Tuesday, April 08, 2014

SpotXchange - Systems Administrator

We are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Systems Administrator who can be an important part of our versatile team.  You’ll be working in a fast-paced environment with highly talented peers. The ideal candidate will contribute to the ongoing support of our internal IT resources and more importantly, our production environments. This person will embrace the challenges and rewards of being part of running a five nines infrastructure in support of a global applications platform.

Required:
Strong experience in Red Hat Linux
Intimately familiar with configuring and managing Apache, MySQL, Python
BASH and Python scripting experience necessary
Familiar with network protocols NFS, DNS, SSH, etc.
Strong understanding of basic networking, including Linux routing and firewalling, VLANs, DHCP, etc.
Comfortable with issues related to data protection (backups and restores)
Familiar with Nagios or other monitoring software and services
Familiar with kickstart, PXE, etc.
Familiar with storage, RAID, vdisks, multipath etc.

Strong Plus:
Configuration Management
Citrix XenServer or other virtualization experience
Cobbler, Ansible, or equivalent technologies
PHP scripting experience
Comfortable with basic telecom, including PBX’s, SIP, etc.
Extensive MySQL operational hands-on a plus
Experience managing a high-volume, transactional web environment
Understands what it means to be in ops for 24/7/365 organization
WAN (backhaul) products such as MPLs, etc, and surrounding equipment.
Experience using dedicated VPN’s
Familiar with issues surrounding global presence, including Geo-DNS (location, high-availability, load balancing), backhaul of backend processing, etc.

Top 10 reasons why you should work for SpotXchange:
1. You’d be working for one of the leading global companies in online video advertising
2. We believe in a good work-life balance
3. We offer great benefits including unlimited paid time off (work it out with your team first!), extended time off the week between Christmas and New Years and 401K match
4. You can make a real difference — your code reaches millions of people as soon as you release it
5. Work in a fun, casual, team environment — flip flops OK
6. Everyone has a chance to make a difference in a fast-paced, growing company
7. We have a quarterly Hackathon — you pick the projects that affect our bottom line
8. Have your creativity and flexibility valued on projects for both B2B and B2C applications
9. We’re a lighthearted team with serious expectations
10. We play foosball to blow off steam and have company get-togethers you’ll actually want to go to

Every day, our team transforms online video advertising and solves difficult problems by employing creativity, innovation and solid technical expertise.   We value individual contributions and can offer you the benefits of working for a startup (agile environment, ability to influence product decisions, open access to C-level management) while enjoying stability and benefits such as medical, dental, 401(k), paid vacation, etc.  You’ll get a holistic view and broad experience while working in an exciting, fast-paced environment.  We strive for success, but we want our team members to have a healthy work-life balance too. Please note that all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. and all salaries will be commensurate with experience.

SpotXchange values diversity.  We work hard to maintain diversity and a rewarding company culture.

How to apply:
Email your resume to maureen@spotxchange.com