Linux System Administrator

You communicate effectively and possess the individual leadership and accountability to "step up" and deliver high quality results in a fast paced environment. While you have a strong academic background, you are clearly passionate to continue to learn and grow. You thrive in an energetic team environment and have an entrepreneurial spark that compels you to seek out and manage tasks outside the bounds of your day-to-day responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional Linux Systems & Networking Engineer to install, operate, monitor, and support the systems and networking backbone of our media metrics infrastructure.

You will be responsible for helping plan for and responding to issues, troubleshooting traffic anomalies, maintaining high-volume / high availability hosted services, and building new automation infrastructure. To achieve these goals, you will need a deep understanding of networks, operating systems, multi-tiered Internet services and an ability to seek out and resolve issues efficiently and effectively before they occur.

• BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
• 2+ years experience with Unix or Linux Systems Administration
• Experience designing and troubleshooting in a high-volume, critical production service environment
• Experience implementing scalable network, database, and storage architectures
• Strong understanding of networking: isolating, diagnosing, and resolving issues with service delivery components and network devices (servers, routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); identifying the potential cause of service issues using server-resident tools (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); defending against common network security exploits; understanding how to troubleshoot issues at the packet level
• Skilled in leading projects, especially in deploying live end-user systems
• MySQL database administration and clustering a plus
• Programming and troubleshooting skills in Java a plus

Please reference job SYSAD when applying for this job.
Please send resumes to: careers@visiblemeasures.com