Position Overview:

As a Linux Systems Administrator, the ideal candidate will join the team responsible for the entire management lifecycle of SignalDemand systems. This includes, but is not limited to: system capacity (CPU/memory) planning, systems design and integration, hardware / software / OS maintenance for servers and storage systems, ongoing systems configuration management, and ownership of all systems in all data center facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Identification and resolution of hardware, software, or architectural issues in any of the servers and storage systems supporting production instances and/or hosts in order to ensure maximum uptime and service quality and assess trends that may ultimately result in degradation of service.
• Implementing best practices and automation tools/solutions for quicker deployment and support such as Kickstart, admin tools, configuration management and provisioning.
• Formulating and implementing monitoring, policies, procedures and standards relating to server and storage management.

Required Skills:

• BS/BA degree, or equivalent work experience.
• 4 - 6 years Linux Administration experience preferable Red Hat.
• 2+ years in a 24x7x365 high-volume environment.
• Experience with at least one of the major backup packages (NetBackup, etc).
• Candidate MUST have extensive experience working in structured change management processes for highly available enterprise systems.
• Experience building and configuring major Internet host/network services including but not limited to: Web (http, SSL, etc.), Mail, DNS, NFS, LDAP, databases (Oracle, etc.) and Java.
• Experience building servers using jumpstart and kickstart.
• Perl and/or shell scripting.
• Strong communication skills.

Desired Skills:

• Experience working in high-volume, terabyte-sized Oracle OLAP environment preferred.
• Hardware training and/or certification in systems and storage management.
• Experience with monitoring tools.
• Experience with high-end SAN storage solutions and storage multi-pathing using storage specific replication technologies.
• Experience with high availability systems and storage solutions / architectures (Oracle Clusterware).
• Solid networking experience - TCP/IP, administration of networking hardware.
• Firewall/security experience - access control list management, secure remote access management practices, IDS, etc.

Compensation:

• Competitive salary
• Stock options
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401K
• 3 weeks vacation