About.com, a top twenty Web property and one of the Internet's leading content destinations, is looking for a talented system administrator with programming skills to add to its About Operations team. An About System Admin maintains, implements, operates, and deploys systems to both facilitate rapid development of the About service and assure the up-time and integrity of systems.
The ideal candidate will be familiar with web based technologies and understand the business ramifications of reliable, accountable, and accessible systems and procedures. This position calls for a sharp, motivated, and meticulous team player that believes both in Agile Software Development, leveraging Open Source Solutions, and empowering end users with accountability.
Responsibilities:
- Understand how About.com's systems work and execute with appropriate levels of diligence for each system
- Ensure for the continued accuracy, reliability, and integrity of About.com's systems
- Work with other team members to define and implement needed new development
- Maintain and develop tools to support and monitor the smooth operation of the About Network
- Continue to proactively improve and enhance About.com's systems
- Support the users of About.com's internal systems
- Develop, maintain, and support About.com's administrative infrastructure components
Requirements:
- Familiar with all of the following technologies: Web Serving, Apache, HTML, Cookies, XML, shell scripting. FTP, SSH
- Good Perl programming skills including the ability to read and modify other people's code
- Ability to read and modify other people's PHP and Perl code
- Ability to work with, modify, and compile C code.
- Strong UNIX admin skills
- Some SQL skills and relational database knowledge in MySQL or similar database
- Strong communication and teaming skills in multiple mediums (email, aim, face-to-face)
- Strong problem solving abilities
- Able to calmly handle production issues
Interested? send resume to chadas@nytimes.com. Subject line must read "Sys Admin - About Ops"
Source: Joel On Software