[TriLUG] Fwd: Senior System Administrator

[Matt Frye]

Reply to Jessica. This job is in Buffalo, NY.


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> From: "Jessica Calabrese" <JCalabrese at synacor.com>
> Date: March 11, 2009 10:15:51 AM EDT
> To: <chairman at trilug.org>
> Subject: Senior System Administrator
>

> I wanted to send you information about a current opening that my  
> company has.  I was hoping that you would be able to pass this along  
> to your group members.  If you would like to find out more about  
> this position please let me know.
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> Thank you for your time!
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> Jessica Calabrese
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> Recruitment Assistant
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> Synacor
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> 40 La Riviere Drive Suite 300
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> Buffalo, NY 14202
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> 716-362-3751
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> Synacor is a dynamic, fun and exciting company.  Jeans and t-shirts  
> are typical office wear, even for the executives. Flexible work  
> hours accommodate employees with special scheduling needs, early  
> risers and those who need a little caffeinated kick-start each  
> morning. Synacor's headquarters is located along Buffalo's  
> waterfront and the Erie Basin Marina. Taking a few minutes to  
> stretch your legs is as easy as walking the 1,000 feet or so to the  
> water. The office wireless network even reaches a beautiful gazebo,  
> making it easy to spend a little time outside while still being  
> productive. We are looking for great people to join our team and be  
> given the freedom to do the work they were hired to do.
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> We are seeking a Senior Systems Administrator who will work under  
> limited supervision, administer all aspects of an advanced,  
> distributed computer system supporting an important functional area  
> of Synacor operations.  Day-to-day tasks may involve any or all of  
> the following: operating system administration, configuration of  
> mail systems, system installation, SAN administration, fundamentals  
> of security, installing third party software, etc.
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> Duties and Responsibilities:
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> Plans and coordinates system utilization, and performs growth  
> analysis and capacity planning
> Provides installation, support, and maintenance of servers and other  
> computer systems
> Efficiently manage configuration of 200+ servers and services (web,  
> e-mail, dns, etc)
> Implement/maintain monitoring and trending for all deployed servers  
> and services
> Assists with planning for and responding to service outages and  
> other problems (SLA’s)
> Able to take on a leadership role in managing systems-related projects
> Must be able quickly and correctly diagnose problems with computer  
> systems and introduce the best way to fix the problem
> Proficient in scripting or light programming
> Provide leadership and mentoring to other System Administrators
> Support a 24x7 staffing model with on-call shifts that include  
> weekends and Holidays
> Other duties as assigned
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> What you’ll need to bring to the table:
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> ·         Bachelor of Computer Science preferred, minimum two years  
> of college or equivalent post-high school education or experience
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> ·         5+ years System Administration experience in a large-scale 
>  Unix (Linux/Solaris/BSD) environment required; Package management;  
> Automated installs
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> ·         Thorough understanding of e-mail protocols and architectur 
> es; SMTP (including AUTH, submission), POP, IMAP. (RFC 5322, 5321, 2 
> 822, 2821, etc.)
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> ·         Experience with large LDAP deployments (OpenLDAP, etc.)
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> ·         Experience managing LAMP web-farms serving 10+ million pag 
> e views daily; Memcached; Load-balancing. Apache configuration and o 
> peration
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> ·         Experience setting up and regularly using monitoring and t 
> rending tools (Zenoss, Cacti, Nagios, Resmon); Monitoring, trending  
> experience for various services
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> ·         Experience with revision control systems and usage for man 
> aging systems configuration; SVN, Puppet, etc.
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> ·         Experience with managing, operating, monitoring backup sys 
> tems
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> ·         Experience with large e-mail systems (>1 million accounts) 
> ; High performance MTA’s (Ecelerity, IronPort, StrongMail, Bizanga,  
> Coldspark); Zimbra (or similar) experience preferred
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> ·         Experience in an Enterprise SAN environment recommended; F 
> amiliar with block level access using FC and iSCSI, Director class F 
> C switches in an HA environment; Multi-pathing; Knowledge of Linux a 
> nd driver interaction; NetApp experience and Multi-SAN environment p 
> referred
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> ·         Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed comput 
> ing environment concepts; can configure NFS, key-based ssh; DNS; fam 
> iliar with basic networking concepts: switching, routing (BGP,(R)STP 
> , source routing), firewalls, load-balancing at various layers
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> ·         A solid understanding of a UNIX-based operating system; un 
> derstands paging and swapping, inter-process communication, devices  
> and what device drivers do, filesystem concepts (inode, clustering,  
> logical partitions)
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> ·         Experience with Solaris, ZFS, DTrace considered a plus
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> ·         Independent problem-solving, troubleshooting skills, team  
> player, excellent communication skills all required
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> ·         Generally knows several programming languages used for scr 
> ipting or automation of routine tasks (bash, Perl, PHP)
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> What we’ll bring to the table:
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> 100% Company paid benefits (health, dental, vision)
> Competitive compensation
> 25 cent vending machines
> Free Spot coffee, popcorn and cappuccino
> Award winning company culture
> Casual dress and flexible environment
> Generous paid time off
> H1B Visa Sponsorship available
> The opportunity to make a difference!
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> *Relocation to Buffalo, NY is required for this position – relocatio 
> n assistance is available
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> To apply please visit our website; www.synacor.com/jobs
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