Position Responsibilities:
- On going maintenance, growth and development of a large scale server farm running primarily on Linux.
- Rolling
out new systems, maintaining, upgrading, replacing, and improving the
long-term performance of the systems as well as supporting networking
equipment.
- Supporting
the installation, optimization, integration, troubleshooting, backup,
recovery, modification, security, and upgrading of IT systems and
components to provide services that enable customers to effectively
apply IT to business requirements while working with the networks team
- Has
knowledge of tools and mechanisms for distributing new or upgraded
software to ensure customers receive current versions of supported
software, as they become available.
- Recommending and designing systems architecture and topology from both general and specific perspectives.
Technical Skill set:
- Extensive sysadmin experience with Red Hat Linux and Windows2003
- Must have good working knowledge of the following, but not limited to, CPanel, Apache 1.3.x and 2.0, ProFTPd, MySQL, PHP, Sendmail, Exim, SSHd, Qmail, Qpopper, Bind, Nagios, etc.
- Extensive experience running mailservers
- Experience with SpamAssassin-tuning strongly preferred
- Scripting experience, specifically with Perl and bash
- In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, BIND, LDAP and other core technologies
- Must
be able to determine when a server is in a "distressed" state, e.g.
network performing badly, short of swap space, short of RAM, overloaded
CPU, overloaded I/O subsystem. Understand how to gather more information
and recommend a solution.
- Knowledge of how to modify kernel and device driver behavior.
- Strong understanding of network and server security.
- Understanding of PHP and HTML.
Behavioral Traits:
- Assertive
- Strong Decision Making Skills
- Leadership Abilities
- Team Management Skills
- Must have can-do- attitude
- Excellent time management skills to meet deadlines
Educational Background:
- BS (Networking)
- Linux certification and/or training is PLUS
Experience Requirement:
- Atleast5 years of working experience in Linux side.
- Must have managed team for at least 2 years.
Send resume to jobs@salsoft.net