[GRLUG] Linux System Administrator Opportunity

[Bob Kline]

Yes, you should have years of
experience in 50 different areas,
but only ask $30K a year while a
know-nothing bureaucrat gets
four times that.

50 years ago, the smart people
dropped out of highschool at age
16 to get a job at GM or Steelcase.
They were then building seniority
while their classmates went off to
finish highschool, get some advanced
education, and then become
unemployed.

Investing in one's self is a tricky
business.  Do what you enjoy, but
don't always expect to get paid for it.

    -- Bob


On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> There's a weird effect there, too; the more experience you have, the
> more you're worth. The more you're worth, the less likely you are to
> get a long-term contract; the highest skill levels cost enough that
> the companies who need them are unlikely to need them long enough to
> justify the cost before finding a cheaper way to achieve output.
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The list of requirements looks reasonable
> > for an SA with 5 to 7 years experience.
> > What is the list of desired skills meant to
> > do?  Does anyone at your company now
> > begin to have proficiency at most of those
> > items?  What fraction of those items would
> > you reasonably expect any one  person to
> > have solid experience with?
> > I was lucky enough to never need to find
> > a job, but when I did look at postings like
> > this I usually thought "why not add must
> > be able to walk on water too?"  I would
> > hope a person that did begin to meet the
> > hoped for qualifications was at least offered
> > a big bag of money, because they could
> > surely get it somewhere. Otherwise, hope
> > your ad doesn't scare away reasonably
> > qualified people.  Anyone knowing of a
> > person that good would probably hire them
> > themselves.
> >    -- Bob
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Rob Geer <robg at mgmtbsolutions.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am currently working on a Linux System Administrator and wanted to see
> if GLLUG knew of anyone that may be interested in this opportunity in Ann
> Arbor.  Here is a description of the position:
> >>
> >> Requirements:
> >>
> >>
> >> 3-7 years hands-on experience in technical operations as a Linux
> sysadmin (RedHat/Centos/Fedora-distributions preferred. Other flavors a
> plus)
> >> Rock solid Linux systems administration troubleshooting, automatic
> scheduling (cron/at/GNUbatch), monitoring (Nagios), system configuration,
> tuning & optimization, performance analysis, backups and recovery
> >> Expertise in Perl and shell scripting. Knowledge of Python or Ruby a
> plus
> >> Basic SQL skills (PL/SQL). Relational database administration experience
> (e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL or MySQL).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Desired Skills:
> >>
> >>
> >> Experience with high volume internet applications highly desired
> >> Monitoring tools: Nagios, BigBrother, Splunk, Gomez, Keynote, Nimbus,
> Sitescope
> >> Knowledge of Email Deliverability, Email Service Providers, spam
> filtering technologies, DNS blacklists, feedback loops, whitelisting and
> email protocols.
> >> Commercial experience on administering scalable, multi-tenant, on-demand
> SaaS solutions using open source technologies: Web (Apache, Tomcat),
> Mail/SMTP (Postfix, sendmail, qmail), DNS/Bind, Perl, vsftpd
> >> Familiarity with Java/JDK, Ant, Bugzilla, Subversion (SVN),
> CruiseControl, rsync, ssh, Netapp (NFS), Cognos, screen, make
> >> Networking Experience - TCP/IP, administration of networking hardware
> (Cisco, SonicWall, etc.), network monitoring, routing, load Balancing,
> firewalls
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Here's to Valuing Relationships and Delivering Results,
> >>
> >> Rob Geer
> >>
> >> Phone: (616) 855-6315  ·  Email: robg at mgmtbsolutions.com
> >> Web: http://www.mgmtbsolutions.com
> >> LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/robgeer
> >> Twitter:  www.twitter.com/mgmtbsolutions
> >> Facebook:  www.facebook.com/mgmtbsolutions
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> >> believed to be clean.
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> grlug mailing list
> >> grlug at grlug.org
> >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug
> >
> >
> > --
> > This message has been scanned for viruses and
> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> > believed to be clean.
> > _______________________________________________
> > grlug mailing list
> > grlug at grlug.org
> > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug
>
>
>
> --
> :wq
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
>
> _______________________________________________
> grlug mailing list
> grlug at grlug.org
> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug
>

-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://shinobu.grlug.org/pipermail/grlug/attachments/20100616/54da05e0/attachment-0001.html>