[Jobs] JOB: (Sydney, Australia) Unix System/Applications Admin, Full Time

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Unix System/Applications Admin, Full Time

This position is located in Sydney, Australia. This position is also available in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA; Dublin, Ireland; Zurich, Switzerland; and Bangalore, India as well.

Are you:

    * ... a seasoned Unix jockey, database wizard, performance specialist, networking guru, and code slinger all rolled into one?
    * ... looking for the next cool problem to solve, in a fast-paced and engineering-driven environment?
    * ... into writing scripts which perform practically the entire job you once held earlier in your career?
    * ... entertained in your off hours by taking things apart just to see how they work? Are you successful putting them back together when you're done?
    * ... excited by the idea of making Google even faster, more reliable, more available, more – well, Googly?


If you answered "Yes" to more than three of the above questions, you may be our kind of system administrator! Keep reading.

Google.com team members are involved in every facet of Google's production site. From design issues to troubleshooting, from performance analysis to capacity planning, from DNS to networking to application [mis]behavior, Google.com engineers are ultimately responsible for making sure that Google always works. We take that responsibility very, very seriously, but if you think you've got what it takes then we're eager to talk with you.

Working in the Google.com team, you will wear many hats: first responder, performance analyst, service architect, system/database administrator, capacity planner, tools developer, monitoring expert, and technical evangelist, for Google's entire production site

In this role you will need:

    * Expertise in Unix system administration, including configuration, troubleshooting, and automation.
    * Fluency in at least one scripting/coding language.
    * Experience running high-traffic web services, including requirements & capacity analysis, service configuration, monitoring & troubleshooting, and change management.
    * Strong understanding of IP networking, including familiarity with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of common networking devices, and the ability to analyze network behavior, performance and application issues using standard tools like tcpdump.


Qualifications:

    * BA/BS in CS or related field, or equivalent experience.
    * 3 - 5 years experience with Unix systems administration (5-15 years for Sr. position).
    * Solid scripting skills in Shell, PHP, Perl or Python.
    * Proven technical troubleshooting and performance tuning experience.
    * Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment.
    * Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests.
    * Tack-sharp analytical abilities.
    * A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
    * Fluent written communication and unusual verbal agility are strong assets.
    * SQL experience a plus, MySQL a plus.
    * Experience leading short projects involving outside teams is a plus. 

For more information please forward your cv to David Mack at dmack at google.com
Contact: David Mack
Applications close: 1st January 2008