Production Engineer Position at Yahoo. -- Not FreeBSD Anymore?

[Matt Olander]

On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Nicole wrote:

> So much for Yahoo being mostly FreeBSD based? :(
> Waaah

They still have many FreeBSD servers but have ended up with quite a  
mix of operating systems, including Linux and Solaris. Much of that is  
through company acquisitions with infrastructures that were already  
built out and would be difficult to change over, even if it was  
desired to do so :'(

-matt


> --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Bianca Medina <biancam at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
>> From: Bianca Medina <biancam at yahoo-inc.com>
>> Subject: Production Engineer Position at Yahoo.
>> To:
>> Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 8:13 AM
>> Job Title: Production Engineer
>> Location: Santa Clara, CA
>>
>> The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are
>> proud to stand
>> out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet
>> brand, servicing
>> over a half billion people, we're determined to
>> maintain our commitment
>> to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun...
>> each and every
>> day.
>>
>> In order to maintain our position as one of the world's
>> most trafficked
>> Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for
>> people with big
>> ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with
>> the innovative
>> products and services they've come to expect from
>> Yahoo!. We're looking
>> for people like you.
>>
>> How Big Can You Think?
>>
>> Production Engineers at Yahoo! thrive on the scale and
>> mission-critical
>> nature of our complex ad serving runtime as well as the
>> challenge that
>> comes along with its operation. In this critical role,
>> you'll utilize
>> your rare combination of significant UNIX systems
>> experience, network
>> knowledge, troubleshooting skills and coding sensibilities
>> to design,
>> deploy, monitor, and automate all operational aspects of
>> Yahoo!'s
>> revenue critical ad serving systems.
>>
>> The ideal candidate has strong Perl programming skills as
>> well as an
>> extensive background in large-scale system administration.
>> S/he will
>> work directly with design and development teams, and will
>> participate in
>> all phases of software development from planning, design,
>> implementation, testing, deployment, and day-to-day service
>> operation.
>>
>> This is a full time position located in Santa Clara, CA.
>>
>> Responsibilities
>> * Function as a technical generalist responsible for the
>> overall health
>> and performance of our search and ad serving platforms
>> * Develop tools to automate the deployment, administration,
>> and
>> monitoring of a large-scale Linux environment
>> * Gain deep application-level knowledge of the systems as
>> well as
>> contributing to their overall design
>> * Work with development teams to harden, enhance, document,
>> and
>> generally improve the operability of our systems
>> * Assist in the configuration/build-out of new deployments
>> to facilitate
>> our constant growth
>> * Participate in a 12x7 (daylight hours) on-call pager
>> rotation
>> Minimum Job Qualifications
>> * Extensive system administration background
>> * Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills,
>> including
>> application and network-level troubleshooting ability
>> * Strong programming skills in one or more of: C, Perl,
>> Python, Ruby
>> * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
>> * Experience working with development teams
>> Preferred Job Qualifications
>> * 5+ years experience with Linux (RHEL a plus)
>> * 5+ years experience administering large-scale UNIX
>> installations (ISP
>> background a plus)
>> * Experience with SQL and commonly deployed database
>> systems
>> * BS Computer Science
>> Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more
>> information or to
>> search all of our openings, please visit
>> http://careers.yahoo.com.
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> If interested please send your resume to me directly along
>> with some
>> dates/times I can give you a call.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Bianca Medina
>>
>> Yahoo! Inc.Talent Scout
>>
>> 701 First Avenue
>> Sunnyvale, CA 94089
>>
>> (408) 349-6239
>> biancam at yahoo-inc.com <mailto:biancam at yahoo-inc.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> Fortune's Top 100 Companies to Work For
>>
>> For more info go to: http://careers.yahoo.com/
>> <http://careers.yahoo.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>> Join my Professional LinkedIn Network:
>>
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/biancamedina
>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/biancamedina>
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