Senior Unix/Network Administrator and DBA roles, UK

[Ashley Moran]

Codeweavers Ltd  <http://www.codeweavers.net> is a web development  
company based in Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

Job description below, also available here: <http:// 
www.opensourcexperts.com/Jobs/viewjob.html?id=412>

We are also recruiting for a DBA role and Unix/FreeBSD skills would  
be a big advantage there.  This job is listed here: <http:// 
www.opensourcexperts.com/Jobs/viewjob.html?id=411> (not copied in below)


Please e-mail enquiries to roland at codeweavers.net and copy  
ashley.moran at codeweavers.net


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Senior Unix/Network Administrator - full time, £25-35k

We are looking to recruit an experienced (min 3 years) Senior Network  
Administrator to work with our existing Network Administrator to  
maintain and enhance our internal network and hosting environment and  
support the development team.

We require someone who is experienced and skilled in as many of our  
areas of work as possible. Some areas are critical, such as an  
understanding of Unix-type systems.  Mainly though, we need someone  
who with a good theoretical understanding of IT who can demonstrate  
depth of knowledge in key areas with an ability to learn rapidly.

Duties:
• Supervise and train our existing network administrator
• Maintain a fast and reliable mixed-client network
• Enhance our back-up system and audit emergency procedures
• Audit our security and maintain an appropriately tight network
• Maintain and improve our e-mail system
• Maintain and improve our hosting environment
• Assist developers automating deployment tasks
• Assist a DBA in scripting and automating data management
• Implement a thorough centralised monitoring and logging solution
Technical skills required:
• Detailed knowledge of low-level networking issues, such as  
Ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP.  You must be competent at configuring a  
firewall for security and monitoring (we use OpenBSD's pf)
• Experience maintaining and upgrading *nix servers, preferably  
FreeBSD.  Our most critical non-Windows servers run FreeBSD.
• Excellent scripting skills.  We aim to automate everything  
possible, and have a range of Bourne Shell and Ruby scripts in  
place.  (You do not necessarily need to know Ruby, but you must be  
capable of scripting in something similar, such as Perl or Python).
• We automate a lot of data tasks, and while we are hiring a DBA to  
take responsibility for this, you will be expected to work together  
to ensure robust solutions.
• Assisting the development team in automating application  
deployment. You will not take full responsibility for this but an  
eagerness to help is important.
• Understanding of web hosting and co-location.  We rely on Apache to  
front our live environment and it is critical that it runs continuously.
• Understanding of ActiveDirectory domains and Small Business  
Server / Exchange

Personal skills required:
• Quick and enthusiastic learner.  We have a wide range of  
technologies in place already and we need someone who is eager to  
learn them all.
• Good communication skills.  Everything you do must be clearly  
documented in the company wiki, and you will have to train our  
current administrator on any enhancements or new systems  
implemented.  We need someone who is approachable and eager to share  
their knowledge.
• Forward-thinking.  We need someone who can identify weaknesses in  
our infrastructure, recommend and implement appropriate solutions  
before they cause issues.
• Confident.  We need someone who is prepared to make significant  
changes if they are necessary, and have the technical skill to see  
them through.
• Understanding of the needs of others.  You must work with the rest  
of the team to ensure that changes to the network don't prevent  
anyone from working.
• High standards.  We want someone who is proud to see a fast,  
stable, secure network.

Technologies we use:
• OpenBSD/pf (firewalls)
• FreeBSD (development and hosting servers)
• Gentoo (file servers)
• Mac OS X
• Windows Small Business Server 2000 / Exchange / ActiveDirectory
• Windows 2000 / XP
• Apache (2.2)
• IIS
• mongrel
• Ruby