SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR — Linux SysAdmin
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
- Senior-level administrator - Obsessive need to automate - Passionate about startups
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- Linux Systems Administration (Red Hat) - Virtualization Software (VMware, OpenStack, VirtualBox) - Automation/Continuous Integration (Vagrant, Chef, Fabric, Jenkins, etc…) - Web Serving Software/Architecture (Nginx, PHP-FPM, Redis, Varnish) - Scripting Languages (Bash, Perl, Python) - Monitoring Software (Nagios, Munin) - Concurrent Versioning Software (Git, GitHub or Bitbucket) - Networking Tools (Wireshark, Traceroute, Tcpdump, Dnsmasq)
JOB DUTIES:
- Manage and provision servers in our development, QA, staging and production environments - Interface with our hosting provider (Rackspace) - Audit server infrastructure and make improvements to our architecture - Support clustered web environment that receives 500-1000 requests per second - Work with Rackspace to manage/grow our hardware (we have a dedicated private cloud hosted at Rackspace) - Optimize server configuration and network architecture - Manage DNS and firewall rules
Other Technologies We Use (but are not required):
- Elastic Search - MSSQL - Hadoop - Agile - Atlassian Products - AWS - Node.js
WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER:
- An opportunity to work for one of the most trafficked sites in the US - A small team of San Diego’s best developers - You will be king of some serious hardware including a dedicated DSAN and beefed up Dell Hypervisors
WHO WE ARE:
• A three-year-old, very profitable, stable company
• Our primary website recently surpassed the million page hits a day mark
• Offer an above average compensation package plus medical/dental benefits and PTO
• A highly motivated, enthusiastic and fun team
• Company perks include: Xbox, Call of Duty, Halo, free throw basketball, and office ping pong table
• We have “Drafternoon” every Friday (ask us about it)
• We are located right on the beach in PB—Bring your surfboard to the office
• We are growing very rapidly
• We currently have a team of 38 people at our headquarters in Pacific Beach
• Recently purchased another gorgeous office space downtown (Little Italy) on the top floor with wrap-around patios and amazing views of the city and harbor
Please send a WORD or PDF resume along with a few notes on how you qualify for the role from the points in the job description.


