Email Systems Administrator at Facebook

This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of over 50M email messages a day that are a part of the Facebook experience and are essential for continued growth. The position is full-time and reports to the Director of Operations. The position is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto, CA.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Administration of Facebook email delivery systems and messaging infrastructure
• Configuration of mail servers (e.g. Sendmail)
• Monitoring of email processing, delivery, and effectiveness
• Achieving resolution of email delivery problems through engagement and coordination with various ISP’s (e.g. Aol, Yahoo, etc)
• Working with outside email monitoring services (e.g. Returnpath)
• Insuring the appropriate mapping of Facebook mail features to destination email domain policies

Requirements:

• The successful candidate will likely have experience in Unix/Linux system administration and will be comfortable in automating operations using programming languages such as Perl, Python, PHP, and shell scripting
• Must have experience in configuring mail servers (e.g. Sendmail, Postfix, etc)
• Should have experience in setting up and maintaining mail systems for high volume internet companies
• Prior experience interfacing with ISP’s at a senior level desirable
• Should be a strong communicator with the ability to work on projects independently

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