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Job title

Senior Systems Engineer/Administrator

Company Nation Hire
Wage between $0.00 - $0.00 Annually
Location United States, Florida, West Palm Beach
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 3 - 4 Years of Practical Experience
Travel None
Published on 3/11/2008
Description
Senior Systems Engineer/Administrator



What you get:

Our client is offering one of the most exciting and interesting career opportunities in South Florida. Cutting edge technology, work with some of the brightest minds in web & applications development, Dynamic, fun & exciting work environment. Great Salary, benefits etc. Tremendous growth means opportunity for you!

Must Haves-5yrs unix or unix like large server environment, Free BSD, Linux Centos Linux distribution running on i386 and x86_64 platforms,

Job summary:

Design, build, and maintain server hardware and software used to support the global service operations. Will work alongside the application developers to assure optimal performance of production systems, and support their development resources. Report directly to VP of Networks and Systems.

Key functions:

Support mission critical FreeBSD and Linux systems; perform routine system administration functions including: OS tuning, performance monitoring, security monitoring, and system upgrades. Responsible for the installation, implementation, and management of all systems in remote data centers as well as our headquarters in Florida.
Devise, document and support release management processes for software development groups within the company.
Evaluate, recommend, and implement (as well as plan and document) enhancements to production and office systems.
Perform day-to-day system administration functions such as account creation, trouble tickets, server building and facilitating backups.
Essential functions:

Manages server operations, ensuring the environment can scale.
Knowledge of the broad scope of Network, Systems, and Information Security administration roles.
Must be comfortable working _long_ hours to complete projects. 24/7 on-call duties for directly managed projects and systems. On-call cycle duties for other components of our operations.
Must be willing and able to travel to datacenter locations for initial builds and expansion, if required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Equipment:

Our systems are primarily UNIX-based, serving roles in both our hosting and network architecture. A strong understanding of UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems is required, with a focus on FreeBSD 6.x and the Centos Linux distribution running on i386 and x86_64 platforms.


Must have a strong understanding of application support in a distributed environment. Must also be flexible in programming languages and must have working knowledge in Perl, and shell scripting. C, C++, PHP, Python, a plus. Must also understand basic SQL and have experience using and administering MySQL database servers. High availability with MySQL, replication, multi-slave, multi-master environments, scalability, vertical and horizontal partitioning a plus.


Hands-on experience with Citrix/Netscaler application switches as well as Cisco firewalls, switches & routers, a strong plus. Experience building easy-to-use Web(PHP/Perl)/cli interfaces and tools for administrators and developers is a plus. Experience with server performance and trend recording tools such as rrdtool is a plus. Familiarity with the Mantis bug tracking application is a plus. Familiarity with cfengine and LDAP/TACACS+/RADIUS is a strong plus. Familiarity with open source backup tools such as Bacula, Amanda, rdiff-backup, and rsync is also a strong plus.

Education and experience:

5+ years experience building and supporting large, heterogeneous, server environments based on UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems in a Web environment. Certification is not necessary, but must be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge in each of the required areas.df-tc

Experience/Skills
"Senior Systems Engineer"or "Senior Systems Administrator" or "systems engineer" or "system administrator",

Other desired skills:
Senior Systems Engineer/Administrator
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