[vox-jobs] [fwd] Sr. Systems Administrator at Quantcast (San Francisco, CA)

[Bill Kendrick]

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----- Forwarded message from Bill Umoff <bumoff at quantcast.com> -----

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:00:15 -0700
From: Bill Umoff <bumoff at quantcast.com>
Subject: opportunity: Sr. Systems Administrator at Quantcast (San Francisco, CA)

   Quantcast is looking to hire a Linux/UNIX expert with extensive WAN
   experience. As we're currently collecting data from over 8 million page
   views a day, across 10 million directly measured sites, this is a unique
   opportunity to work on one of the largest computing infrastructures in the
   world. The ideal candidate should be excited by working on a global scale,
   multi-locational WAN, in a start-up environment. Our highly skilled team
   is small and tight-knit, providing the ideal environment for someone
   looking to make a visible impact and contribute to Quantcast's success.

   Quantcast provides publishers, agencies and marketers unmatched abilities
   to measure, segment, and target audiences based upon inference models that
   couple machine learning with massive quantities of directly measured
   audience and reference data. This approach overcomes the challenges and
   limitations of traditional media measurement services that rely on panels
   and expands the limited delivery of retargeting approaches to reach a
   larger, more qualified audience.  We were recently named the #3 most
   innovative web company in 2010 by FastCompany, behind Facebook and Google,
   and we are roughly 80 employees.  We offer a full benefits package.  We
   offer a full benefits package.

   Responsibilities:

   . Administration of existing global infrastructure

   . Management of alarm/alert systems including familiarity with standard
   alarm and monitoring software/methods and development of new
   alert/monitoring subsystems

   . "Lights out" and remote datacenter deployment and management

   . Experience with management of large compute and serving clusters and
   associated issues such as automation, configuration management,
   deployment, inventory, hardware troubleshooting, system troubleshooting,
   etc.

   . 24 hour on-call duty as necessary

   . Some travel required


   Requirements:

   . Bachelor's in Computer Science, Networking or Electrical Engineering or
   equivalent professional experience

   . Expert knowledge of Linux administration and production operations

   . Understanding and tuning of Linux internals

   . Extensive knowledge of networking protocols on the wire and by RFC,
   especially TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, and DNS.

   . Experience with package management systems like RPM for building and
   deploying custom software

   . Extensive Experience scripting in Ruby, Python, or Perl

   . Experience multi-datacenter deployments

   . Flexibility to deal with novel, and fast-paced deployment environments

   . Excellent planning and prioritization skills

   . Vendor negotiation and management background a plus

   . Experience running a production 24/7 web site
    

   If you are qualified or interested in this position, please email
   bumoff at quantcast.com or visit
   http://tbe.taleo.net/NA8/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=QUANTCAST&cws=1&rid=13
   to apply directly.


   Bill Umoff
   Team Development - Quantcast
   bumoff at quantcast.com
   MICsignature
   http://www.fastcompany.com/mic/2010/industry/most-innovative-web-companies

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