[Chicago] Systems Administrator at Imaginary Landscape

[Cezar Jenkins]

I'm glad to see you're using vagrant/chef. I'm pretty happy with it.

One thing I might suggest. I'm becoming a huge fan of PaaS solutions like Heroku/Dotcloud or Stacato/CloudFoundry/Openshift on your own iron. It's really nice to push up some code and have a running app.

Even if you don't have something like that, following 12factor (http://12factor.net) is a good way to develop. I've been using autoenv (https://github.com/kennethreitz/autoenv) with my django projects and have been happy to drop the settings/development.py and whatnot for pulling specifics from the environment.

For a set of reasons I won't go into we can't use heroku or stacato as work. So I've been working on a program and uses fabric to reach into a machine, rsync an app up, and run a heroku buildpack against it. It's not done yet, but you can see the work at https://github.com/emperorcezar/mash  

Forgive the rambling! :)
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Cezar Jenkins
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On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Brian Moloney wrote:

> Hi ChiPy,
>  
> I wanted to let everyone know that we are looking for a FT SysAdmin in
> our Chicago office. Post follows:
>  
> Thanks,
> Brian
>  
> --  
> Brian J. Moloney
> Managing Partner
>  
> Imaginary Landscape, LLC
> Web Design | Development | Strategy
> (877) 275-9144 toll free
>  
> http://imagescape.com
> http://chicagodjango.com
> http://twitter.com/Brian_Moloney
>  
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  
> Systems Administrator
>  
> Imaginary Landscape, an open source Web development firm in Chicago,
> is seeking a Systems Administrator to administer technology throughout
> the organization. Primary responsibilities include:
>  
> - Providing infrastructure support for Linux-based physical and
> virtual machines (Debian and RedHat-based)
> - Provisioning new virtual machines for developers
> - Securing and monitoring internal and client-facing machines
> - Maintaining backup systems for company PCs and servers
> - Assisting developers with Django web application deployment
>  
> Qualifications
>  
> - At least 2 years of experience maintaining multiple Linux-based
> servers (experience in a college computer lab setting counts)
> - A strong knowledge of maintaining relational databases, such as
> PostgreSQL or MySQL
>  
> Bonus Points For
>  
> - Experience with Rackspace and Amazon cloud, or similar
> - Deployment experience using Apache and/or Nginx
> - Proficiency with Django or other Python web frameworks
> - Experience with Vagrant and Chef (or other provisioning tool)
> - Familiarity with services such as BIND DNS, Nagios, and Supervisord
>  
> The ability to write and communicate clearly is of primary importance.
> You will be responsible for assisting staff with computer-related
> issues, establishing company-wide IT standards, and providing concise
> documentation.
>  
> This position is located at Imaginary Landscape’s headquarters,
> located in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. It is a
> full-time position and benefits includes 100% company-paid healthcare
> coverage for spouse and children and an open vacation policy (we don't
> count the days).
>  
> Qualified candidates can send a resume and cover letter to
> employment at imagescape.com (mailto:employment at imagescape.com).
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