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Today's Topics:

1. Systems Administrator at PreviousNext (LA Jobs List)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:35:10 +1000
From: LA Jobs List <jobs@lists.linux.org.au>
Subject: [LA-Jobs] Systems Administrator at PreviousNext
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A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website.
http://linux.org.au/systems-administrator-previousnext
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As Systems Administrator at PreviousNext, you would be managing LAMP-style
stacks on (mainly) Ubuntu / Debian virtual servers provided by hosting
companies such as Linode, augmenting the PHP development team with your Linux
experience.

Servers are provisioned and managed using Puppet, monitored by Nagios. We
also use Jenkins for managing various cron-style jobs, and increasingly for
testing/deployment.

Server infrastructure ranges from simple single LAMP servers, to
highly-available clusters of servers along with MySQL replication, F5
load-balancing serving some high-profile sites that sustain millions of
visits per month.

*Development at PreviousNext*

Our distributed development team works primarily with Drupal (PHP), and
deploys code from Git repositories to remote servers via tools such as
Capistrano. There are also some Rails-based applications in use.

*Your responsibilities*

You will be responsible for implementing solutions including but not limited
to server provisioning, configuration and some MySQL database administration,
as well as maintenance of iptables firewalls, monitoring, backups and so on.
You would also liaise with system administrators at external hosting
providers where necessary.

*Drupal and Devops*

Candidates with strong exposure to Drupal will be highly favoured. Although
you will not be required to develop websites, this is a DevOps-style role
whereby it will be advantageous to be able assist the developers by debugging
a Drupal application in terms of performance issues and tweak things like
Varnish VCL configs to resolve such issues, as well as understanding of
Drupal command-line tools such as Drush and Drupal deployment systems such as
Aegir.

*On-Call*

You will be required to be 'on-call' and respond to Nagios alerts outside of
standard business hours.

*Security assessment*

Due to our ongoing work with various government departments, the successful
candidate may be required to obtain an Australian Government security
clearance.

*Eligibility*

This role is only open to Australian citizens (largely due to the potential
security clearance.

*Key Selection Criteria*

Crucial:

1. Strong experience in Debian/Ubuntu Linux system administration with a
focus on supporting web-based public applications.
2. Strong Experience administering Apache, PHP, MySQL and preferably Drupal.
3. Strong experience in firewalls, backup, Postfix and monitoring
implementations
4. Experience working with web developers with DevOps-style values and
methodologies
5. Experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet

Nice to have:

1. Varnish experience
2. Drupal experience
3. Jenkins experience
4. PHP/MySQL skills
5. Experience with load-testing tools such as Siege, Blitz, etc.
6. Experience with Graylog2 or similar
7. Experience with Vagrant


PreviousNext has offices Ultimo in Sydney, Avalon in Sydney, and Canberra.
Applications for people wishing to work remotely will be considered on merit.

To apply, submit the your details and CV to
http://previousnext.com.au/about/careers/job-application

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