yahoo! is looking at hiring a senior linux/freebsd service engineer out of richardson, tx if you happen to know of someone, please forward this request to them, thank you i am the point of contact for this?open position, and i can be reached at syed_a_ali@yahoo.com you can find details about the positions on?careers.yahoo.com, the official job title is 'tech yahoo, service eng, sr' Yahoo! is looking for a Linux/FreeBSD Service Engineer in our Infrastructure engineering department.? This is a senior level position, out of our Dallas, TX office. The ideal candidate must be willing to work remotely, since most of the team members are located in Sunnyvale, CA. You must be willing to work with a on-call pager rotation. The job entails working on key components of the Yahoo! Linux/FreeBSD infrastructure. Minimum Requirements *?Bachelor's degree?in?Computer Science?or related field * Extensive operational knowledge of the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl) * Experience with Nagios or similar monitoring system * 5+ years of in depth experience with Linux or BSD. * Enterprise level Linux or FreeBSD operational experience * Working knowledge of?network protocols?(TCP/IP) * Internet operations environment support experience * An extremely motivated individual capable of 'owning' a part of the business, i.e., a self-starter * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Strong sense of responsibility, ability to work in a team environment, helpful can-do attitude Optional Requirements * Masters degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience * Familiarity with version control systems such as SVN, GIT, CVS * Enterprise level implementation of?configuration management tools?such as Cfengine, Puppet? * Large scale data?center operations management * Programming experience in PHP, Python, SQL, AJAX Yahoo! Inc. is an?equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings please visithttp://careers.yahoo.com.