Puppet users - Sep 2008 - job posting - Senior Engineer @ Speakeasy.net

Put your love of puppet to work with us at Speakeasy. We need Engineers 
who want to use puppet in conjunction with re-architecting our 
infrastructure. We are based in downtown Seattle, overlooking Elliot 
Bay. Please send your resume or any questions directly to me and off-list.

Thanks,
-g



Company summary:

Speakeasy, one of the nation’s leading broadband voice (VoIP), data and 
IT service providers, simplifies small business communications with 
cost-effective service packages and unparalleled support. Speakeasy 
joined the Best Buy family in 2007 and now works with Best Buy for 
Business to champion technology for small businesses throughout the U.S. 
Speakeasy manages its own private fiber-optic national network, ensuring 
fast connections, low latency, and an unparalleled degree of security 
protection from the public internet. Speakeasy’s full range of 
business-class products – from OneLink and Voice Services to business 
bandwidth solutions - offers features and benefits with unrivaled 
customer service. Speakeasy’s broadband services are available in most 
metropolitan areas within the 48 contiguous United States.

Position summary:

You will be responsible for configuring, monitoring, installing, and 
maintaining UNIX and LINUX based servers in our production and corporate 
environments consisting of 350+ servers. You must have the ability to 
work independently as well as part of a team. You will be required to 
work with other departments at Speakeasy to ensure our servers and 
services meet the needs of customers and the company. The ability to 
provide knowledge transfer and to work in a team are essential. You must 
have hands on experience designing, implementing and maintaining PUPPET 
configuration management systems.


Responsibilities:

* Designing, securing, installing, monitoring, maintaining, and 
documenting systems and software.
* Working with the engineering team to be proactive in improving our network
* Writing scripts to automate daily processes
* Scheduling and reporting on your activities
* Actively analyzing security and making suggestions for improvements
* Assisting with the development of new products
* Assisting with code releases; troubleshooting issues that do or do not 
relate to code releases; testing and accepting code changes.
* Maintaining and setting up MySQL, Oracle, and Postgres Databases.
* Maintaining a large mail/qmail/Postfix cluster.
* Documenting architecture, design, procedures, checklists, and other 
system related information.
* Working on sustaining current systems
* Building and testing large-scale, high availability, high transaction 
volume LINUX-based systems.
* Maintaining web servers for Speakeasy and customer web sites
* Being available after hours for escalation

Skills and experience required:

* Puppet
* Excellent communication skills
* Security focused mindset
* Ability to take ownership of complicated issues
* Ability to prioritize based on immediate needs
* Detailed LINUX (RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian) and Solaris knowledge
* Advanced Bash scripting knowledge and knowledge of another language 
(Ruby, Perl, Python, etc.)
* Understanding of industry standard server maintenance processes
* Willingness to work in a team environment to solve and complete tasks
* Should be adept at working with UNIX servers operation and be familiar 
with the interaction between servers and services in the present network
* A strong ability to troubleshoot problems
* Good organizational skills
* Knowledge of Foundry, Network Appliance, Checkpoint and other similar 
hardware
* Solid documentation skills
* VMWare experience a plus
* Some travel may be required

Additional Information:

Speakeasy offers a full suite of benefits, including full medical, 
dental, and vision coverage (100% paid for employees); a 401(K) plan 
with a company matching contribution; a transportation benefit; and many 
other excellent perks. We''re looking for talented and highly skilled 
individuals to join our dynamic and fast-paced culture and contribute to 
Speakeasy’s continued success.

-- 
Garrett Honeycutt
Sr. Systems Engineer

www.speakeasy.net

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