-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Any inquiries should be sent directly to Staples. Staples is looking: External Job Title Linux Systems Engineer Grade/Level 038 Job Location City Framingham Job Location State Massachusetts Recruiter Kate MacLean Recruiter Ext 37326 Reference # 29915BR Responsibilities Responsible for the implementation and on-going technical support of Staples LINUX and VMware infrastructure. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, day-to-day technical support, proactive monitoring and management, evaluation of new and emerging technologies, and maintaining third party support relationships. Provides technical support (including participation in a 24x7 on call rotation) for complex production systems and services Proactively monitors infrastructure for optimal performance and provides input for capacity planning Supports development activities and manages projects, and efforts that require specialized infrastructure skills Defines infrastructure requirements for the implementation of new applications Provides technical support for Staples' business unit representatives and IS organizations as required Maintains relationships with third party technical support providers Participates in the evaluation of new products and services Identifies areas where existing policies and procedures require change or where new ones need to be developed Maintains all relevant documentation Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement Provide mentoring, ongoing knowledge transfer and other technical guidance to junior and mid level team members Qualifications Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience required 7 - 10 years of experience as a Linux System Administrator (RedHat preferred) RHCE certification highly desired Familiarity with Linux build methodologies, performance tuning and memory management, and ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting Understanding of Project management methodologies Experience in developing scalable policies and procedures, including system standards, capacity planning, and centralized management Excellent organizational, analytical and problem solving skills Effective written and verbal communication skills Scripting and programming skills (shell, awk, perl, python) Experience in managing, operating, and troubleshooting a multi-farm VMWare installation, including Virtual Infrastructure, HA, and DRS Experience in P2V migrations a plus Familiarity with the following: rsync, sshd, LDAP, apache, DNS, syslogd, ntpd, net-snmp, tomcat configuration, WebSphere Suite, J2EE Familiarity with a variety of storage technologies including SAN and NAS storage platforms - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKCfvHOjiraCaOTOoRAnB9AJ9WppY9dWWykiUqXf6/zQGUyXBSxACfTPqM mYbLOARlDSWJd2EHIIZRHVo= =oIj8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----