Linux Engineer

Department: Engineering Operations

Reports To: Senior Manager of Engineering, Noteworthy

Location: Blacksburg, Virginia

Status: Full Time – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and weekend shifts

When you buy a new computer, do you immediately erase Windows and install your favorite distro of Linux? Do you live on the edge by running software that has the words "beta" or "unstable" in its version number? If so, keep reading...

As a Linux Engineer, you are a Linux junkie that takes on the most intense aspects of running our email hosting system, which is made almost entirely of open-source software running on over 600 Linux servers.

If you want your paycheck:

• You remotely manage these servers, install and configure new software, and troubleshoot misbehaving servers
• You play with the latest versions of common software, solve scalability problems, and constantly invent new ways to make your life easier by scripting everything that you can think of to automate these processes

Important Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems
• Experience with common web technologies: Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc
• DNS and Networking fundamentals, including diagnostics with Unix tools
• Excellent with Linux scripting languages
• 2+ years experience working with Linux
• Degrees and Certifications are a plus, but definitely not required
• Expertise in particular area of focus is also a plus, such as security or monitoring

You're going to do just fine here if...

...you're a geek at heart, love working with highly motivated people, and can describe tinkering with technology 50+ hours a week as a "good time".

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