[Baypiggies] [JOB] Storage Architect, Belmont, CA | 150-170k

Sat Aug 8 16:43:16 CEST 2009

Based on a quick google/bing of the requirements I think this is the company
http://www.shutterfly.com/

On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 05:21:02AM -0700, Jon Rosebaugh wrote:
> I'm +1 for lax rules, but I'm disappointed Beau chose to hide the  
> identity of the companies involved. I know Beau has a vested interest in 
> making sure that we only go to the client through him, but I'm sure I'm 
> not alone when I say that knowing the identity of the company is  
> important when I decide whether or not to apply for a given job.  
> Everyone says their employees are passionate and that they are looking  
> for rare individuals. That sort of vague statement wouldn't work on a  
> resume; it doesn't work in a job advertisement either.
>
> On Aug 8, 2009, at 12:43 AM, Shannon -jj Behrens wrote:
>
>> Beau,
>>
>> First of all, I agree--let's see postings that have more to do with
>> Python, Beau ;)
>>
>> Secondly, who here still wants to see postings from recruiters?  I
>> know Glen, Aahz, and me all recently got jobs, but I'm assuming not
>> everyone else has.  Quick vote: +1 to continue with the lax rules, -1
>> to crack down.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> -jj
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Glen Jarvis<glen at glenjarvis.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> I know that we have relaxed our rules for some time because quite a  
>>> few of
>>> us needed work. However, this has already become abusive. For  
>>> example, this
>>> particular job posting only mentions "Perl and Shell Scripting, other
>>> languages (Java, Python), etc. welcome." Python is clearly not a high
>>> priority for this position.
>>>
>>> I make the motion to reinstate our previously effective policies  
>>> with regard
>>> to recruiter restrictions posting to this list.
>>>
>>>
>>> Glen
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 7, 2009, at 11:44 PM, Beau Gould (OSS) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Storage Architect, Belmont, CA | 150-170k
>>>>
>>>> Employees who work for our client are passionate and possess the  
>>>> deeply
>>>> held belief that a team working for a cause will reach and benefit
>>>> millions of people. They are looking for those rare individuals who
>>>> share their passion about building a great company while delighting
>>>> customers, partners and fellow employees.
>>>>
>>>> They offer many perks and benefits beyond salary such as shares in  
>>>> the
>>>> company, 401K, 12 Company Paid Holidays as well as 15 PTO days per  
>>>> year
>>>> - and your birthday is a paid day off! Free drinks and cheap  
>>>> snacks are
>>>> always available. They have the excitement of the dotcom era and the
>>>> stability of an established, profitable company. They provide  
>>>> Medical,
>>>> Dental, and Vision as well as Life Insurance, Short & Long Term
>>>> Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program.
>>>>
>>>> This position is part of the Storage Team, responsible for  
>>>> supporting a
>>>> multi-petabyte service. You will investigate new technology (server,
>>>> storage, software), contribute to the design and building of next
>>>> generation infrastructure, deploy capacity to the site, perform  
>>>> critical
>>>> upgrades, manage data flow and IO redistribution processes and are
>>>> responsible for the 99.99% uptime of the service. In addition you  
>>>> are a
>>>> competent Perl developer, building automation tools and utilities to
>>>> manage the archive. You will help design and maintain custom MySQL
>>>> databases and applications required to support the archive.
>>>>
>>>> Requirements:
>>>>
>>>> * Experience with distributed file systems, storage arrays,  
>>>> replication
>>>> and virtualization technologies, volume and file system management
>>>> products and backup solutions
>>>> * System, storage and application/service design and implementation
>>>> experience
>>>> * Understanding of current industry trends including backup-to-disk,
>>>> continuous backup, archiving, de-dup, virtualization and automated
>>>> migrations
>>>> * Demonstrated competency integrating open-source and commercial
>>>> software products
>>>> * Expert knowledge for Linux/Solaris based file-systems,  
>>>> particularly
>>>> clustered, global and shared file systems
>>>> * In depth knowledge of disk-based storage hardware including  
>>>> storage
>>>> controllers, SAN and raid disk configurations
>>>> * File system, network and server performance tuning
>>>> * Experience developing and implementing automated autonomic and  
>>>> batch
>>>> tools for managing large amounts of data
>>>> * Perl and shell scripting, other languages (Java, Python, etc)  
>>>> welcome
>>>> (10+ years)
>>>> * Experienced troubleshooter, ability to work independently and  
>>>> within a
>>>> team
>>>> * Communication, documentation and process oriented a big plus
>>>> * Experience building and supporting infrastructure for mission  
>>>> critical
>>>> highly available services
>>>> * Expert Unix systems administration (10+ years)
>>>> * This position requires participation in an on-call pager rotation
>>>>
>>>> To be considered, please submit your resume along with your salary
>>>> requirements to beau-AT-open-source-staffing.com
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Beau J. Gould
>>>> Open Source Staffing
>>>> www.open-source-staffing.com
>>>> beau-AT-open-source-staffing.com
>>>>
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