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2 Linux SysAdmin Openings (+ other positions)



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NameMedia (formerly YesDirect/BuyDomains) is a company that many
businesses such as domainname sales(BuyDomains.com) and direct search
advertising (www.seeq.com & www.activeaudience.com).  The original
company has been around since 1999, but in 2005 was bought by 2 Boston
VC companies.  Even though it has been around a while it still has the
startup feel.  We are also profitable every single quarter.  Currently
there are about 75 employees, about 55 in Waltham.  Great benefits, pay
and stock options.

Some interesting stats about the company, we are in the Top 100 of
traffic for websites worldwide.  We own over 700k domains names, more
than any other company or individual.  We are in ranked #7 for number of
hosted domains
(http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/Country/US).

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Career Opportunity: Systems Administrator

Position Summary

As part of the Technology & Operations team this position will be
responsible for the site maintenance, installation, configuration, and
monitoring of the software and hardware systems that comprise the
Company's new and existing high-visibility, high-traffic customer facing
and company-internal online operations. Location is Waltham, MA.

Primary Responsibilities
 * Install, test, tune, maintain, design and document supporting
systems, utility programs, monitoring tools, etc
 * Maintain systems security and integrity concerning data and computing
resources to comply with company standards.
 * Troubleshoot Linux networking and diagnose TCP/IP, SMTP, SSH, HTTP,
JVM and DNS related issues regarding performance, connectivity, etc.
 * Rotate 24x7 on-call
 * Quickly adapt to changing technical environment.

Job Requirements
 * 3+ years of experience with Unix/Linux
 * Extensive experience with Apache
 * Extensive experience with firewalls, DNS, TCP/IP
 * Knowledge of SQL, specifically MySQL and MS-SQL
 * Perl/PHP/Java experience
 * Experience in High Availability/Load Balancing environments a must
 * Experience with high traffic web environments
 * Experience with MS server based systems preferred
 * Self-motivated, thrives in an intense, dynamic environment
 * Network engineering experience desirable
 * Bachelor's Degree preferred.
 * Pay to be discussed with hiring manager

Other careers available: http://www.namemedia.com/careers/

Matthew Shields
Sr Systems Administrator
NameMedia, Inc.
(P) 781-839-2828
mshields at namemedia.com
http://www.namemedia.com





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