Unix Systems Administrator Wanted

Description:
We’re seeking a Unix systems administrator with experience in large, multi-datacenter architectures and a mastery of Unix, especially Linux. Slide is growing fast, and we need admins who can take ownership and build out a major web site the right way.

Slide.com
Slide is the largest personal media network in the world, reaching more than 117 million people each month, or nearly 14 percent of the global Internet audience. The service helps people express themselves and tell emotionally engaging stories through personalized photos and videos created on Slide.com and viewed anywhere on the web or on their desktop. Slide widgets — including Slide Shows, Guestbooks, SkinFlix and FunPix — are viewed by tens of millions of people every day on popular sites like MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Xanga, Tagged and Blogger. Slide launched in 2005 and was founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin

Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for the excellent performance, scalability, and availability of our production and corporate environments. Coordination and collaboration with our developers and product managers is crucial. Tasks include Linux systems setup and maintenance, prototyping and designing infrastructure for new products, enhancing production and corporate site scalability, monitoring and site performance tracking, and day-to-day support of switches and load balancers.

Requirements:
• 5+ years of production Unix systems administration in a production datacenter environment.
• Emphasis on Linux in previous experience strongly preferred.
• Excellent understanding of TCP/IP, networking, firewall, and security concepts.
• Architectural experience in an Apache/MySQL environment.
• Familiarity with monitoring and configuration distribution tools (esp. nagios/puppet)
• Excellent working knowledge of DNS, HTTP/S, SSH, LDAP, NFS, PXE/DHCP/TFTP.
• Familiarity with system and software performance tuning, including tools such as strace, oprofile, gdb.
• Extensive sh/csh/perl knowledge (Python a big plus).
• Must be detail oriented, an organized thinker, and able to act decisively under stressful conditions.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to multitask and prioritize, and a proactive mindset.
• Team player and self-motivated.

Details:
Full time- Must work on site.
Excellent Benefits – 100% Health, Vision and Dental plans available for employee
Great Location – Close to public transportation

Interested applicants can apply here.

Original post can be found here.

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