Linux System Administrator (Union Square)

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Enter: New Media is looking for a system administrator for our New York office. If you are comfortable managing and optimizing a LAMP infrastructure, working with Rackspace and Amazon hosting tools, and are excited to solve problems and work with a great team in a Union Square loft office, this might be the position for you.

You will spend roughly 60% of your time managing our server infrastructure, around 15% will be spent providing support to end-users and dealing with our hosted VoIP and other intranet issues, and the rest of your time will be dedicated to innovating solutions for optimization and best-practice for this and our Chicago and South American offices.

Skills:
? Linux command line experience (Ubuntu is best)
? Samba/SMB/Windows Networking
? Desktop troubleshooting, Mac and PC
? Google Apps Administration
? Git

Nice-to-haves:
? Puppet
? Nginx
? HAProxy
? Varnish
? MongoDB
? MySQL

Responsibilities:

? Managing Ubuntu Linux-based web servers which host several large web applications, as well as many small websites.
- Deploying new web applications and various small websites.
- Creating, maintaining and monitoring backups for site content, and various databases including MySQL and MongoDB.
- Monitoring server logs for issues.

? Troubleshooting servers when issues arise, as well as adding additional capacity to scale when under load.

? Managing internal IT infrastructure:
- Firewall and network switches.
- Linux based NAS appliance.
- Windows File Server
- Hosted VoIP System

Position is fulltime, and entry-level.
Compensation: Entry Level Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.Please, no phone calls about this job!Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.Posting ID: 3690820086

Posted: 2013-03-19, 11:20AM EDT

Edited: 2013-03-19, 11:20AM EDT

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Linux Systems Administrator (Midtown East)

Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally! Beware any deal involving Western Union, Moneygram, wire transfer, cashier check, money order, shipping, escrow, or any promise of transaction protection/certification/guarantee. More infoArc90 is looking for a talented linux sysadmin to join our team.

We're a small firm of design-driven, passionate technologists who work in midtown Manhattan. We wear a lot of hats, both as an organization and as individuals. We're a full service web consulting firm, but we're also a product and R&D shop. For your role, we're looking for a linux system administrator with a strong background for automation of tasks and setting and following standards, and a focus on stability and maintainability of server environments.

Your responsibilities at Arc90 will include:
- Direct ownership for server/site uptime for 2 product lines (25+ servers)
- Direct ownership for scaling systems
- Capacity management for all environments
- Supporting dev and test environments for the team
- Implementing best practices (server configuration, security, etc)
- Staying current on software updates for technologies in use and determine appropriate time lines for upgrades
- Reporting on the state of the environment and make recommendations for change as appropriate
- Working closely with the team to ensure the needs of the platform are defined and met

Regarding skillset, you definitely:
- Are a smart, motivated, focused person who enjoys participating in crafting and scaling great software
- Are an expert in Linux system administration
- Have experience with Amazon EC2 and the AWS stack (we use fun stuff like S3, ELB, ElastiCache, CloudFront, RDS, IAM, SES)
- Have experience with queuing or asynchronous task systems
- Have experience scaling up web applications
- Have proficiency in at least one scripting language (python, ruby, whatever)
- Are living in NYC or looking to move here
- Are qualified to work in the United States without sponsorship (Sorry, we can't currently sponsor H1-B candidates.)
- Are a good communicator and enjoy working with teams of smart folks
- Have opinions on the right way to do things, and are comfortable sharing them, respectfully

Additionally, it'd be nice if you:
- Have an interest in, or want to learn more about, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
- Understand and enjoy HTTP and RESTful web applications

If this opportunity sounds interesting to you, and you feel you're a good match, send a short note along with your resume.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.Please, no phone calls about this job!Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

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