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[Fwd: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings)]

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, If you have any interest in either of these job openings at Google, please respond to todv(a)google.com, as noted below. Later, Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:13:53 -0700 From: Tod Vanlandingham <todv(a)google.com> To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Andy, I was curious if you would be open to distributing the 2 job descriptions below to all of your UG members (via your site). I will personally respond to each person that is interested in either opening. * * Thank you, Tod Vanlandingham Recruiter Google (650) 253-4291 todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * * * * * * * * * * *Company: Google * *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* * * *Job Title: * * * *(Google) Linux Cluster Systems Administrator/Expert Scripter* *Positions based in Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland * *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. Google's Cluster Operations team is looking for talented system administrators to help administer Google's complex, proprietary clustering technologies. Literally thousands of Linux servers power the technology behind Google.com, and it's a real challenge to administer these effectively. Google's Cluster Operations team needs seasoned system administrators to automate complex tasks across a huge cluster. Responsibilities: * automation of tasks as much as possible through the development of scripts and administration tools * configuration of system and network parameters * monitoring of system stability and performance * ensuring 24x7 operation of our cluster * comprehensive documentation of our procedures Requirements: * B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience * 5+ years experience with Linux Systems Administration *Deep understanding of networking i.e.: understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level; intimate knowledge of TCP/IP networking * strong programming and scripting ability (Python, Perl, bash) * excellent verbal and written skills * outstanding customer service abilities Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Company: Google * *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* * * * * *Job Title: * * * *(Google) Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com (SRE)* * * *Positions based in Mountain View, CA and Dublin Ireland. * * * *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe you've been coding for years, are bored with the old design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering UNIX clusters. We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this mission critical environment. All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the process. Qualifications: Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, Perl, Python Senior Level experience with UNIX system administration. Strong understanding of networking; -Deep understanding of networking, understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level. Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user systems. In-depth knowledge of UNIX (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. Proven technical troubleshooting experience. .Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong sense of urgency. Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. 6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, OR 3-8 years experience for SWE position. BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland Thank you, Tod Vanlandingham Google Talent Acquisition (650) 253-4291 todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> <http://www.google.com/> Media Coverage: http://www.google.com/press/press.html <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/press/press.html> Corporate Overview: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html> Top 10 Reasons to Work at Google: http://www.google.com/jobs/reasons.html Work Life Balance : http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/balance.html Looking for interesting work that matters to millions of people? http://www.google.com/jobs/great-people-needed.html - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCVnvfHl0iXDssISsRAg6zAJ9ctAIgxYaYGHHS7RVzTaFz+YBvPACffqfq z6L151kbWzBPLSuFyr77So0= =mwwr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

April 8, 2005

Communication between "HiTech" and anyone not in the club.

by Ken Jones

WLUG members: There is one HiTech issue about which I am passionate and frustrated. It is the lack of understanding in the Fitchburg Public School District of the management efficiencies that are now "best practices"in the commercial world. I am sure that the Fitchburg case is typical of most Massachusetts public school districts. Our School Committee beats up on the Superintendent over the cost of multiple Administrators. No one sees that this cost could be contained if improvements were to be made in the architecture of their internal network, the structures of their data bases and the training of their administrators. Part of the problem is that the voting public does not understand either. This is perfect opportunity for the commercial LINUX community to garner some very good press. If Red Hat, for example, were to team with the Fitchburg Public School District to implement places where LINUX is a better answer than M$, it could get general media coverage as well as Education publication notice. My observation is that little trust worthy technical information passes between HiTech and those who manage our public schools. I would like to work at bridging that communication gap. Ken Jones kjones(a)ziplink.net

April 8, 2005

Linux/Unix file systems engineer

by John Spencer

My client in northern MA (LOCAL candidates only please) has a need for a strong Linux, Unix or MAC OS X file systems consultant. This is a 3 mth+ contract. Must have experience developing software for multiple platforms. Strong background with C/C++ as well as operating system kernel level development experience is needed. Familiarity and experience with distributed file systems networking is a strong plus. Source management experience with ClearCase is also a plus. Please forward your resume to jspencer AT optimaleng DOT com Regards, John Spencer Optimal Engineering

April 6, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Cups help

by Robert L Krawitz

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:46:06 -0500 From: Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> Thanks to everyone's help, but I've figured out the backend stuff and written my own perl script that does the accounting using mysql. It's actually really neat and incredibly easy to use. I'm in the process of refinining it a bit now and if anyone is interested in it, I'd be more than happy to send it your way. It uses snmp to query the pages from the printer so it actually determines the number of pages printer and not just how many should have printed. So you have a network printer that can report that kind of thing. I guess I'm used to thinking of cheap, dumb inkjet printers. On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:46:57 -0500, Robert L Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:26:46 -0500 > From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> > > Chuck> This is a question for those cups guru's out there. I'm > Chuck> trying to write a custom perl script for cups that does > Chuck> accounting. I have a database with users and quotas and I'm > Chuck> writing a filter for cups that checks to make sure the user > Chuck> has enough left on their balance before printing. I was > Chuck> curious how I would go about sticking this into the cups > Chuck> filtering chain. I've been reading up on the cups docs but > Chuck> I'm still kinda confused on where to put it. Any help would > Chuck> be much appreciated. > > How are you going to count pages before you send them to the printer? > > That was always the problem we had, esp when someone messed up and > sent garbage to the laser printer at $0.10/page way back in the > late 80s, and then came up to find a 1" thick stack waiting for > them... with just one letter per page > > Or are you going to pre-render, count the pages, then get the page > counter on the printer, print, and read the page counter to see > what actually got through? > > I'd also google, since I can't imagine that you're the only one > who's wanted something like this before... > > I'd try the cups-devel(a)cups.org mailing list (you may need to > subscribe). > > This is actually a very hard problem if you don't have a printer that > will do the accounting itself. Unless you can interpret the codes > going to the printer, you can't even start to do this.

March 31, 2005

Re: [Wlug] [Fwd: Invitation to Developing on Open Standards Databases -IBM tech briefing in Boston on April 5]

by Jared Greenwald

Can I go if I'm an Oracle employee? On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:14:52 -0500, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Invitation to Developing on Open Standards Databases -IBM tech > briefing in Boston on April 5 > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:50:20 -0800 > From: Karen C Lee <leekc(a)us.ibm.com> > > Please join us and extend this invitations to the complimentary IBM > briefing to your user group members and colleagues. > > Do you want to learn how to develop and deploy database applications for > the small to medium business on Linux? Cloudscape/Derby, IBM DB2 > Express and IBM DB2 Everyplace are exactly what you need to get started. > > More than 80 IBM products use Java-based Cloudscape for its portability, > easy deployment, open standards-based Java engine, small footprint, and > more. Developers worldwide are taking advantage of these benefits, and > now you can too. > > Register today for this briefing by visiting: > http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ > These briefings will be held in the following cities: > ** Boston on April 5* > * Montreal on April 7 > * Chicago on April 12 > * San Francisco on April 14 > * Austin on May 17 > * Toronto on May 19 > > During this event, you'll see IBM DB2 Universal Database Express Edition > V8.2 -- the lowest priced, full-function relational database on Linux > or Windows platform choices. We'll also demonstrate how DB2 Everyplace > features a small footprint relational database and high performance data > synchronization solution that enables enterprise applications and data > to be securely extended to mobile devices such as personal digital > assistants (PDAs), smart phones and other embedded mobile devices. The > briefing will end with a discussion on how to build database intensive > web applications using IBM DB2 and IBM Rational Web Developer. All > attendees will receive trial software from IBM. > > To reserve your seat for this briefing please visit. > http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ > > Sincerely, > > The IBM developerWorks Team > > -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 30, 2005

[Fwd: Invitation to Developing on Open Standards Databases -IBM tech briefing in Boston on April 5]

by Andy Stewart

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Invitation to Developing on Open Standards Databases -IBM tech briefing in Boston on April 5 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:50:20 -0800 From: Karen C Lee <leekc(a)us.ibm.com> Please join us and extend this invitations to the complimentary IBM briefing to your user group members and colleagues. Do you want to learn how to develop and deploy database applications for the small to medium business on Linux? Cloudscape/Derby, IBM DB2 Express and IBM DB2 Everyplace are exactly what you need to get started. More than 80 IBM products use Java-based Cloudscape for its portability, easy deployment, open standards-based Java engine, small footprint, and more. Developers worldwide are taking advantage of these benefits, and now you can too. Register today for this briefing by visiting: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ These briefings will be held in the following cities: ** Boston on April 5* * Montreal on April 7 * Chicago on April 12 * San Francisco on April 14 * Austin on May 17 * Toronto on May 19 During this event, you'll see IBM DB2 Universal Database Express Edition V8.2 -- the lowest priced, full-function relational database on Linux or Windows platform choices. We'll also demonstrate how DB2 Everyplace features a small footprint relational database and high performance data synchronization solution that enables enterprise applications and data to be securely extended to mobile devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones and other embedded mobile devices. The briefing will end with a discussion on how to build database intensive web applications using IBM DB2 and IBM Rational Web Developer. All attendees will receive trial software from IBM. To reserve your seat for this briefing please visit. http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ Sincerely, The IBM developerWorks Team -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

March 30, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Cups help

by Chuck Haines

Since there seems to be a decent bit of interest in this script, I'll post when my release version 0.2 today. For anyone who is interested check out http://gforge.maxslack.com/projects/cupsacct/. It's my personal project site and I have put up the first release. I'll be releasing the files here so it's the best way to get them. Not all the components of the project site are working yet (mostly web based CVS) but you can download the release tarball if you are interested. Also note that this script is still heavily modified for specific use in the ECE databases. I'm working on changing it so that it will be more universal and include sql to create the database and tables. Chuck On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:14:59 -0500, Rob Taylor <rob.taylor(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > Chuck: > > I'd be rather interested in (any) details about this > and the SNMP part in particular if/when You have a chance ! > Sounds like a pretty nifty integration. > > Thanks, > Rob.Taylor(a)earthlink.net > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:46:06 -0500 > From: Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Cups help > To: Robert L Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> > Cc: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <a663f660050330074617e32767(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Thanks to everyone's help, but I've figured out the backend stuff and > written my own perl script that does the accounting using mysql. It's > actually really neat and incredibly easy to use. I'm in the process > of refinining it a bit now and if anyone is interested in it, I'd be > more than happy to send it your way. It uses snmp to query the pages > from the printer so it actually determines the number of pages printer > and not just how many should have printed. > -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com http://www.maxslack.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

March 30, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Permanently unloading the usb-storage kernel module under FC3

by Eric Martin

just comment it out from /etc/modules.autoload.2/kernel-2.x (4 or 6, whichever you happen to be using) On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:35:39 -0500, Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> wrote: > Chuck R. Anderson wrote: > > >On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:23:44AM -0500, Andrew Robert wrote: > > > > > >>/sbin/rmmod usb-storage > >>This works great but the module reappears the next time I boot the > >>beast. > >>Does anyone know of a way to make this permanently go away? > >> > >> > > > >/etc/modprobe.conf: > >install usb-storage /bin/true > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Wlug mailing list > >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > Hmm .. > > I could be wrong on this but wouldn't it be > > install usb-storage /bin/false > > Or am I misunderstanding the value of /bin/true? > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 30, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Permanently unloading the usb-storage kernel module under FC3

by Andrew Robert

Chuck R. Anderson wrote: >On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:23:44AM -0500, Andrew Robert wrote: > > >>/sbin/rmmod usb-storage >>This works great but the module reappears the next time I boot the >>beast. >>Does anyone know of a way to make this permanently go away? >> >> > >/etc/modprobe.conf: >install usb-storage /bin/true > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > Hmm .. I could be wrong on this but wouldn't it be install usb-storage /bin/false Or am I misunderstanding the value of /bin/true?

March 30, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Permanently unloading the usb-storage kernel module under FC3

by Chuck R. Anderson

On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:23:44AM -0500, Andrew Robert wrote: > /sbin/rmmod usb-storage > This works great but the module reappears the next time I boot the > beast. > Does anyone know of a way to make this permanently go away? /etc/modprobe.conf: install usb-storage /bin/true

March 30, 2005