OT: Position with ebay/paypal

George Toft george at georgetoft.com
Wed May 23 05:08:01 MST 2007


If interested, e-mail me and I'll put you in contact with the recruiter.

-- 
George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
623-203-1760





Client: Paypal/Ebay
Location: N. Scottsdale
Length: 6 months to hire


PayPal is looking for a UNIX Systems Administrator for technical and 
leadership support in its top notch Network Operations team.  This 
candidate should be an energetic and a well-rounded UNIX Systems 
Administrator with proven technical experience and sincere enthusiasm to 
be able to support PayPal’s site and suite of services in a 24/7, 
dynamic and fast-paced growing E-commerce production environment. We are 
looking for someone who is versatile technically, has the aptitude to 
increase technical breadth, can provide team leadership, and the 
attitude and personality to help grow and maintain a World Class NOC 
organization. The key responsibilities of the position are:

·         Work within a NOC team to provide front line support of 
PayPal’s production site and services

·         Proactively monitor and troubleshoot production systems to 
identify discrepancies and potential problems using Big Brother, Hobbit, 
Tivoli and other NOC monitoring tools

·         Provide phone/email support to all of eBay/PayPal’s internal 
customers

·         Closely manage change to the production site to maintain 
stability and availability

·         Work with multiple teams of various technical disciplines, 
typically via a conference call, to not only fix issues but able to 
provide timely status and complete updates in corresponding ticket(s)

·         Make sound decisions in extremely short time frames under 
immense pressure in a complex technical environment



Job Requirements:

     * 5-10 years of Unix/Linux/Solaris experience
     * Advanced knowledge of operating system internals, file system 
structures, and machine architectures in a UNIX/Linux environment
     * World class verbal and written communication skills with customer 
satisfaction as the main focus
     * Ability to keep abreast of technological changes and innovation 
and their applicability to the company's goals
     * Advanced experience with Mail, DNS, TCP/IP
     * Intermediate LAN/WAN experience
     * Working knowledge of relational Databases preferably Oracle
     * Experience with web development technologies like HTML, XML, XSL, 
Java
     * Working knowledge of SAN technologies, Oracle, PERL, AWK, SED, 
load balancing technologies, and shell scripting
     * Competent skills and experience with supporting Veritas Cluster 
Server, Veritas Volume Manager, Oracle, WebLogic, and Apache web server





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