Linux/Unix Systems Administrator

Are you looking for a cool technology focused company?  Do you like smaller companies with flexibility?  This could be a good opportunity for you.

Please contact me if you are a self-starter, able to learn quickly, work with limited direction, wear multiple hats, juggle multiple projects, and meet tight deadlines. You will be working in a team environment, but generally tasked independently on your own slice of the project.

Essential Required Skills

• Experience working in a 24x7 web-based production environment
• LINUX and/or UNIX fluency
• Basic LINUX- or UNIX-based shell scripting
• Internet and physical security expertise
• DNS/Bind
• Competence in PC desktop support including ordering and configuring new equipment
• Ability to lift/rack servers heavier than 70 pounds
• Excellent English fluency, both spoken and written. Ability to discuss complex technical subjects with clarity and precision.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to customer sites, as needed

Strongly Preferred Skills

• Database familiarity: including mySQL, Oracle, Postgres
• VMware system-level expertise
• Tomcat, Apache
• pfSense and/or firewall configuration
• Disaster Recovery best practices
• Familiarity with Windows automation (scheduled tasks, batch files, VBS, etc.)
• Technical writing skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Degree in quantitative/analytical field or computer science

Additional Nice-to-Have Skills

• DNS and Bind; LDAP
• Nagios, or similar monitoring standard
• Perl, Ruby, and/or Python
• SAS (programming language)
• jforum or similar user forum software
• Mac and Sun Microsystems hardware
• Lights-out management
• PCI , SAS70, and/or SSAE16 standards
• Background in airline industry, consulting, other transportation or hospitality industry.
• Knowledge of passenger aviation data (ticketing, booking, itinerary data, schedules) and airline data metrics and terminology

Work Hours

• In-office, Reston VA, near future Wiehle Metro, with flexible start and finish times. Typically a 40-hour week with the majority of time in the office plus some evening and weekend hours at home.
• Frequent trips to the local data center will be needed
• Some work from home particularly on nights and weekends
• Some domestic and international travel required to assist in customer system installs. Travel unlikely to exceed 20% of work hours
• Front-line support requires pager duty and the ability to quickly respond to pages and system downtimes

Salary & Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience and skills
• Semiannual bonuses based on individual and company performance
• 401k with 50% company match
• Company Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance with all premiums paid by Company
• 3 weeks paid vacation, and 10 annual holidays

No relocation is available.  No sponsorship or 3rd party inquiries.

Contact me for more details JMcCormick@JSync.com