Senior FreeBSD/MySQL administrator

[Todd Huss]

GreatSchools.net is looking for a Senior FreeBSD/MySQL Systems  
Administrator for our operations in San Francisco, California.

Position summary:

The Senior Systems Administrator will be responsible for managing our  
production website that currently delivers over 1 million page views  
per day running on 20 FreeBSD servers consisting of MySQL, Apache,  
and Tomcat.

Required skills:

o Expertise in MySQL administration, replication, backup, recovery,  
and optimization techniques.
o Expertise in FreeBSD and/or Linux systems administration
o Server load balancing experience.
o Prior experience developing website software using Apache, Perl/PHP  
or Java, Linux or FreeBSD, and MySQL.
o Share 50% on-call responsbility and carry a pager
o Live within a 25 minute commute of downtown San Francisco to  
respond quickly to production issues at the data-center when on-call.

Other requirements:

o Strong communication skills.
o Self starter.
o Ability to work with minimal supervision and drive projects to  
completion.

Interview will include advanced MySQL and Unix technical questions.  
Please do not respond to this job posting if you have not configured  
MySQL databases in a large production environment and do not have  
significant MySQL expertise.

Submit salary requirements, cover letter, and resume to jobs- 
sysadmin at greatschools.net