[nzlug] (job ad) Network Admin position at Zeald.com

[Jonathon Sim]

Zeald.com is looking for a Junior Network Administrator to join our 
growing team. Note that this is a fulltime position based in Albany, 
Auckland (we aren't after a contractor or someone working from a remote 
location).  Anyone interested should email me  (jonathon.sim at zeald.com)

Zeald.com is an Albany based, website development/hosting and e-business 
consultancy company that specialises in websites that drive online sales 
or generate business enquiries.

Zeald.com's network infrastructure consists of, amongst other things, 
the following:
 - A web-hosting cluster of 9 servers using LVS, DRBD, Heartbeat and 
Mysql-replication to host a perl-based application server providing 
webhosting to our clients
 - Our internal network, using Linux Desktops (where possible), Asterisk 
for VOIP, LDAP, Linux servers (standard stuff like samba and apache and 
whatnot), and windows desktops where they cannot be avoided (eg graphic 
designer's desktops).
 - Our consultant/contractor/telecommuting network, using OpenVPN, 
Linux-based webcams and laptops and other newfangled stuff
 - All this stuff is based on Debian (and Ubuntu on the desktops)

The job will consist of:
 - Maintaining and supporting the above
 - Implementing new functionality (along with our development team) for 
our clients and internal staff
 - Providing second tier technical assistance to our customer support 
and development teams

The successful person will:
 - have a strong  knowledge of Linux and an ability to research via the 
dubious collection of howtos, mailing lists and google searches that 
passes for a manual for us Linux-geeks :-)
 - an ability to (or at least an interest to learn about how to) manage 
large numbers of Linux machines using tools such as cfengine, LDAP, 
scripting languages (shell script and Perl) etc. 
 - A love of fancy technology (like VOIP, clusters etc) and an interest 
in using these to maximise productivity, minimise costs and otherwise 
make a business run better
 - A strong belief that emacs is the one true text editor (vim is also 
an acceptable response, just so long as you dont think Notepad is), 
Debian the one true operating system (if you think Slackware or 
something is, you will need to be "reeducated") and something other than 
Visual Basic is the one true programming language ;-)

If you are interested email me *offlist* at jonathon.sim at zeald.com

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Jonathon Sim - Senior Developer @ Zeald.com
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