[SVLUG-Jobs] Senior Linux Sysadmin (Santa Clara)

[Bill Pennington]

Senior System Administrator

Required Skills:

UNIX Systems Administration with a focus on LAMP/LAPP on Debian/Ubuntu.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, training users in  
complex topics, making presentations to an internal audience, and  
interacting positively with upper management.

Independent problem-solving, self-direction.

Comfortable with most aspects of operating system administration; for  
example, configuration of mail systems, system installation and  
configuration, printer systems, fundamentals of security, installing  
third-party software.

Has a solid understanding of a UNIX-based operating system;  
understands paging and swapping, inter-process communication, devices  
and what device drivers do, filesystem concepts (inode, clustering,  
logical partitions).

Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed computing  
environment concepts; can use nslookup or dig to check information in  
the DNS; understands basic routing concepts.

Ability to write scripts in some administrative language ( Perl,  a  
shell).

Required Background

Minimum of three years of system administration experience.

Desirable Background and Skills

Experience with Postgres
Experience administrating MacOS and Windows
Experience with Netscreen Firewalls and VPN
Experience with FAI or other automated install methods
Experience with Asterisk telephony
A degree in computer science or a related field.
Significant programming background in any applicable language.

Appropriate Responsibilities

Receives general instructions for new responsibilities from management.
Administers a complex site.
Initiates some new responsibilities and helps to plan for the future  
of the site/network.
Evaluates and/or recommends purchases; has strong influence on  
purchasing process.

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Bill Pennington, CISSP, CCNA
VP Services
WhiteHat Security Inc.
http://www.whitehatsec.com