[GRLUG] Linux System Administrator Opportunity

Wed Jun 16 17:33:45 UTC 2010

Believe in yourself, develop your abilities, expand your knowledge - yes
don't expect instant gratification - but Demand (for yourself) to find a
position in which you are challenged and rewarded.
Where there is no vision the people die.

I've left a few jobs because my boss was a "Know-Nothing bureaucrat" - In
the end the guy that got results kept the job - in this tight economy
results speak, cost savings speak - always remember that.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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