<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Joe St. Louis" <<a href="mailto:jstlouis@thompsontechnologies.com">jstlouis@thompsontechnologies.com</a>><br>Date: Oct 5, 2011 9:58 AM<br>
Subject: Linux - Manager of Systems Engineering<br>To: "<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br><br type="attribution">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Requirement<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Manager of Systems Engineering<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Job Description:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Thompson Technologies has an immediate and exciting full time opportunity in Atlanta, GA for a Linux Systems Engineer. The candidate will be part of a team supporting high-availability web hosting in a 24/7 environment. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining physical infrastructure and supporting software integration in all phases of the development and production cycle.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">You will use your skills and experience in the following:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">At least 5 years of experience in a web hosting environment preferred. <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Linux administration (about 90%) and Solaris, HP-UX, Windows Server (10%) <u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Perl, shell, python or other scripting language skills<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Apache implementation, tuning and customization<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Netapp storage administration is a plus <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Experience with virtualization is a plus. <u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Familiarity with supporting database servers (Oracle, MySQL, or, Postgres) in a high-availability high-performance clustered environment is a plus.<u></u><u></u></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Additional Notes<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The open position was The Sr. Manager’s position until he was promoted. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The position will manage 6-7 reports. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">All Linux. They have maybe 3 Windows boxes that they never touch.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">There is a 24x7 on call person who reports to the Manager.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Candidate should be capable in shell scripting. Python is not a hard and fast requirement. It would be a plus but they expect the right candidate could pick it up quickly.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">They don’t anticipate that the team will beyond 6 or 7 team members. If it does, they would hire another manager.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The manager will be responsible for building a good rapport with team and conducting weekly one-on-one meetings with team members. About 60-70% of the manager’s time will be spent on management activities and 30-40% on hands on activities.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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