NOC Network 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.

The position of Network Engineer requires an individual with a solid understanding of basic data communications concepts. Position responsibilities include daily operations, deployments, troubleshooting, service request fulfillment, and projects. Interaction with other teams within the company for a variety of company initiatives will be required. This position will work closely with the team on the future direction of the network design and implementation.

The Candidate will have strong communication skills with attention to detail; will work with a sense of urgency and take action quickly in response to ever-changing conditions in a high pressure, highly accountable environment; will be a creative problem solver.

Job Duties:

• Complete tasks based on Workflow and Incident Tickets.
• Assist with the creation of documentation for daily Network Operations tasks.
• Respond to Alerts in order to maintain the highest available uptime of the network.
• Perform level one and level two troubleshooting for network outages.
• Escalate to Network Engineering based on established procedures.
• BIND DNS updates as requested.
• Configure Cisco switches, routers, Firewalls, and Content switches per request.
• Open TAC cases as necessary.
• Perform work according to established policies and procedures.
• Shift work in a 24x7 environment required.

Skills/Requirements

• Solid understanding of networking concepts, including IPv4, L2/L3 forwarding, firewalls, Quality of Service, L4-7 switching, VRF, Load Balancing
• Experience in operating and troubleshooting data networks
• Solid documentation abilities
• Experience with network tools and functions such as tcpdump, ethereal, ntop, netflow accounting, iptables, ACLs, policy routing
• Solid background in TCP/IP, BGP, DNS/Bind, OSPF, and other routing protocols.
• Expert understanding of all Cisco Catalyst switches, Cisco CSS/CSM Content Switches, Cisco PIX/FWSM Firewalls, Routers, and VPN
• Cisco CCNA certification preferred
• Strong experience with ISC BIND DNS versions 8.x and 9.x

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Internship Digital Home at intel

Description
In this position, you will be supporting Intel's Digital Home initiative by technically working in following areas. Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Settingup complex wireless home network with Consumer devices like PC, WLANbased communication devices and consumer electronic
• Installing preproduction consumer software (multimedia applications like games and creativity applications), learning and documenting key features
• Preparing showcases for promotional purposes at events and conferences

Qualifications

• You should be a student currently pursuing a university degree in Information Technology or Electrical Engineering. Additional qualifications include:
• Technical Knowledge of Intel? products (CPU, chipset) and network technologies for a home environment (TCP/IP, WLAN)
• Knowledge on Web page development using HTML and/or JavaScript* method
• Basic understanding of at least one higher programming language, preferably C++
• Excellent communication skills and proficiency in English
• Good project management skills with degree of self motivation

Summary
Job Category Engineering
Location GermanyGermany Braunschweig
Full/Part Time Full Time
Job Type Student/Intern
Regular/Temporary Regular

Additional Information
Posting Date Oct 12, 2007, 01:20 PM, (UTC +5:30)
Apply Before Oct 12, 2008, 05:29 AM, (UTC +5:30)

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Motion Graphics Artist at BREAK

Break.com (formerly Big-Boys.com) is a leading online entertainment destination, fueled by user generated media. Last month we showed close to 450,000,000 video clips to 17,000,000 monthly unique users, making us one of the top sites on the Internet.

Not only is Break.com a fun site to visit, but also a fun team that values camaraderie. The talented Break staff works together to keep our large growing audience coming back for more. And with a recent significant investment from Lionsgate studio, Break has cemented its place as a hot company with a bright future. Check us out on Alexa:

Job Summary:
We are currently looking to hire a motion graphics genus to be responsible for all motion graphics and animation elements for the company, including general on-site branding (bumpers, promos), original series branding (intros/outros), general advertising and marketing needs (reels, motion ads). Candidates should have at least 2 years experience and a demo reel to prove it. You are a team player that takes direction well, and can take a project from inception to completion in a fast paced deadline oriented environment. You have a proven ability to create and integrate 2D and 3D elements into motion graphics sequences using a broad range of 2D/3D applications. You are highly organized, detail oriented and have experience working with video in programs such as Final Cut Pro, Compressor, and QuickTime pro.

Essential Responsibilities/Qualifications:

• The candidate should also have basic video editing skills, and will occasionally assist in general content housekeeping, with tasks like capturing and editing video, trans-coding video content, ftp-ing files, etc.
• All Candidates must have:
• 2 years of After Effects experience
• An intermediate level of 3D experience (Modeling / Lighting / rendering elements for graphics use)
• A thorough knowledge of:
• The Adobe Creative suite
• Maya or 3D Studio Max
• Audio Video Compression / File Formats
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Mac OS X operating system (Working on a PC based Network)

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of FTP and TCP/IP conventions
• Basic working knowledge of:
• Final Cut Pro
• Motion
• QuickTime Pro
• Sorenson Squeeze
• DVD Authoring Software

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Senior UNIX Administrator at MLB

MLBAM is seeking a Systems Administrator for an immediate opening.
The Senior Systems Administrator will be responsible for deployment, management and maintenance of a large group of Sun enterprise systems running Solaris, Java (IPlanet, Netscape and SunONE) web server, application software, and other internet services. This position and associated skills are required to provide robust and secure internet services to Major League Baseball clubs, business partners and to baseball fans worldwide. Successful senior-level candidates must have 5 years of experience with enterprise software and hardware implementations.

Responsibilities

• On location administration of Chicago area data center
• Operate in a fast-paced, performance-focused team, ensuring that services remain online and responsive during the type of sudden demand surges that are associated with "big-event" periods
• Ability to self manage and work outside of an office environment
• Support and maintain a 24 x 7 Enterprise Internet Server Farm

Required Skills -

• A successful senior-level candidate will have hands on experience with: Current Sun Microsystems Hardware and performance tuning
• Solaris specific and general Unix technology
• Sun Java Enterprise System
• Sun Cluster 3.1
• Dynamic System Domaining of Sun Enterprise Hardware
• Netscape/SunOne/iPlanet web server
• Java Application servers and JSP architecture in general
• Apache web server
• Complex TCP/IP networking concepts in LAN and WAN environments
• Comprehensive understanding of network-layer and application-layer load-balancing concepts
• Network and Host security best practices
• NFS
• Cisco equipment and SAN switches
• Data center deployment and management
• Storage Area Networking
• Some Oracle and general SQL experience helpful
• Strong Perl and Unix shell scripting
• Strong knowledge of HTTP 1.0 and 1.1
• Strong knowledge of content-distribution-networks and http caching
• DNS, SMTP, POP, spam-filtering, syslog
• Solaris Volume Manager or Veritas experience
• Veritas Netbackup and other backup software
• Global server load balancing and disaster recovery strategies
• Experience with customized content-management systems
• Streaming media and audio/video encoding and compression technologies

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Tech Support - Entry Level at Volt Services

Location: Tempe, AZ

Description:
Volt Technical Resources, the primary recruiting partner for 2Wire in Tempe, AZ is seeking qualified Technical Support Representatives! Level 1 and Level 2 Techs receive inbound calls at our client's state of the art support center in Tempe, where they provide customers technical assistance setting up their home networks and accessing the Internet. Unlike other Technical Support positions, there is absolutely no selling or quotas involved. All internal positions are posted so all our employees are given the first opportunity to apply. Many of our agents have moved into positions such as Quality Assurance Engineers, Systems Engineers, Systems Administrators, Product Trainers and Team Supervisors. Are you a student or have a busy schedule? No Problem, we offer a variety of Full-Time shifts to accommodate your school schedule and family commitments. We provide ongoing paid technical training to get you the experience you need, you provide the commitment! Our Technical Support Agents start at a minimum of $12/hr with the option of earning up to $13.50 per hour based on their availability! Option to move into a Level II role, with a pay increase of $1.22 per hour, after 30 days of employment! Ability to earn Monthly Performance Bonuses! Medical & Dental Benefits after 30 days! Employee Reward, Recognition & Development Programs! Paid Ongoing Advanced Technical Training! Opportunity for Career Advancement! Variety of Full-Time Shifts to choose from! Absolutely no selling or quotas involved! Candidates have the ability to become an employee of 2Wire! The advantages of this include: 3-weeks of paid time off , 6 Regular Holiday & 5 Floating Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement, Home internet reimbursement, Exceptional medical benefits and dental benefits, 401(K),

Requirements:
A working knowledge of the following topics: - TCP/IP and home networking - Hardware setup - IP Addresses - Wireless Router Settings - Windows OS Navigation - DOS Commands

Type:
CONTRACT

Duration:
Temp to Hire

Payrate:
$11.00 - $13.50 Hourly DOE

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Senior Linux Kernel Developer at Akamai Technologies

Location: US-CA-San Mateo

Overview:
Akamai is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, helping organizations grow their online businesses without growing their IT infrastructures. With thousands of servers in hundreds of networks around the world, we use our computational and network power to transform the chaotic Internet into a predictable, scalable, and secure business platform.
Our customers trust us to deliver music, videos, games, software downloads, news, and web-based applications of all kinds to a global audience with unmatched performance and reliability. This includes some of the most established names in business, government, manufacturing, retail, and media.

Responsibilities:

• We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated, highly productive software engineer to engage in cutting-edge Linux Kernel development as a member of Akamai’s Edge Server Platform (ESP) engineering team.
• A high-performing, robust, and secure Linux kernel and OS are crucial to Akamai's products and services. Akamai's Linux kernel engineering team plays a critical role in delivering Akamai’s distributed platform solutions, and its work impacts the performance and security of Akamaized websites world-wide.
• Enhance the Akamai Linux kernel and OS to support new advanced features
• Track, evaluate, and integrate development from the Linux open source community
• Integrate Kernel features to optimize the world's largest distributed computing and content delivery system
• Develop Akamai added-value Kernel and OS extensions as needed
• Evaluate system performance on a variety of hardware platforms and under various workloads

Qualifications:

• Expert-level programming skills in C and x86 Assembly language
• Thorough understanding of Linux Kernel Architecture
• Thorough understanding of Linux Operating System Architecture and run-time environment
• Expert-level design and coding skills in implementing and debugging Kernel changes
• Thorough understanding of networking protocol stacks, especially TCP/IP
• At least two years hands on Kernel development experience, preferably in Linux
• Expert knowledge in at least two of the following: IP networking, SMP, process management, virtual memory, I/O subsystem, security, performance analysis, file systems, resource management, run-time libraries, compiler optimization, release package management
• Experience in developing Debian packages and distribution will be a big plus
• Development experience in Linux-2.6 Kernel will be a big plus
• Experience with development tools such as Perforce, Bugzilla and Release Tracking will be a plus
• BSCS degree or equivalent, MSCS preferred.

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Senior Software Q.A. Engineer at Akamai Technologies

Location: US-CA-San Mateo

Responsibilities:

• Design tools, develop Perl scripts and work with SQL
• a creative thinker with advanced technical expertise in UNIX / Linux operating systems and HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP technologies as well as proxy servers, web servers and caching technologies
• Responsible for validation and verification of EdgeSuite and EdgeComputing service offerings to provide robust and scalable e-business infrastructure and cost effectiveness for global customer base at the enterprise level.
• Implement in-depth understanding of SQA life-cycle from functional requirements gathering to the design and execution of automated, manual and system level tests.
• Develop creative, competent analyses to identify root causes of technical problems & develop resolutions
• Perform manual and automated functional tests as well as large-scale system tests create, enhance and maintain automated build and unit/regression test infrastructures
• Write Perl modules for functional testing; utilize C/C++, Unix shell scripting; utilize knowledge of HTTP, TCP/IP and DNS protocols to perform manual and automated test in a large-scale Internet test network
• Review bug descriptions, functional requirements, design documents and code, working closely with developers to design test criteria and develop test plans
• Ensure proper documentation of work; responsible for mentoring and training other team members.

Qualifications:

• M.Sc. in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related equivalent degree.
• No experience required.

Primary skills:

• ability to perform as a Q.A.
• test software engineering for multiple applications
• releases with an emphasis on databases, networking, web and client server applications
• technical expertise working with UNIX environment
• understanding of proxy and web server technology including HTTP, DNS, caching, TCP/IP programming experience in C/C++, Perl or similar languages
• expertise in problem solving and technical troubleshooting with an emphasis on Q.A.
• test engineering and experience the software product life cycle
• proven skills in oral and written communication.

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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

C++ Developer at metacafe

• At least 2 years of experience in C++ development
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming (e.g. Winsock, Berkeley Sockets, ACE, etc...)
• Backend development
• Windows internals and Win32 API
• C / C++ development on Unix/Linux environment
• B.Sc. in Computer Science .

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Network/Telecom Systems Analyst 2-IT at Oracle

Location :Salt Lake City, UT, US

Detailed Description:

• Maintain records of equipment failure and liaise with engineers and suppliers as necessary. Escalate client problems according to established procedures.
• Manage the network using network management tools, analyze network performance and discuss network enhancements with senior networking specialists.
• Analyze network performance to ensure adequate bandwidth for business needs.
• Recommend enhancements to the network infrastructure, and enhance proactive network management tool set.
• Troubleshoot network problems on the campus network, remote locations and countrywide area network though to resolution, occasionally with guidance from more experience staff, depending on the complexity.
• As a team member or with assistance from others perform project engineering including requirement definition, design of solution in compliance with corporate standards, implementation, testing through to production.
• Respond to monitor alarms to identify the root cause of an outage and coordinate the corrective action in line with existing procedures and practices. Provide on-call support services as required.
  

Job Requirements:

• Duties and tasks are standard with some variation.
• Completes own role largely independently within defined policies and procedures.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

2 years relevant experience and degree/diploma in computer science or IT discipline

Additional Details

Skill Set: ISDN, NFAS, TDM, Windows, Linux, Cisco, VoIP, TCP/IP, Server Hardware.

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Systems Architect at Facebook

Facebook is seeking a seasoned Systems Architect to join the Operations team. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto and will report to the Director of Operations.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Analyze application flow and infrastructure design to improve performance and scalability of the site
• Collaborate on design of services infrastructure from servers to networking
• Monitor, analyze, and make recommendations as appropriate to improve site stability and availability
• Evaluate hardware and software technologies to improve site efficiency and performance
• Troubleshoot and solve issues with hardware, applications, and network components
• Lead team efforts from design to implementation, prioritize tasks and resources while interacting with Engineering and Operations
• Document current and future configuration processes and policies
• Participate in 24x7 on-call support

Requirements:

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in Operations with large web farms
• Extensive knowledge of web architecture and technologies, including Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, TCP/IP, security, HTTP, LDAP and MTAs
• Strong background/interest in application and infrastructure design
• Scripting and programming skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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Systems Engineer ,VA at Facebook

Facebook is seeking a seasoned Systems Engineer to join the Operations team. The position is full-time and will be based in our facility in northern Virginia and will report to the Director of Operations.

Location: Northern Virginia, VA

Responsibilities:

• Continually improve the performance and scalability of the site
• Configure and support Linux, mySQL and Apache servers
• Monitor site stability and performance
• Troubleshoot issues with hardware, software, applications and network
• Prioritize tasks and work independently yet interact well within a project-oriented team environment
• Solve problems quickly and automate processes
• Document current and future configuration processes and policies
• Participate in 24x7 on-call support

Requirements:

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience with Linux
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, security, LAMP, HTTP, LDAP and MTAs
• Scripting and programming skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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Operations Engineer at Facebook

Facebook is seeking an Operations Engineer to join the Operations team. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto and will report to the Director of Operations.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Monitor site stability and performance
• Troubleshoot issues with hardware, software, applications and network
• Resolve technical issues related to LAMP technologies
• Identify and triage all outage related events
• Facilitate communication, coordinate escalation, work with subject matter experts and implement a fix
• Automate and streamline processes
• Track issues and run reports

Requirements:

• Certification such as CCNA, RHCT or equivalent experience
• Prior experience working in a high-traffic, internet operations environment preferred
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, Linux and LAMP
• Experience working with network management systems and network monitoring tools, such as Nagios
• Scripting experience with Perl, bash or shell scripting a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A sense of urgency in dealing with and resolving critical issues that relate to the performance of the site and/or iweb infrastructure
• Off-hours coverage and willingness to be on call

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NOC Manager at Facebook

Facebook is seeking a NOC Manager to join the Operations team. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto and will report to the Director of Operations.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage a 24x7 technical organization
• Implement and expand the monitoring tools for rapid identification and resolution of network/application service issues
• Develop code to automate repetitive tasks to allow the team to scale with Facebook's rapid growth
• Identify and triage all outage related events
• Facilitate communication, coordinate escalation, work with subject matter
• Troubleshoot issues with hardware, software, applications and network
• Automate and streamline processes
• Track issues, run reports and escalate issues

Requirements:

• Management and technical experience with the desire to roll up your sleeves when required to get the job done
• Develop and document repeatable operational procedures
• Planning and executing routine network maintenances with a premium on minimizing risk and application downtime
• Certification such as CCNA, RHCT or equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, Linux and LAMP
• Experience working with network management systems and other industry standard NOC tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Prior experience working in a NOC environment required

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Systems Engineer at Facebook

Facebook is seeking a seasoned Systems Engineer to join the Operations team. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto and will report to the Director of Operations.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Continually improve the performance and scalability of the site
• Configure servers and network
• Monitor site stability and performance
• Troubleshoot issues with hardware, software, applications and network
• Prioritize tasks and work independently yet interact well within a project-oriented team environment
• Solve problems quickly and automate processes
• Document current and future configuration processes and policies
• Participate in 24x7 on-call support

Requirements:

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience with Linux
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, security, LAMP, HTTP, LDAP and MTAs
• Scripting and programming skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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Software Engineer - San Bruno

This position is based in San Bruno, CA.

YouTube, a Google company, is looking for a talented, creative and motivated full-time Software Engineers. The work is challenging, creative, fast paced and intellectually stimulating. The successful candidate should have strong analytical skills, unwavering commitment to quality, collaborative work ethic and cutting edge skills.

Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.youtube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs and email. YouTube has quickly become the leading destination on the Internet for video entertainment.

Requirements:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent (PhD a plus).
• Minimum of 3–4 years of software experience, with a focus on infrastructure/backend development.
• Extensive experience programming in C/C++ or Java.
• Experience in database programming; MySQL preferred
• Extensive knowledge of Unix/Linux environments.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming.
• Experience developing/designing large software systems.
• Experience programming in Python a plus.

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Software Engineer, Partners and Revenue Sharing - San Bruno

This position is available in San Bruno, CA.

Join the country's leading and fastest growing advertising sales organization. YouTube, a Google company, is looking for a Software Engineer to work in our San Bruno office.

Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.youtube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs and email. YouTube has quickly become the leading destination on the Internet for video entertainment.

The content partners team builds infrastructure and tools dedicated to providing 3rd parties a platform to upload and manage videos on the YouTube website. The successful candidate will work closely with product management to gather and define requirements and will then design and implement complete solutions from the bottom-up. The candidate's strong design and development skills will ensure the feature meet scalability and availability requirements in order to sustain the exponential growth our platform is exposed to. The candidate should thrive in a fast paced, collaborative and fun environment and have the ability to take business requirements and architect a complete solution. Projects created and implemented should meet extremely high standard in regards to scalability. With a strong sense of ownership, the successful candidate is expected to own and drive a project during its whole life cycle: from product definition, to design and development, deployment to live, maintenance and enhancement.

Responsibilities:

• Content uploading.
• Content management.
• Methods for automatic content identification.
• External and internal reports generation.
• API framework and functionalities.

Requirements:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent (PhD a plus).
• Minimum of 3-4 years of software experience, with a focus on infrastructure/back-end development.
• Extensive experience programming in C/C++ or Java.
• Experience in database programming; MySQL preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of Unix/Linux environments.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming.
• Experience developing/designing large software systems.
• Experience programming in Python a plus.

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Sr. PostgreSQL DBA at Etsy Inc.

Location: United States

Description:

Etsy is seeking a bright and seasoned PostgreSQL DBA to be in charge of our databases. We are looking for someone who is highly motivated to work in a fast paced small team environment. You will be involved in creating, maintaining and managing high availability PostgreSQL databases in a Linux environment.

Interested candidates should send their solutions to the problems at the bottom of this page, along with their resume, to work@etsy.com.

Primary responsibilities:

• Managing 24/7/365 high availability PostgreSQL databases
• Responsible for database data integrity
• Work closely with the development team to design optimal database schemas and stored procedures
• Work closely with System Operations to research and plan optimal hardware for growth
• Proactively research and avert database related issues
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• 5-7 years PostgreSQL or related DB administration experience
• 2+ years in a 24/7/365 environment
• Experience tuning linux to get the best performance possible for PostgreSQL
• PostgreSQL configuration and performance tuning experience
• Experience in terabyte-sized OLTP environment
• Experience with database layouts on high performance disk subsystems
• Experience working with PostgreSQL backups
• Experience performing a full restore to a PostgreSQL database using dumps and transaction logs. Disaster Recovery Experience
• Experience with DB replication, clustering, and table partitioning
• Excellent SQL and PLpgSQL skills
• Knowledge of Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, and Types
• Understand use of Normalization and Denormalization, benefits of each
• Networking Experience - TCP/IP Database Connectivity (JDBC, ODBC, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills conducive to team development
• Perl/Python/Shell scripting
  

Technical Problems:

General

• 1. Foriegn Keys. What are they, what are the benefits, what are the downsides?
• 2. Tablespaces. What are they and how are they usefull?
• 3. How do I figure out how large my database is, and what tables/indexes are the biggest?
• 4. Normalization. What are the benefits, and what are the drawbacks? Be sure to discuss join complexity.
  

A bit more specific

• You have two identical machines with no shared storage between them. Your application currently uses one of them as a primary master database and leaves the second one is untouched. How would you set up the secondary machine to be a warm standby of the primary using Postgresql 8.1? How about Postgresql 8.2?
• Someone comes to you and says, "My PG database is slow!" How would you start the process of figuring out what was wrong? What tools would you use?
• You're looking through the pg log files and you come across this little gem: "Deadlock detected, Process 4893 waits for ShareLock on transaction 3372155030; blocked by process 10835. Process 10835 waits for ShareLock on transaction 3372152381; blocked by process 4893." What does it mean, and how would you go about resolving the issue?

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Staff Systems Administrator at Ebay

Primary Job Responsibilities
Plan, Order, deploy, test, and document UNIX/Linux infrastructure on a per project or as needed basis. Responsible for operationally excellent management of UNIX systems and mail infrastructure required to keep PayPal’s web properties running in a 24x7 environment.
Required to contribute to the selection, design, and implementation of hardware, Operating Systems, and technical solutions to solve business problems. Includes maintaining and improving on PayPal’s strict technical standards as it relates to performance and availability.
Ability to serve as a technical lead for project implementation and drive technical escalations to conclusion.
Work with Project Managers and other engineering groups on Project Implementations. Work with Site Services staff at PayPal Data Center to setup and configure systems.

Job Requirements

Technical Requirements:

• In-depth knowledge of Solaris, Linux, Apache mandatory - Individual must be able to articulate advanced technical topics (e.g. process scheduling, kernel internals, TCP/IP communications at all levels).
• Intermediate skills in VxVM
• Expert knowledge in Veritas Cluster Services
• Experience in large internet based service organizations and Operations teams
• Strong experience with system management tools, logical file systems, and client/server environments
• Scripting expertise (Bourne, Perl, Awk, Sed, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of networking, Storage, databases, client-server and web applications

Soft Skills:

• Communication skills must be A+
• Solid, demonstrable problem solving ability
• Strong Team work
• Independent worker

Preferred Skills:

• Solaris 10 and Redhat Linux experience preferred
• Prefer those with internet service experience, experience Managing/Tuning SendMail and Postfix mail infrastructures and candidates who have been in 24x7 operational environments.
• SendMail and Postfix experience a plus
• DNS and BIND expertise preferred
• Knowledge of cfengine/big brother a plus

Education
Bachelors Degree or Equivalent

Work Location
PayPal San Jose

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Sr. Web Engineer at WebSideStory

Location: San Diego-CA
Experience (Years): 3

Job Detail:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Take a leading and independent role in researching, designing, developing and testing front-end user interface components using XHTML, CSS, DHTML, JavaScript, Ajax, JSP and Custom Tags
• Work actively with other developers to build robust, fault-tolerant server-side application logic using Java and Struts to enable sophisticated and flexible, web-based user interfaces
• Perform structured and deep research into new technologies and how they can sensibly and appropriately be applied and incorporated to improve the user experience
• Provide relevant and innovative ideas, suggestions, and recommendations for new features in addition to improving overall usability and application quality
• Collaborate closely with the Quality Assurance team to design and construct test cases that ensure optimal and up-to-date test coverage of web components (front-end and server-side)
• Communicate proactively and frequently with engineering, product management and business development to propose new functionality based on technical experience and research in the domain of Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Required Knowledge, Skills, Education and Experience:

• At least 3 years of professional experience successfully designing, developing and delivering advanced web applications against real-world deadlines
• Expert-level experience with XHTML, CSS, DHTML, JavaScript, Ajax, and web standards
• Advanced experience in Java, J2EE technologies and Struts
• Proven proficiency in applying JavaScript libraries (Scriptaculous, Prototype, Yahoo UI)
• Experienced with automated testing techniques and best practices including JUnit and JSUnit
• Strong familiarity with Unix/Linux environments, as well as protocols including HTTP and TCP/IP
• Current working knowledge of CVS (or Subversion) and version control best practices
• Working knowledge of at least one major scripting language (e.g. Ruby, Perl, Python)
• Deep knowledge of your chosen tools (e.g. Firebug, Eclipse) and how they interrelate
• Incessant focus on the user perspective with respect to all development-related work
• Full software lifecycle experience in agile, fast-paced J2EE web application projects
• Able to quickly consume and acquire new knowledge and experience on diverse topics
• Must be able to effectively research and seek out answers to technical and domain-related questions independently
• Ability to crisply articulate ideas and future direction to other team members as well as users
• Must have superior written and verbal communications skills and laser-sharp ability to filter out and share relevant information
• Work independently under minimal supervision and be self-directed in most areas
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required

Link: http://jobs-visualsciences.icims.com/visualsciences_jobs/jobs/candidate/job.jsp?jobid=1219&mode=view