There's a sysadmin job opening at schwab. It's about the same as my job, which entertains me well enough :-) If you trouble applying via http://jobs.schwab.com then drop me a line: kaia.taylor@schwab.com Sr Staff - UNIX Sys Admin Job ID: 0610-4409 Description: Application Deadline: 6/30/2011 Development Infrastructure Support team (DevSA) is a key function within Data Center Operations. Our vision is to utilize best practices to transform DevSA into a highly agile organization that provides superior customer service, seizes growth opportunities and reacts to the demands of regulators and competitive pressures. This will allow DevSA to increase efficiencies and control costs in order to remain the technology vendor of choice for the Charles Schwab Corporation. The ideal candidate will have a passion for problem solving and the ability to quickly learn new concepts. This position is a technical leadership role as well as a technical 'go to' resource for development systems administrators, engineering and management staff. The chosen candidate will possess skills related to supporting UNIX development systems in a constantly changing environment and become a subject matter expert who will know design and methodology behind the entire trading and client support environments. Previous experience administering application development environments that require fast turn-around in resolving issues is preferred. Having strong customer advocate and continuous process improvement focus is a must. The candidate must possess demonstrated senior-level skills in a multi-tiered, multi-OS environment supporting applications running on Linux, UNIX and Windows platforms, with advanced skills in supporting RedHat Linux being required. Expert knowledge of UNIX or Linux operation and architecture design principles in multi-tiered infrastructure is required, including development and usage of scripting tools in that environment. Experience with installation and management of web applications running on a UNIX or Linux platform (e.g., Java, Webshere). Experience working in a heterogeneous operating environments emphasizing Windows and Linux. Experience working with networking in TCP/IP; DNS and traffic flows. Strong knowledge of the Windows Server 2003/2008 and Active Directory environments preferred. Experience with security and system hardening including SSL and associated certificates creation management. Experience with NAS and SAN technologies. Demonstrated ability and passion to lead and mentor others. Regards, Kaia Taylor DevSA group -- tis-dco-devsa - jumpword devsa http://dco-sps.schwab.com/sites/devsa/welcome desk 602-977-5157 pager 6025785439@vtext.com or white pages All e-mail sent to or from this address will be received by the Charles Schwab corporate e-mail system and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient.