[vox-jobs] Excellent Opportunity for a Sr. Linux Administrator

[Raj Vemuri]

Hi,
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Would you please post the following Job Opportunity in lugod?
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MindSource specializes in placing technology professionals with companies i=
n the Silicon Valley Region. We have an immediate need for a Sr. LINUX ADMI=
NISTRATOR with one of our clients=B4 in SAN JOSE.  This is a CONTRACT POSIT=
ION for 6 months with possible extension.  =

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Job Description:
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You will be a part of a small team that has built and scaled a website that=
 attracts millions of people, has over 2 billion monthly page-views and is =
considered one of the largest internet forums in the world.
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An ideal candidate must be highly motivated, have a keen interest in Intern=
et technology, a love of open source software (WE DO!), and a fanatical att=
ention to detail.  Not only will you work to directly influence infrastruct=
ure design and implementation, you will work along side our developers to h=
elp improve our system design, security and user experience. =

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Candidates with prior experience working on a high profile, large-scale con=
sumer facing websites will be highly valued. =

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Required Skills & Qualifications
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5+ years of experience with Linux system administration. (Debian or RHEL pr=
eferred).
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Strong Networking experience with TCP/IP, Subnets, routing and switching.  =
Must be able to troubleshoot at the packet level.
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A deep understanding of traffic load balancing using either software or har=
dware load balancers.
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Ability to script in a high level scripting language (Perl and bash are pre=
ferred).  Should have a strong foundation in OO Design.
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Strong and current working knowledge of modern x86 based server hardware.
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Strong understanding of software and hardware RAID with Linux.
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Experience building Linux kernels and troubleshooting kernel issues.
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Experience with high traffic web servers running apache or lighttpd.
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Experience with DNS setup and management.
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Kernel and application performance tuning and profiling.
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Experience using Source code version control software (subversion, git, cvs=
).
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Experience with collocated servers.
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Willing to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
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Please let me know if you are interested in this position by sending your u=
pdated resume, rate and availability for a phone interview to raj at mindsourc=
e.com
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Best Regards,
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Raj Vemuri
Recruiter | MindSource
raj at mindsource.com
650-314-6408 (Direct)
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