Fw: Production Engineer Position at Yahoo. -- Not FreeBSD Anymore?
Nicole
blabgoo at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 8 23:04:51 UTC 2008
So much for Yahoo being mostly FreeBSD based? :(
Waaah
Nicole
--- On Mon, 9/8/08, Bianca Medina <biancam at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> From: Bianca Medina <biancam at yahoo-inc.com>
> Subject: Production Engineer Position at Yahoo.
> To:
> Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 8:13 AM
> Job Title: Production Engineer
> Location: Santa Clara, CA
>
> The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are
> proud to stand
> out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet
> brand, servicing
> over a half billion people, we're determined to
> maintain our commitment
> to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun...
> each and every
> day.
>
> In order to maintain our position as one of the world's
> most trafficked
> Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for
> people with big
> ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with
> the innovative
> products and services they've come to expect from
> Yahoo!. We're looking
> for people like you.
>
> How Big Can You Think?
>
> Production Engineers at Yahoo! thrive on the scale and
> mission-critical
> nature of our complex ad serving runtime as well as the
> challenge that
> comes along with its operation. In this critical role,
> you'll utilize
> your rare combination of significant UNIX systems
> experience, network
> knowledge, troubleshooting skills and coding sensibilities
> to design,
> deploy, monitor, and automate all operational aspects of
> Yahoo!'s
> revenue critical ad serving systems.
>
> The ideal candidate has strong Perl programming skills as
> well as an
> extensive background in large-scale system administration.
> S/he will
> work directly with design and development teams, and will
> participate in
> all phases of software development from planning, design,
> implementation, testing, deployment, and day-to-day service
> operation.
>
> This is a full time position located in Santa Clara, CA.
>
> Responsibilities
> * Function as a technical generalist responsible for the
> overall health
> and performance of our search and ad serving platforms
> * Develop tools to automate the deployment, administration,
> and
> monitoring of a large-scale Linux environment
> * Gain deep application-level knowledge of the systems as
> well as
> contributing to their overall design
> * Work with development teams to harden, enhance, document,
> and
> generally improve the operability of our systems
> * Assist in the configuration/build-out of new deployments
> to facilitate
> our constant growth
> * Participate in a 12x7 (daylight hours) on-call pager
> rotation
> Minimum Job Qualifications
> * Extensive system administration background
> * Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills,
> including
> application and network-level troubleshooting ability
> * Strong programming skills in one or more of: C, Perl,
> Python, Ruby
> * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
> * Experience working with development teams
> Preferred Job Qualifications
> * 5+ years experience with Linux (RHEL a plus)
> * 5+ years experience administering large-scale UNIX
> installations (ISP
> background a plus)
> * Experience with SQL and commonly deployed database
> systems
> * BS Computer Science
> Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more
> information or to
> search all of our openings, please visit
> http://careers.yahoo.com.
>
>
>
>
> If interested please send your resume to me directly along
> with some
> dates/times I can give you a call.
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Bianca Medina
>
> Yahoo! Inc.Talent Scout
>
> 701 First Avenue
> Sunnyvale, CA 94089
>
> (408) 349-6239
> biancam at yahoo-inc.com <mailto:biancam at yahoo-inc.com>
>
>
>
> Fortune's Top 100 Companies to Work For
>
> For more info go to: http://careers.yahoo.com/
> <http://careers.yahoo.com/>
>
>
>
> Join my Professional LinkedIn Network:
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/biancamedina
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