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[PLUG] Shaky job opening, Ivyland, PA
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How's that for a title?
The company I work for has a position open
for what they consider a "senior" sysadmin.
I don't know that I consider it "senior", just that
there is an enormous amount of different stuff
to deal with. But a very small user community,
and no enterprise type requirements.
I've spoken to a couple of you before about it,
but due to either skill mismatch or NOT SHOWING
UP FOR THE INTERVIEW (you know who you are),
the position went unfilled. That is probably a good
thing, because it recently turned "shaky"
The position is "shaky" because if we don't get any
new clients in the next month or 2, you would probably
be laid off. So this position is NOT for anyone who
currently has a good job.
The position would be contract for about 2 months,
and then either stabilized into a real full time job,
or gone.
On the other hand, this means that I can be a bit more
flexible in my hiring requirements.
Toys you get to play with:
6 Sun 450s.
2 Sun 3500s
about a dozen assorted Linux boxen.
8 TB'o'disk. Yup. 8 TB.
In 6 major arrays, (1 to 2 TB), and a bunch
of little ones.
Gadzoox FC switches.
3 GB ethernet switches / routers, 1/2 dozen
100MB dumb switches.
Lots and lots of variety of SCSI tape, mostly
EZ17 M2s at this point, but lots of previous
tech hanging around.
Huge amount of UPSes.
Solaris 2.6 and 2.7, Veritas, variety of GNU stuff,
Oracle, MySQL, Perl, bit'o'web, bit'o'spam. A few
T1s to private links and/or internet.
You would do a bit of end user support, end users
being programmers. Mostly really good, one or 2 idiots.
There are many support plans covering the equipment.
All Sun gear is covered, as well as 90% of the disk. Anything
that is not covered is disposable, with constant migration to newer/faster
disk.
About 1/3 of the Sun gear isn't in production, which means a chance
to upgrade, patch, play, learn, etc.
Hardware skills a MUST. I need to be able to trust you to not
attempt to hot swap a single-ended with a differential SCSI cable. Or
not to stare into an invisible laser. Or confuse a 4 pin copper fibre chanel
with a 4 pin ethernet. Or electrocute yourself. We have a LOT
of power, mixed voltages, so you need to be aware of the correct
pluggage.
Sniffing with snoop or ethereal is a biggie. Understanding simple routing
(not ISPstyle, just static). Mostly just ping, traceroute, etc, with an
occasional: WHERE THE HELL IS THAT BROADCAST STORM COMING FROM!?!?
Security concious with going overboard. We use ssh for most access,
but a few boxes have hosts.equiv/etc, to allow for open fast data transfer.
Automating log checking is important. We can't consolidate these boxes
because they serve individual customers, so we have to do the
best we can to automate the disparate monitoring.
Paperwork. The support contracts have to be tracked, as well as POs
and invoices. And system documentation. Every change needs to be
logged somewhere for when the proverbial bus takes you out.
Almost all skills are "negotiable" We can't possibly expect a
guru in everything, or even close, but you need to have the attitude
that you WILL be able to deal with it, or at least ask me decent questions
in your quest to figure it all out.
You HAVE to be able to deal with the occasional SOB who tries to con
you into doing their job, as in:
I would LOVE to help you code/troubleshoot/fix that script, etc, if
only my boss would let me. Sorry, go see my boss.
It is an UGLY horrible cable mess at the moment, so I expect some major
rewiring.
No Win/NT/M$ from the server perspective. Almost all the
users are Linux based PCs, but you don't do desktop support for those
either.
We are located in Ivyland PA, which is Northeast from Philly. If you
are coming up 95, it is about 25 minutes from Woodhaven. Not
anywhere near public, you will have to drive. No chance of
telecomuting in the 1st few months, but possible after that depending
on needs and work ethic.
Sound scary? Interesting? Worth a shot?
Give me a call or email.
Barry Roomberg
215-675-2000 x 8282
broom@cc3.com
PS. Note to the NO SHOW. I'd still consider you if you
want to try.
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