<h3>About the company</h3>
<p>OpenDNS is building new pieces of fundamental infrastructure for the Internet. We provide an exciting and fulfilling work environment, unmatched opportunity for professional growth, and excellent compensation. We are a startup funded by Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners with a growing team working full-time at our fantastic offices in San Francisco (a block away from Caltrain and SF Muni) and have been operating a profitable business since 2007. Together we want to see a better and safer Internet for end-users around the world in enterprises and households alike.</p>
<h3>About the position</h3>
<p>OpenDNS is looking for an experienced Senior Systems Administrator to join the team and help run a global network of servers supporting millions of users. Your role will be to maintain all systems related to provisioning, upgrades, maintenance, monitoring, inventory, etc. This means you should be a systems administrator who has extensive experience administering and operating large infrastructures.</p>
<p>We're looking for someone who can hit the ground running and work well in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment. This role will report to the Director of Operations.</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>An unbelievably strong sense of integrity and reliability.</li>
<li>The ability to be proactive and aggressive, a self-starter and able to get things done.</li>
<li>Experience running mission critical services that require 24/7/365 uptime.</li>
<li>Experience with Debian Linux and FreeBSD.</li>
<li>Experience in a datacenter environment, racking machines, cabling, cross connects, remote management, etc.</li>
<li>Experience with bash or shell scripting.</li>
<li>Experience with python, perl, or similar scripting language.</li>
<li>Experience with KVM/qemu or other virtualization technology.</li>
<li>Experience with building packages.</li>
<li>Experience with kernel tuning, patching, recompiling and building modules.</li>
<li>Experience with common monitoring tools, nagios, cacti, mrtg, smokeping.</li>
<li>Available to respond and handle after hour issues and be on call.</li>
<li>Experience with administering high-volume MySQL, Memcached, and NoSQL-like services.</li>
<li>Experience with multi-datacenter architectures</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bonus points</h3>
<ul>
<li>A university degree, preferably in a related field: computer science, math, physics, etc.</li>
<li>Experience debugging hardware issues.</li>
<li>Any kind of networking or routing experience (BGP, peering, etc.).</li>
<li>Experience with amanda, rsnapshot or other backup solution.</li>
<li>Experience with MySQL replication.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Our ideal candidate</h3>
<ul>
<li>Excellent problem-solving abilities.</li>
<li>Good verbal and written communication skills.</li>
<li>Able to grow and adapt to rapidly changing requirements.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Benefits of working at OpenDNS</h3>
<ul>
<li>Innovative -- We aren't a social networking or Web 2.0 photosharing site. We work on core Internet protocols and make them better.</li>
<li>No ladders to climb -- We keep a relatively flat corporate structure that promotes fast movement and flexible teams.</li>
<li>Meritocracy -- The best ideas win, regardless of where they come from.</li>
<li>Time off to relax -- As a startup, we work our butts off. That's why it's important to get away to clear your mind from time to time. Three weeks and 10 company holidays make that easy.</li>
<li>Technologists -- We are a company of engineers and technologists passionate about delivering a better Internet.</li>
<li>Offsites -- It takes getting away for a day every quarter to focus on where we want to be as a company and how we're going to get there.</li>
<li>No timecards -- We have a few weekly team meetings, but other than that delivering results counts for a lot more than sitting in your chair.</li>
<li>Food -- Hard work makes you hungry. We keep a well-stocked kitchen with everything from cereal to ice cream.</li>
<li>Frosty beverages -- Fridays often end with some nice frosty brewed beverages and good conversations.</li>
<li>Breakfast by the Founder/CEO -- The early bird gets the worm, or in our case waffles on most Wednesdays, served by our Founder/CEO.</li>
<li>Insurance -- We've got you covered from your head to your toes. Medical, Dental and Vision.</li>
<li>401(k) -- We're set up to help our team members practice responsible fiscal management.</li>
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