Job ads reveal a lot about a company, what technology they use, what they’re developing, and what sort of culture they have. This one from Ludicorp/Flickr caught my eye:
Starting immediately, we’re looking for a great technical operations person. The ideal candidate can grow into a leadership role in technical operations and has broad practical experience on both the systems and networks sides.
Requirements:
- 5 years system administration experience with Linux and Apache (some network administration experience strongly preferred)
- Experience with both 32 and 64bit systems
- Experience with both hardware and software approaches for load balancing web serving and database traffic
- Experience in firewall administration and best practices for security<
- Basic network design and administration
- Current knowledge of hardware systems (servers and networking gear)
- Prior experience running mid-sized systems (>30 servers)
Bonus characteristics:
- Expertise with MySQL, Squid and/or ImageMagick
- Experience in storage clustering
- General programming and scripting skills (especially php, perl, java)
- Systems architecture/planning experience
- Experience dealing with vendors (negotiation, support contracts, etc.)
- Lifting heavy servers into cages
- Good screwdriver skills (e.g., tighten, loosen)
- Know how to wear a pager … with style
- Management/team leadership experience