Senior Server Automation Engineer at GoDaddy

Job Description
Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. We provide a variety of domain name registration and website hosting services as well as a broad array of on-demand and other services. We are the world's largest domain name registrar, and North America's largest shared website hosting provider. Offering a complete line of web development tools including domain name registration, hosting, email, SSL Certificates, on-line shopping carts and complementary products and services, Go Daddy.com was recently ranked # 8 on the Inc. 500 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the United States.

Responsibilities of the Role include but are not limited to:

• Creation of automation routines using scripting technologies such as WMI, WSH, ADSI, VBS, C#, Perl, Java and PowerShell for the following:
• Server Provisioning
• OS Customization and Configuration
• Deploying and maintaining Windows IIS 5.0 / 6.0
• .NET
• SSL certificate installation, configuration, and backups
• Patch management and host hardening
• Configuration Management
• Working with development and testing staff to identify requirements and implement solutions.
• The position requires exceptional analytical and problem solving skills, and the individual must possess a structured, methodical approach to systems administration
• Skills/Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Up to date Windows MCSE certification preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of Active Directory
• Expert level experience with Windows scripting technologies such as WMI, WSH, ADSI, VBS and PowerShell.
• Proven ability to be able to provision servers in a large scale environment (thousands of servers)
• Knowledge of Configuration Management Best Practices
• At least 4 years working as a Windows Engineer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Experience in the following is a plus:

• Knowledge of Opsware and/or other Server Automation Technology
• Knowledge of C#, Java and other programming languages
• Knowledge of Networking, Routing and Switching Technologies
• Server Virtualization Technologies
• SAN and NAS technologies (iSCSI, FCP, CIFS, NFS, etc)

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Linux System Administrator at metacafe

Linux System Administrator

At least 3 years of experience in:

• Linux, Apache, mysql / sql server / oracle.
• TCP/IP networks including firewalls, cisco or cisco style devices.
• Understanding of network protocols such as DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMB, NFS
• Scripting with perl / shell scripts / awk.
• Experience in Supporting the R&D
• Experience in Web Servers / Web Site
• Experience in Production Environment
• Experience with PHP - an advantage.
• Experience with RedHat - an advantage.
• High learning capabilities

Systems Engineer at Amazon

As a Systems Engineer, you will be a part of the IT department in managing Unix and Windows servers, the networking equipment, voice network and the LAN/WAN environment.

Place : India

For this position, you should have the following qualifications:

• BE in CS/EE.
• Minimum 3 years experience in the IT field.
• Scripting experience in perl and shell.
• Extremely proficient in Linux and generic Unix concepts and tools.
• Well-versed with enterprise class software and hardware, including RAID, clusters, Red hat Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Server 2003, Exchange 2003.
• Cisco certification preferable.
• Very good with diagnosing network, hardware and software problems.
• Experience in handling Unix services ( NIS, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, NFS).
• Willing to be on-call during designated periods.
• Familiarity with PBX and VoIP technology, familiar with VPN and encryption technology.
• Strong documenting skills.
• Knowledgeable about protocols and the evolution of the Internet.
• Resourcefulness and the ability to find the solution to a problem quickly using web and published resources.

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Systems Engineering Manager at IMDb

We are seeking a person to lead IMDb (Internet movie database) system operations in Seattle. This person will have a small number of direct reports (system admins and developers assigned to tune our build and deployment processes) and will likely do a reasonable amount of hands-on work as well.

The Systems Engineering Manager candidate is an individual who is excited by solving problems and displays the ability to accurately troubleshoot them through full resolution. Writing documentation and procedures is second nature to this individual. Creating new tools, increasing efficiencies, and sharing best practices is embraced as a challenge. This individual is able to understand application code and has 3-5 years of hands-on administration experience in the Unix/Linux environment. Candidates must also be innovative, creative, flexible, self-directed, and understand support procedures and methodologies.

The ideal candidate will also have strong leadership skills. This is required as a Systems Engineer in this environment is also required to be a technical escalation point. It is critical that Systems Engineers also posses a high level of communication skills in both written and verbal forms.

Skills Required:

• Advanced knowledge of Linux/Unix with Troubleshooting Experience
• System Administration in a distributed Linux environment
• Scripting and programming in Perl, CGI, one or more shells
• Understanding of NFS and other cluster/distributed file systems
• Understanding of Oracle & MySQL environments running on Linux, and reading/generation of SQL queries
• Best Practices in Internet Security
• Performance tuning on Apache
• Understanding of role of virtualization & proxies
• Understanding of monitoring and metrics
• Advanced understanding of Server Hardware
• Experience working with customers and across multiple teams & geographies
• Excellent documentation skills
• Application development experience is a plus
• A degree in computer science or a relevant area (recommended)
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Detailed understanding of disk sub-systems

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Senior Linux Systems Administrator at Friendster

Friendster is currently seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator with production Internet experience supporting a high-volume commercial website. This position will be a member of the Production Operations team and will be responsible for managing, growing and supporting Friendster.s large-scale Internet site.

Position Responsibilities

• Provides system architecture guidance
• Plans and supports the implementation of major architectural changes
• Will work with the Engineering and Quality Assurance departments to spearhead the rollout of new features and code updates on the site
• Seeks opportunities to contribute features and enhancements to open source software projects in which Friendster participates
• Has frequent contact with vendors for technical support and technical planning
• Mentors at least one other member of the Operations staff
• Must be willing to be available 24/7, via a planned rotation schedule, by pager for emergencies

Position Requirements

• 8+ years employed in Linux / UNIX administration
• Hands-on experience supporting large Linux environments (200+ servers) and maintaining a consistent install base across the entire environment
• Demonstrated expertise in Apache, PHP, MySQL including performance tuning
• Experience with NFS, Squid, and CVS
• Clear understanding of the operation of the IP stack in Linux and of load balancing technologies
• Must have some past development experience with at least one compiled language (C, C++, Java) plus at least one scripting language (Bourne shell, Perl, PHP)

Desired Experience

• Familiarity with SAN (Hitachi Data Systems / McData preferred)
• Experience with Network Appliance storage systems
• Knowledge of Veritas Cluster Server administration
• Supervisory or team training experience

To apply please send your resume to jobs@friendster.com. Please be sure to reference this position title in the subject line of your email.

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