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more > information or to > search all of our openings, please visit > http://careers.yahoo.com. > > > > > If interested please send your resume to me directly along > with some > dates/times I can give you a call. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Bianca Medina > > Yahoo! Inc.Talent Scout > > 701 First Avenue > Sunnyvale, CA 94089 > > (408) 349-6239 > biancam@yahoo-inc.com <mailto:biancam@yahoo-inc.com> > > > > Fortune's Top 100 Companies to Work For > > For more info go to: http://careers.yahoo.com/ > <http://careers.yahoo.com/>; > > > > Join my Professional LinkedIn Network: > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/biancamedina > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/biancamedina>;
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