[Position-available] Two Senior IT positions open at TripAdvisor in Newton (IT and Operations)

[position-available-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Help-wanted ads for Linux/UNIX professionals)]

Hi all,

We have a couple of tech positions open at TripAdvisor.  The first is 
for a "Principal Technical Operations Engineer" which is on our 
operations team, handling our livesite environment.  The second, "IT 
Lead", is on our internal IT team.

Below are the job postings. We're definitely looking for people with 
several years experience. If you are interested, please email me your 
resume.  I am also glad to answer any questions.

	- Ryan
	  (Systems Administrator @ TripAdvisor)

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Principal Technical Operations Engineer

Hundreds of servers.  Thousands of requests per second.  Millions of 
users.  Two admins (you could be number 3)!

We are looking for a senior hands-on network (mostly Cisco) and systems 
(mostly Linux) administrator.  You will have several years of prior 
experience in the operation of one or more of the following:

	 High traffic web application
OR
	 Software as a service
OR
	 Internet/Network Service Provider

TripAdvisor is the top site for travel advice and reviews on the 
Internet.  It is very profitable.  It's also a fun place to work where 
"speed wins" is the operating principle.  We move fast.  We are flexible 
and we take risks.  An open mind and ideas are always welcome. 
Dogmatism and inflexibility not so much.

You will play a lead role in the design and operation of the network, 
server, and datacenter infrastructure beneath TripAdvisor's 
applications.  The environment currently spans 3 datacenters, and that 
is likely to increase. You will work closely with the software 
engineering team to support product changes and enhance their 
performance, scalability, reliability, and security.

We are small team.  You will be expected to work on a project or task 
from end to end with a comfort level running projects and implementing 
the details.  One day you might be working with our ISPs to transition 
from static routing to BGP, and the next day you are racking and cabling 
switches.  This morning you are kicking off a load balancer replacement 
project, and in the afternoon you are upgrading firewall firmware after 
you determine that we are exposed to a potential security vulnerability. 
  This week you are putting together a comprehensive network monitoring 
system, and next week you are running tcpdump with a DBA to try and 
diagnose why database replication is "slow".

You will have a thorough knowledge of enterprise networking including 
Cisco switching, routing, and security as well as TCP/IP internals.  You 
will also preferably have a strong Linux or Unix background.

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IT Lead

TripAdvisor is looking for an IT generalist who will provide leadership 
and mentoring to a team of 4 supporting the IT needs of roughly 350 
employees worldwide.  This role is part hands-on sysadmin and part team 
lead with the potential to grow into a team management role.

TripAdvisor is the top site for travel advice and reviews on the 
Internet.  It is very profitable.  It's also a fun place to work where 
"speed wins" is the operating principle.  We move fast.  We are flexible 
and we take risks.  An open mind and ideas are always welcome. 
Dogmatism and inflexibility not so much.

We are not your typical Windows / Active Directory / Exchange shop. 
Desktops: 60% Windows 40% OSX.  Our email/collaboration system is Zimbra 
running on Linux.  Our phone system is Asterisk running on Linux. 
Instead of Active Directory, we use OpenLDAP.  Our file/print servers 
run Samba.  We tend to prefer open solutions that we can take off the 
shelf and adapt to our needs, but we are not wedded to a particular OS 
or vendor.

To be successful in this role you will:
	 Possess excellent interpersonal skills, patience, and a genuine desire 
to help people with their technology challenges
	 Have strong troubleshooting skills and a diagnostic intuition
	 Enjoy and excel at mentoring other talented team members to reach 
their full potential
	 Be a self-starter.  If you don't know how to do something you consider 
it a challenge to try to figure it out for yourself

You will have demonstrated experience with:
	 Linux systems administration
	 Windows systems administration
	 Samba
	 OpenLDAP
	 Postfix
	 Server virtualization
	 Scripting (perl, python, bash...)

Duties and Responsibilities include:
	 Operation of corporate networked applications and infrastructure 
(Zimbra, OpenLDAP, Samba, Asterisk)
	 Overseeing backups of roughly 20+TB of data weekly
	 Ensuring the security of TripAdvisor's corporate systems
	 Procuring and deploying server hardware
	 Tier 2/3 Helpdesk support
	 Working with the Director of IT to develop IT strategy