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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Gene Smith</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gsmith@vereduscorp.com" target="_blank">gsmith@vereduscorp.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:22 PM<br>Subject: Gene from Veredus - Linux Admin - Atlanta, GA (Downtown)<br>To: Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">I’m reaching out to my network of people who I have either met or spoken to in the past. I have a great opening in <b>Downtown Atlanta</b> for a <b>Linux Admin</b> that I thought might be great for you or someone you know. What is your current situation? </p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b>Location: Downtown Atlanta</b></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>6 month CTP, 65-75K<u></u><u></u><u></u></b></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold">Position Description:</span></font><font color="black"><span><b> <u></u><u></u></b></span></font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Minimum of five or more years experience in systems administration and engineering that included the building, configuring and support of mission critical, production systems in a large, enterprise environment. <u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Minimum of five or more years experience supporting Red Hat Linux operating system platform in business-critical environment. Red Hat Certified Engineer certification highly desired. <u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Experience supporting DNS, DHCP, and SMTP installations with large user base.<u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Experience with SAN technologies. <u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Knowledge and understanding of relational databases such as MySQL and Oracle. - Knowledge and understanding of industry best practices for system administration in large scale, mission-critical environments. <u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Ability to interpret server operational and performance characteristics.<u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Ability to write shell scripts or applications to create custom solutions that streamline and automate business processes. <u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Ability to use the resources at their disposal to gather information, formulate solutions, circulate ideas to solicit peer input, determine the right solution and implement a timely solution.<u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Possess critical thinking and effective troubleshooting skills with ability to quickly and accurately determine source of a problem, identify possible solutions, select the most appropriate solution, and implement the solution in a timely manner.<u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Strong dedication, work ethics, sense of teamwork, and professional attitude. - Proven history of constantly striving for improved methodology, efficiency, and work processes. <u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Strong Red Hat Linux experience.<u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Solid knowledge of DNS, DHCP, SMTP protocols.<u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Proficient in administration of BIND and Sendmail <u></u><u></u></span></font>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">Ability to script in shell and Perl.<u></u><u></u></span></font> </li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold">Qualifications</span></font></b><font color="black"><span>: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hostmaster responsibilities for DNS servers and DHCP supporting internal DNS.</span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hostmaster responsibilities for BIND DNS servers hosting over 5000 domains in external DNS.</span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Postmaster responsibilities for SMTP gateways supporting inbound and outbound mail infrastructure. </span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, SMTP issues occurring in daily operations using diagnostic tools for packet capturing and port scanning such as tcpdump, wireshark, and nmap.</span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Provide technical and end user related support for any issues relating to the systems supported by UNIX Operations.</span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Build and maintain hardware/software configurations for enterprise UNIX/LINUX systems. </span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Develop standards and processes for the implementation and maintenance of software packages running on multi-user servers. Software packages include, but are not limited to: multiple UNIX OS versions, clustering, disk and file management systems, backup applications, Oracle, Apache, Perl, SSH.</span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Develop standards and processes for change and configuration management. - Support, modify, and/or improve internally developed and 3rd party production, development, and QA hardware and applications. </span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Monitor and optimize storage capacity, data availability, capacity usage, performance and data reporting. </span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Isolate issues and correct and improve operational efficiency through changes to the software, reconfiguration of the hardware, or implementation of new processes or solutions.</span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Develop tools to automate administrative tasks and offer efficient and scalable solutions to meet the demands of administering large number of servers in an enterprise environment. </span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Write proposals or papers, making presentations to internal customers and peers, and working closely with upper management. </span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Lead large-scale technical projects, working with company staff and vendors to gather requirements, determine solutions, and then implement those solutions. - Document system configurations, operating procedures, etc. </span></font><u></u><u></u>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Participate in a 24X7 on-call rotation with peers.</span></font><u></u><u></u> </li></ul>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated!</p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Regards,<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Gene Smith <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Veredus Corporation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span>950 East Paces Ferry Road Suite 2155</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Atlanta GA 30326<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span><a href="tel:%28678%29%20420-7492" value="+16784207492" target="_blank">(678) 420-7492</a> phone/</span><span>fax<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br>
<br>As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
outcome.<br>- <i><i><i><i>2011 Noam Chomsky<br><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br></i></i></i></i><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br><br>As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
outcome.<br>- <i><i><i><i>2011 Noam Chomsky<br><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br></i></i></i></i><br>
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