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Service Engineer
Submitted by sukla on Tue, 2010-03-09 09:33
Requisition ID 26985
Production Engineers at Yahoo! thrive on the scale and mission-critical nature of our complex search systems as well as the challenge that comes along with their operation. In this critical role, you'll utilize your rare combination of significant UNIX systems experience, network knowledge, troubleshooting skills, and coding sensibilities to design, deploy, monitor, and automate all operational aspects of Yahoo!'s revenue-critical search platforms. The ideal candidate is a technical generalist with skills ranging from production systems/network management to software development.
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Skills/Requirements:
4 years of work experience in Unix System administration.
Experience working with datacenter technicians while provisioning servers and dealing with break fix of hardware.
Excellent Troubleshooting and problem solving skills, including application, server and network-level troubleshooting ability.
Knowledge of Internet fundamentals. (e.g. RFCs, DNS architecture, best practices, security, etc.)
Good written and verbal communication skills
Good interpersonal skills and be an avid team player
Must be a self-starter and quick learner with a passion for open source solutions.
Have a passion for production support and possess a constant desire to excel and grow in the job.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or MIS.
2+ years experience with Linux, preferably with RHEL.
Experience administering large-scale (1000+ server) production installations (ecommerce background a plus)
Familiarity with web design and LAMP stack.
Experience with network designs, protocols, and troubleshooting.
Good scripting experience, Perl is a plus.
Exposure to virtualization technologies.
Functions/Responsibilites:
Function as a technical generalist responsible for the overall health and performance of our search platform
Use a combination of open source and custom built tools to handle deployment, administration, and monitoring of a large-scale Linux environment
Gain deep application-level knowledge of the systems.
Administer a massive mission-critical production environment, plus a large non-production environment.
Work with development teams to harden, enhance, document, and generally improve the operability of our systems
Responsible for the configuration/build-out of new deployments to facilitate our constant growth.
Participate in a 12x7 (daylight hours) on-call pager rotation
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
United States
Organization:
Website:
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