From Daniel.Rogers at rtp.ppdi.com Fri Aug 1 14:24:04 2008 From: Daniel.Rogers at rtp.ppdi.com (Daniel Rogers) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:24:04 -0400 Subject: [tclug-jobs] job to post... Message-ID: <919B941FA0F3A74BB768D2EE603A34E703BE0F37@RTPMAIL01.americas.ppdi.local> PPD is a leading global contract research organization (CRO) providing discovery, development and post-approval services as well as compound partnering programs. Our clients and partners include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, academic and government organizations. With offices in 31 countries and more than 10,400 professionals worldwide, PPD applies innovative technologies, therapeutic expertise and a commitment to quality to help its clients and partners maximize returns on their R&D investments and accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics to patients. PPD currently has the following full-time position in our New Hope, MN office: Systems Administrator (New Hope, MN) Working with limited direction, the Systems Administrator will provide local operational and maintenance support for our LAN and Linux/Windows server environments. The goal of this position is to maintain a stable systems environment with minimal downtime and maximum performance. PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES: * Set up and maintain all server hardware and software as assigned * Maintain and administer user accounts according to procedures * Provide backup and recovery according to procedures, to prevent the loss of important information stored on the server * Monitor and maintain maximum system performance levels * Monitor system capacity making appropriate recommendations to management on hardware/software upgrades or additions * Coordinate with Help Desk in providing support on server/LAN issues * Perform other specific System Administration duties as defined in Working Practices * Manage and secure user accounts * Monitor tuning system performance, storage management, system security, print mangement, capacity management and network connectivity EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: * Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related area (Preferred) * Vendor tool certifications such as Linux or MCSE (Preferred) * Two - five years experience in systems administration supporting a networked server environment * Experience with at least one of the following server environments or systems software in a systems administration capacity: Linux, Apache (and SSL) and Windows 2003. Exp. with Solaris administration, Perl administration, VMware, and Oracle DBA considered a plus. * Or equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provide the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities PPD is an Equal Opportunity Employer FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION, PLEASE POST YOUR RESUME TO THE OPENING USING THE LINK BELOW: http://ppd73.myvurv.com/main/careerportal/Job_Profile.cfm?szOrderID=319& szReturnToSearch=1&szWordsToHighlight = ______________________________________________________________________ This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not read this transmission and that any disclosure, copying, printing, distribution or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-jobs/attachments/20080801/6b8f2240/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 7768 bytes Desc: att12c2b.gif Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-jobs/attachments/20080801/6b8f2240/attachment.gif From chewie at wookimus.net Wed Aug 13 08:31:46 2008 From: chewie at wookimus.net (Chad Walstrom) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:31:46 -0500 Subject: [tclug-jobs] Sr Systems Engineer Needed Message-ID: <10605.1218634306@skuld.wookimus.net> Hello, folks. I know this isn't strictly a UNIX/Linux position, but we are in need of a "Jack-of-all-Trades" Engineer. If you are available or know someone who is, please contact me ASAP. Chad Walstrom Zayo Managed Services Lead Systems Engineer W: 763-230-4870 M: 651-983-8315 mailto:cwalstrom at zayoms.com --------------- 8< -------------- Zayo Managed Services has an immediate opening for a Senior level Systems Engineer who has expertise in hosting Internet and LAN technologies on a variety of platforms to work out of our Plymouth, MN office. We are looking for a motivated, self-driven individual to be part of our team in this fast growing company. We currently support Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python environments on Solaris UNIX, Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux as well as Windows .NET (IIS, ASP, and MSSQL) and Active Directory environments. We are looking for someone with the ability develop, deploy and maintain solid, highly available services for both our customers and our internal needs. Position: Sr Systems Engineer Overview: UNIX and Windows Systems Engineering and Administration Required UNIX/Linux Areas of Expertise: Solaris UNIX, Ubuntu, Red Hat or Gentoo Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python, ISC BIND 9, DHCP 3, OpenSSH. Required Microsoft Areas of Expertise: Windows Server 2003, IIS, MSSQL, ASP, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Terminal Services. Preferred Areas of Expertise: TCL, SHELL, PHP, Perl, Python, CVS, VMware Infrastructure 3, NetApp Data ONTAP, EMC Navisphere, SAN technologies, EMC Networker, Bacula, NIS+, LDAP, Kerberos, Urchin, Fortigate Firewall, iptables, packaging technologies for Solaris and Linux (DEB, RPM), network infrastructure technologies. Areas of Responsibility: Work with the customers to develop, deploy and maintain highly available dedicated and virtual hosting, backup and SAN services in our Managed Hosting locations. Manage multi-site, ActiveDirectory domains for company network. Participate in developing automated installation, maintenance, and inventory tracking of remote workstations and servers of various platforms. Develop and maintain backup-to-disk platform. Participate in on-call rotation for managed hosting customers and internal customers. Work with internal developers to analyze system needs for new products and design deployment and maintenance plans. Support escalated internal desktop issues. Qualifications: A two to four year technical degree or certification, or equivalent work experience required. A minimum of five years supporting both UNIX and Windows environments. Strong troubleshooting skills a must. Competencies: In addition to strong technical skills, a successful candidate will be innovative, dependable, adapt well to a changing environment and have strong problem solving and project management skills. About Zayo Managed Services: Zayo Managed Services (part of Zayo Group) is a quickly growing organization that provides telecommunications, networking and Web-based solutions to businesses, schools, hospitals, financial institutions, government agencies and non-profit organizations across the United States. Large, multi-site corporations and small, single-site agencies rely on our services, as do organizations of every size in between. Zayo Managed Services has been in business since November 2007 and has since acquired Onvoy, VoicePipe and select CenturyTel markets. Check out our website at www.zayoms.com. From carrie.cisek at govdelivery.com Wed Aug 13 15:57:27 2008 From: carrie.cisek at govdelivery.com (Carrie Cisek) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:57:27 -0500 Subject: [tclug-jobs] Job Posting for Performance Engineer in Saint Paul, MN Message-ID: <285FCF73F23CF648A463CE1AF54222B7033BB5FD@sbserver.office.gdi> Could you please post the following job? Thanks! Performance Engineer Company Description GovDelivery is the world's leading e-mail subscription management system designed specifically for the public sector. It empowers organizations to provide citizens with better service and access to relevant information by proactively delivering new information through e-mail, wireless alerts, and RSS. GovDelivery is used by over one hundred public sector organizations worldwide, including the FBI, Center for Disease Control, Social Security Administration, U.S. Departments of Defense, Labor, State, Agriculture, Transportation, and Commerce; U.K. Parliament; Washington, D.C.; Orange County, CA; the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis (MN); Tri-County Metropolitan District of Oregon (TriMet); and many other cities, counties, state agencies and transit authorities across the country. These public sector organizations send millions of targeted e-mail messages using GovDelivery every month. In the past year, the company has doubled its client base and grown its workforce by over 60% to keep pace with its rapidly growing client base. GovDelivery is one of the fastest growing software companies in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The company received the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal's 2006 Fast 50 award, an award given to the 50 fastest-growing private companies in the Twin Cities. We are passionate about helping government entities around the world communicate more effectively with the public. Our growth into the #1 sender of government-to-citizen e-mail is fueled by our commitment to client satisfaction and technological innovation. Join us if you want to be part of a fast-growing company where you can develop a rewarding career, work with top people, and make a difference in the world by improving government-to-citizen communication. Position Summary The Performance Engineer is a core member of our mission-critical technology team. This team is key to the success of our business and is responsible for assuring the ongoing quality of our Java- and JRuby-based web application deployed on RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Windows 2003 Servers running IIS 6.0, Apache 2.0 & 2.2, Tomcat 5.5, and Oracle 10g. The Performance Engineer will design and implement performance tests (volume, load, stress) to test products for stability, usability, scalability, and reliability. This person will also be responsible for: - Analyzing and reporting performance data to guide development and deployment decisions - Developing large volumes of data for testing - Designing and executing tests that will measure performance metrics under volume, load, and stress - Using profiling and performance analysis tools and assisting developers in refactoring code This position is at GovDelivery headquarters located in St. Paul, MN. Required Skills: The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria: - 8 years software development experience (testing, programming, or other) - Experience performance-testing and profiling web applications - Smart, motivated, creative - Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with developers Preferred Skills It is strongly desired that candidates also meet several of the following criteria: - Experience with Ruby and Rails - Experience with agile development (Extreme Programming) - Experience with RSpec and Selenium - Experience with JUnit, HTTPUnit, Test::Unit - Experience with web services - Experience with an application service provider (ASP) business and software as a service (SaaS) - Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field with strong knowledge of computer science principles Education * BA/BS or equivalent experience Compensation and Benefits Compensation package will be tailored to the candidate based on experience and skills. Benefits include paid vacation and holidays, medical and dental plan, and matching 401(k). If interested in position, please send resume and cover letter to Paul Weber at paul.weber at govdelivery.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-jobs/attachments/20080813/5aa21f29/attachment-0001.htm