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The position is shift based and shifts run 12 hours, 3.5 days on / 3.5 days off per week. Current shifts are Sun-Wed (Beginning of week) and Wed-Sat (End of week) as well as corresponding Overnight shifts for each. Once established on a shift, they rarely change and do not rotate (so you can plan your life). The position is centered around customer focused hosting including co-location and managed services.

Primary Responsibilities:
You will provide basic system administration skills such as break-fix, installation, configuration, package management in the *NIX arena as well as basic Network capabilities. You should have some experience in at least one of the following areas to apply;

• System Administration (*NIX, Microsoft Windows Server platforms)
• Network Administration (Cisco IOS, managing and troubleshooting of large scale heterogeneous networks, IP management, basic IP route setup)
• Ideal Candidates: Ideal candidates will have expert knowledge or aptitude to acquire knowledge in the following areas of expertise;
• *NIX Operating Systems (Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux, etc…)
• Apache or other web hosting daemons (lighthttpd, thttpd)
• MySQL or other databases (PostgreSQL, ORACLE)
• PHP/PERL other scripting language experience
• Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail or other MTA services
• Bind (DNS), inetd, SSHD, r*services and other low-level critical services

Ideal candidates will also have existing knowledge or display an aptitude and willingness to acquire knowledge of the following spheres of General System administration;

• Adding, removing of users. Managing user level permissions and access control
• Simple automation of repetitive tasks via system or shell scripting (PERL, sh, csh, ksh scripting, etc…)
• Scheduling of automated task executing (Scheduler, CRON jobs)
• Package management and their associated tools (yum, aptitude, ports)
• Troubleshooting and basic repairs or upgrades of server hardware internals, such as HDD replacement, RAM, etc…
• Basic system-level backups of critical data (tar, zip, rsync, etc…)
• Low level network protocols such as TCP, UDP, SNMP and how those connection(less) protocols operate on network and system levels.
• Application layer protocols such as HTTP, POP3, IMAP4, DNS, NFS, etc…and how to effectively tune, and secure both the protocols and underlying applications on various operating systems.

Training:
Training is provided on a live, production network. The better you are at absorbing information and concepts, the better you will succeed. Pedantic note taking is a huge advantage to you.

Position Requirements:

• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Must have good time management skills.
• Must be available to work the times and days specified.
• Must be able to work on call if needed.
• Must be willing to have work schedule altered as needed.
• Must pass civil and criminal background and drug test investigation.

To be considered for this opportunity click here to emaila copy of your resume today!