Tuesday 23 August 2011

Senior Linux System Administrator

Job Description

About Business Group:
Service Engineering and Operations @ Yahoo! is responsible for the complete end-to-end Operations of Yahoo! products and the underlying Infrastructure. The 600 million unique users who come to our sites every month expect the best-in-class reliability and performance and this is the team that makes it all happen. The Bangalore based Service Engineering and Operations organization is looking for highly motivated, talented and technically savvy individuals to become part of this team that operates Mission Critical Systems. Yahoo! is a unique destination for engineers who are hungry to work on cutting edge technology combined with the scale that only Yahoo! Can provide with products like - Yahoo! Mail with its 300+ Million users; Cloud computing technologies like Hadoop that run on tens of thousands of nodes; petabytes of storage; massive databases and data warehouses; the cool and seamless Yahoo! Messenger that has over 4 billion messages exchanged every day, and many more! If you have the passion to be a part of a team that operates the most trafficked websites on this Planet, then this group is for you

About the Role
Role: Principal Engineer I- Linux Architect, Service Engineering

The chief components of the role would be:

− Works on complex projects, splits projects into tasks with minimal oversight and executes/delegates to completion. Proposes/completes projects to "make property better." Debugs complex technical problems.
− Domain may be multiple smaller properties or entire anchor. Has mastery over large swaths of Y! technologies and property-specific domain requirements and where/how to seek to broaden expertise.
− Strong influence over immediate team members, participates in wider SE org discussions, participates constructively in dialogues with senior front line engineers and engineering managers. Suggests architectural choices. Can mentor new hires and junior team members
− Largely self-guided, escalates issues as needed, participates in development of project delivery deadlines within the context of broader business goals, proposes next steps in the context of tasks and projects, provides support and guidance to other team members.
− Effectively communicates with team and wider SE org members. Can speak as the voice of the SE team on issues to engineering when requested by manager (and can infer when this may be appropriate even without manager guidance.)
− Effectively follows troubleshooting documentation requiring judgment around next steps, escalations, etc.

Desired Skills & Experience

Attributes & Core Area of Expertise:
Academics and Experience
− Good scholastic record in any Computer Sciences/ Information Technology. A post graduate in Engineering would be very advantageous.
− 7 – 11 Years experience in managing Unix/Linux environments.
− Experience in working with cross-geographic team
− Technical leadership for large, high caliber organizations
− We value architects who do enough hands-on implementation work to keep current with technology trends inside and outside the company

Technical Skills Needed
− Excellent hands on linux or unix or any similar variants; both administration and internals.
− Working knowledge of apache or any web servers
− Good understanding of apache logs, config, etc. and be able to debug the issues
− Experience of the file systems, nfs, dns, mail
− Should be able to interpret system condition by looking at system stats/profiles (e.g. CPU, Memory, Swap, disk capacity).
− Good working knowledge of ftp, tcp/ip, sockets and other necessary protocols.
− Automation experience in infrastructure monitoring
− Usage of open source tools like nagios etc
− Exposure to large-scale production environments is a plus.
− Knowledge of developer tools like Bugzilla, CVS, SVN is a plus.
− Knowledge/experience with storage systems like NetAPP is a plus.
− Experience in multi-tiered, high-volume production development experience is a strong plus.
− Experience in supporting cloud-based applications is a strong plus.
− Experience with MySQL or Oracle is a plus.

Contact person: Kishore Malapaka Email CV – kishormn@yahoo-inc.com , Cell: 9916505653
Company Description

About Yahoo!
Yahoo! is the premier digital media company. We deliver your world, your way by creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most – across devices and around the globe. And it's the Yahoos behind the scenes who make this all possible. We are energetic, idea-driven people who are passionate about shaping the future of the digital world. So if this sounds like you, come show us what you've got.
Additional Information

Posted:
August 8, 2011
Type:
Full-time
Experience:
Mid-Senior level
Functions:
Engineering
Industries:
Information Technology and Services, Internet
Job ID:
1841193

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