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@greatschools.net