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Position Title: Linux System Administrator/Architect
Location: New York

POSITION REPORTS TO: CIO
POSITIONS SUPERVISED: N/A

POSITION PURPOSE: A Systems Administrator/Architect with a strong Linux background, familiarity with system-level and web-based programming and a cogent grasp of high availability in LAMP applications. We have an immediate requirement for a talented professional who is capable of maintaining, improving and expanding our environment and helping us architect new solutions and bring our capacity and system performance to the next level.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES

System Administration of Linux based Servers
Installation, configuration and tuning of PHP, MySQL and Apache
24x7 monitoring and support of production environment including backup rotations
Automation of common repetitive tasks where possible
Installing and updating in-house developed applications in a production environment
Creation of documentation of processes and procedures that are developed

QUALIFICATIONS

5 years advanced experience with Linux (RedHat Enterprise or CentOS, recent work in at least versions 4.4 or higher)
3 years advanced experience with RPM (Building, deployment and conflict resolution of packages)
4 years advanced experience with MySQL (installation, monitoring and tuning, replication)
2 years experience with Apache Web Server (configuration, monitoring, tuning and scaling)
2 years experience with LigHTTPD Web Server (configuration, monitoring, tuning and scaling)
3 years experience with PHP (web applications)
Administration of Subversion
Basic system programming with Perl / Python /Ruby
Basic experience with MemcacheD (installation, configuration, monitoring, tuning and application interaction
Experience using Load Balancing for applications and web services
Strong communication skills as you will be working closely with different teams within the company
Self motivated with a minimum need for instructions to get a task accomplished
Good writing skills to document processes and log changes for future reference

POSITION CONTACT

Forward resume and cover letter to khollis@mwcorporate.com

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