<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Gene Smith" <<a href="mailto:gsmith@vereduscorp.com">gsmith@vereduscorp.com</a>><br>Date: Mar 26, 2013 11:27 AM<br>Subject: Gene from Veredus - 2 - Unix/Linux Enigneer opening in Midtown Atlanta<br>
To: "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><div style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:12pt;text-align:left">
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Hi Jim,</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">I’m reaching out to my network of people who I have either met or spoken to in the past. I was hoping you could help me out in recommending any sharp </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold">Linux Engineers</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> who might be interested in exploring better job opportunities. Please be aware that we cannot actively recruit candidates from our existing clients. If you know of anyone that may be interested in a more detailed discussion, please feel free to forward my message along.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Here are the details for the two different roles within the same company. The salary range is 65-80K (some potential flexibility on the salary - </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold">excellent benefits</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">).</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold">Job #1 -Unix/Linux Engineer</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Familiarity with continuous delivery infrastructure is preferable.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Additionally, architectural design work is highly preferred to identify </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">issues that impede efficient servicing of analysis or client requests.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Designing and maintaining an active backup site--particularly how the </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">two sites interact and cooperate when both are in full operation--is </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">also a plus.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt;font-style:italic">Required:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">1) </span><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">Strong problem solving skills</span><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt"> and interest in </span><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">Malware</span><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt"> (protecting information)</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">2) Strong background with administering Linux systems</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">3) U.S. Citizen - Degree Required</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Preferred:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">1) Cisco networking experience</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Candidate would be responsible for the day-to-day operational health of </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">approximately 100 systems both baremetal and virtual. These systems </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">are running Ubuntu Server 64-bit with configuration management via puppet.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">They are responsible for a fairly complex automated malware analysis </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">and threat sharing platform comprised of a number of pieces of software </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">including but not limited to Apache ActiveMQ, MongoDB, python 2.7, </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Apache, ZeroMQ, and VMware ESXi. Portions of the system require </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">baremetal analysis with Windows-based operating systems (currently only XP SP2).</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Other parts of the system involve using kvm virtualization with Windows XP</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">SP2 images (soon to be additional versions). When pieces of this </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">system are down, the candidate should be able to identify the issue </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">(either through monitoring or through servicing trouble tickets) and </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">remedy the situation as quickly as possible (within the 8x5 workweek; </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">no after-hours or on call necessary).</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">As a part of this support, the candidate would be responsible for </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">maintaining the overarching application using public and in-house </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">developed monitoring and configuration tools. The candidate would </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">monitor and document issues with respect to hardware failures and </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">capacity Planning.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold">Job #2 - Unix/Linux Engineer</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Candidate would be responsible for ongoing feature development of an </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">n-tier Python application. Familiarity with Linux and enterprise </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">architecture patterns is a must as the system encompasses virtualized </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">hosts, message queues, a web presentation layer and a large NoSQL data </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">store running on Ubuntu Server. The system is a large-scale malware </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">analysis platform that provides an anonymous, trusted community for </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">automated analysis and information exchange.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">Candidate must be comfortable with self-led problem solving in a fast- </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">paced environment during the normal 8x5 work week. We use Scrum to </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">manage our development process so familiarity with Agile techniques is </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">preferable.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">Required:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">1) 1+ years developing large scale software in Linux.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">2) Experience developing in dynamic languages.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">3) Experience working with distributed version control systems.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">4) Experience designing and implementing NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">5) Experience with hardware virtualization in Linux and VMWare ESXi.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">6) U.S. Citizen - Degree Required</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">Preferred:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">1) Proficiency with Scrum.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">2) Familiarity with Continuous Delivery techniques.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11pt">3) CISSP or like certification</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Regards, </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Gene Smith </span></p>
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