Re: [PLUG] OT: SRE @ Google

On 8/30/05, Toby DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net> wrote:

On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 07:08:46PM -0400, Cosmin Nicolaescu wrote:
> ------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> From:    "Jeff Polo" < jpolo@google.com>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The group I'm supporting is Google.com Engineering (a.k.a. Site
> Reliability Engineering, or SRE) This multi-talented group of engineers
> all have some mix of Linux/Unix systems administration experience, solid
> scripting/coding skills, and a firm understanding of networking.  They are
> responsible for ensuring the quality, speed, and uptime of Google's
> services and tools and managing the production systems and network they
> run on.  From code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to
> maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring and alerts
> to building new automation
> infrastructure, our SRE engineers are in the thick of everything related
> to keeping Google.com running at peak.
>
> The guy is interestred in full-time positions, so just email him with a
> resume if you'd like to.
>

Might want to check out the situation there; I've heard from some people
on the West Coast that they pay very poorly for this type of position
(e.g. $35K for sysadmin around SF).

-- T
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