[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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