Required - Linux Engineer, 6 month contract

feylya

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a Linux Engineer for a 6 month contract, based in Dublin 15. Job spec is:


Internet Operations Engineer

Join a small team of talented Information Technology professionals who manage the operation of the Ask.com's European web properties. We're the people who make sure that www.ask.co.uk, one of the UK's most popular search sites, works and works fast!

Summary

In this role you will have the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of Ask.com Internet Operations. Building and maintaining Linux servers, designing and improving network architectures, and creating clever automation to simplify infrastructure tasks are just some examples of the work you will be doing. You will also have to setup monitoring and fight fires as they arise to ensure 24x7x365 operation. You will work with our development and quality assurance teams to take their products live and maintain them. You will possess at least two years of IT work experience or a strong computer science academic background. Significant experience with all of the following is required:

o PC hardware
o Linux
o TCP/IP
o HTTP
o Perl, Python, Shell, PHP or other scripting language
o Monitoring/graphing systems such as Nagios and Cacti


In depth experience with at least one of the following is also required:
o Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls
o Hardware TCP Load balancers / Layer-7 switches
o MySQL, Postgres or other SQL database platform

Most importantly you will have an intuitive understanding of technology coupled with a self-starting attitude and a desire to learn, tinker, and make things work better.

If you have any questions or you want to send over a CV, please drop me a PM.

thanks,
feylya

red menace

Might be no harm to mention where this is based

feylya

Doh! Initial post editted