Here's a forwarded request for several Unix positions. These opportunities appear to require advanced Unix skills rather than BSD-specific skills. Any interested parties please contact Marianne Dove directly. Cheers, Dru ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:06:47 -0800 From: mdove <mdove@google.com> To: dlavigne6@sympatico.ca Subject: Google seeking Unix experts Hello. My name is Marianne Dove. I'm a recruiter for Google. Google is currently seeking several Unix experts for a couple of positions in Dublin, Ireland or Mountain View, California. I ran across your name while I was conducting a Google search for possible candidates in the hopes of networking with as many Unix experts as possible. With your experience and probable contacts in the Unix community, would you happen to know of anyone that may be interested in Engineering positions at Google? Would you be interested in this opportunity? This is such a great opportunity, and Google is seeking the very best Engineers from around the world and I feel there must be dozens of Unix experts out there. I'm hoping I can find some of them through networking with you. I've attached a few job descriptions. If you happen to know of any that may be interested, please feel free to forward this email to them and have them contact me directly. I hope you are not bothered by my networking attempt. Or if by some streak of fortune on my part, if you are interested, please let me know. :-) Thank you for your consideration and time. Sincerely, Marianne Dove Google Recruiter Mountain View, California 650-623-6814 mdove@google.com ----- Senior Software Engineer, Google.com (SRE) Positions based in Dublin Ireland. Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe you've been coding for years, are bored with the old design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering UNIX clusters. We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this mission critical environment. All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the process. Qualifications: .Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: Python, C, C++, Java, Perl .BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. .In-depth knowledge of Unix (preferably Linux), networking, and shell scripting. .Proven technical troubleshooting experience. .Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong sense of urgency. .Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. .5+ years experience in a similar position a big plus. .Experience with Unix system administration a plus. For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML or PDF version of your resume to: mdove@google.com Important: The subject field of your email must include Senior Software Engineer, Google, Dublin ----- Engineering Hands-On Manager/Director Google.com (SRE) Positions based in Dublin, Ireland. We're looking for a highly technical, hands-on Engineering or Operations Manager to lead a team of 4-10+ Google software engineers and systems administrators for the Google.com group. The Google.com teams are directly responsible for Google's stellar uptime record, and act as the guardians and custodians of Google's user-visible services. In this leadership role, you will be responsible for ensuring that Google users can always reach and use all of the services under your team's care. Requirements: .Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: Python, C, C++, Java, Perl .Very high technical competence and strong academic record. .4+ years of relevant hands-on technical experience, and a record of individual technical achievement. .3-10+ years of relevant experience managing software development and/or operations teams. .Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user systems. .That rare mix of intelligence, integrity, domain knowledge, verbal agility, and diplomacy which allows you to rapidly earn the trust of technically-astute teams across the company. .BA/BS in CS preferred; MS / Ph.D. a plus. For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML or PDF version of your resume to: mdove@google.com.