Apple's MobileMe Team service is an exciting, fast paced, ever growing and changing environment supporting millions of customers. The Internet Services Systems Engineering team is responsible for installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of all applications and infrastructure systems related to this service.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Unix Systems Engineer to join our growing team that is looking for a challenge in a cutting edge, fast paced environment. Your role will be to support thousands of applications servers, load balancers, storage subsystems, handle escalation tickets, work directly with developers on new project teams and give recommendations, and more. This is a senior position and we are looking for individuals that have experience with large Internet facing application environments. You must be good at getting things done and take pride in your work.
You will be responsible for taking new projects from inception through production deployment and support.
Please note that on-call (24x7) pager rotation is a requirement of this position.
Eligible candidates should:
- always act with customers in mind
- consistently meet deadlines
- be able to learn and react quickly when facing new problems
- be able to handle multiple tasks and projects and switch between them quickly
- evaluate priorities and use time effectively and efficiently concentrating efforts on the most important tasks
- quickly grasp the essence and the underlying structure of things
- deal with concepts and complexity comfortably
- enjoy the challenge of unfamiliar tasks
- work independently
Responsibilities:
- Provide second-tier on call support for MobileMe services. Identify, troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly and effectively, sometimes under pressure.
- Participate in the 24x7 pager rotation for thousands of systems supporting millions of customers in an Internet facing environment.
- Evaluate or develop tools / scripts to facilitate improvement and to support ongoing maintenance of a growing environment.
- Define and write clear and succinct technical documentation related to systems and applications as necessary.
- Install and setup systems as required to support growth and new projects.
- Work well in a team environment and be able to work with and feedback accurate technical information to developers to identify and resolve complex issues.
- Provide recommendations and implement solutions for scalability and performance improvement.
- Minimum 3-7 years in UNIX systems administration in a large environment (500+ servers).
- Background in Linux, OS X/BSD, Solaris, and networking
- Familiarity with the following: Apache, java, tomcat, dtrace, tcp analysis tools
- Jumpstart, Kickstart, DHCP, NetBoot / NetRestore (OS X), DNS
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
Preferred Experience:
- OS X, Solaris 10, RHEL 5
- Network Appliance,
- Citrix NetScalar
- SAN, NAS
- UNIX related tools
- Veritas
- VMWare
- ORACLE
Education:
Technical BS/MS degree or equivalent work experience![]()
We are seeking an experienced Senior Unix Systems Engineer to join our growing team that is looking for a challenge in a cutting edge, fast paced environment. Your role will be to support thousands of applications servers, load balancers, storage subsystems, handle escalation tickets, work directly with developers on new project teams and give recommendations, and more. This is a senior position and we are looking for individuals that have experience with large Internet facing application environments. You must be good at getting things done and take pride in your work.
You will be responsible for taking new projects from inception through production deployment and support.
Please note that on-call (24x7) pager rotation is a requirement of this position.
Eligible candidates should:
- always act with customers in mind
- consistently meet deadlines
- be able to learn and react quickly when facing new problems
- be able to handle multiple tasks and projects and switch between them quickly
- evaluate priorities and use time effectively and efficiently concentrating efforts on the most important tasks
- quickly grasp the essence and the underlying structure of things
- deal with concepts and complexity comfortably
- enjoy the challenge of unfamiliar tasks
- work independently
Responsibilities:
- Provide second-tier on call support for MobileMe services. Identify, troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly and effectively, sometimes under pressure.
- Participate in the 24x7 pager rotation for thousands of systems supporting millions of customers in an Internet facing environment.
- Evaluate or develop tools / scripts to facilitate improvement and to support ongoing maintenance of a growing environment.
- Define and write clear and succinct technical documentation related to systems and applications as necessary.
- Install and setup systems as required to support growth and new projects.
- Work well in a team environment and be able to work with and feedback accurate technical information to developers to identify and resolve complex issues.
- Provide recommendations and implement solutions for scalability and performance improvement.
- Minimum 3-7 years in UNIX systems administration in a large environment (500+ servers).
- Background in Linux, OS X/BSD, Solaris, and networking
- Familiarity with the following: Apache, java, tomcat, dtrace, tcp analysis tools
- Jumpstart, Kickstart, DHCP, NetBoot / NetRestore (OS X), DNS
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
Preferred Experience:
- OS X, Solaris 10, RHEL 5
- Network Appliance,
- Citrix NetScalar
- SAN, NAS
- UNIX related tools
- Veritas
- VMWare
- ORACLE
Education:
Technical BS/MS degree or equivalent work experience
Source: Joel On Software