From owner-freebsd-jobs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 16:59:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48AF16A41C for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:59:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jkuri@chaffee.com) Received: from m2.chaffee.com (m2.chaffee.com [205.234.169.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 832CD43D49 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:59:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jkuri@chaffee.com) Received: from m2.chaffee.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by m2.chaffee.com (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j5OHEspC002508 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:14:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jkuri@chaffee.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by m2.chaffee.com (8.12.9p1/8.12.9/Submit) id j5OHEsAR002507 for freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:14:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jkuri@chaffee.com) Received: from [209.205.171.68] by m2.chaffee.com ESMTP localSMTP (1.42m) for chaffee Message-Id: <42BC3BF7.7040308@chaffee.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:59:35 -0500 From: Jay Kuri User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Macintosh/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mesmtpd-Mailerfrom: Jay Kuri Subject: FreeBSD + Linux Admin - Ashburn, VA X-BeenThere: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Jobs offered and sought List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:59:34 -0000 Hello Everyone, We are looking for an SysAdmin familiar with FreeBSD and Linux to work in our Ashburn Data Center. This is a fulltime position - part work from home - part work in the data center in Ashburn, VA, but you must be within 30 minutes of ashburn to deal with urgent maintenance situations. The job description is below - Please contact me at jkuri@chaffee.com with resumes or questions. Thanks, Jay Kuri Director of Technology Chaffee::Interactive ---- job description ---- As part of the Systems Engineering team, the Systems Administrator will be responsible for maintaining all servers and services in our Ashburn, VA data center. This involves the following: * Server hardware / OS and application installation and maintenance. * Diagnosing and correcting network and application problems involving FreeBSD and Linux servers, as well as other networking equipment. * Performing backups and restores of critical systems. * System and service performance analysis and tuning. * Communicating with Internal and External clients regarding systems related issues. * Maintenance of data-center network including switch and server configuration, wiring, and network device installation. * Configure, maintain and support our Java and Perl based web-application servers and applications. * Maintain security of data center network, servers and services. * Developing new software and OS configurations for new initiatives and deployments. * Documentation of configurations and processes * Database server setup and performance monitoring and tuning * On-call duties for after-hours system maintenance /emergency troubleshooting. * Other systems-related duties as indicated by management. Required Skills The ideal candidate should possess the following skills: * Strong inter-personal and communication skills; capable of assisting users with applications and UNIX fundamentals, and writing basic documentation. * Must be comfortable with all aspects of UNIX systems administration; should be familiar with IPC, devices, filesystem concepts ("inode", "superblock") etc. * Must be able to write scripts in some administrative language, Perl, sh, etc. * Must be familiar with maintaining web and application servers such as apache, weblogic or jboss. * Must be familiar with TCP/IP networking, including server configuration, LAN configuraions, static routes, TCP/UDP, ports, etc. * Must be familiar with network diagnostic tools such as: ping, traceroute, tcpdump, trafshow, nmap, etc. * Must be familiar with IP firewalling concepts. Required technologies: * FreeBSD, Linux, Cisco switches, Load Balancers (Foundry preferred) * MySQL, Apache, DNS, Shell Scripting, NFS, TCP/IP, SSH, Rsync Pluses: + Perl Scripting + Experience with Java application servers (Weblogic / JBoss) + Arkeia backup system + Advanced Unix Concepts: paging/swapping, modules, SMP, threads, etc.