BSD Systems Administrator - Greater Philadelphia Area

Location: Media, PA 19063 (15-20 minutes from Philadelphia)
Duration: Full-time
Telecommute: no
Salary: $35K (Junior) to $90K (Senior, BSD)

BIGLIST provides email list management and delivery services to
businesses worldwide.  

We are seeking the right, experienced system administrator capable
of wearing the many hats necessary in a dynamic, growing business.
BIGLIST is an established company that maintains an innovative,
start-up mentality.  You will be working closely with others in
maintaining and expanding our system of servers to support the
millions of subscribers hosted on our network. This is a full-time
position with vacation and benefits.

If you have experience in managing dozens of production servers,
have tuned applications to get the most out of your custom-built
rackmount hardware, and have encountered and solved problems not
in the FAQs, you will enjoy our environment.  We're partial to smart
people who have worked in a small ISP.

Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, and optimize core servers and software.
- System design and planning.
- Monitor system stability and performance.
- Ensure 24x7 operation.
- Interact with clients.

Requirements:
- Multiple years of systems administration (preferably BSD),
  but junior admins with significant desire and potential considered.
- B.A. or B.S.
- Outstanding troubleshooting and critical thinking ability.
- Experience with high-performance systems tuning, particularly MTAs
  and databases.
- Experience with installation and maintenance of rackmount hardware.
- Knowledge of common software packages like DNS, Apache, NFS, cvs, mrtg,
  nagios, AMANDA.
- Programming/scripting ability for systems administrators (sh, perl).
- Ability to read higher level perl, php.
- Excellent verbal and written skills.

Applicants:
*** Please provide an ASCII, HTML or PDF version of your resume with cover
*** letter to: jobs-netbsd@biglist.com