Need excellent admin with perl/bash scripting skills looking for more than being an SA

[George Toft]

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This is an operations/engineering role (system administration is about 
5%) - you'll be in the thick of IT, solving problems many 
people/companies have never seen before.  On-call rotation is oneweek 
long with several people sharing the duties.  Pay is good and benefits 
are awesome (1:1 matching 401K, shit-ton of vacation/sick, legal plan, 
medical, dental, yada yada yada).  This is a high-performing team - if 
"average" or "flying under the radar" is your thing, delete this email.  
If you can justify a risk with solid metrics and research, use the link 
below.  And the architect is a jerk - no wait, I didn't say that.  Need 
good attitude, no jade, snarkiness a plus.  If your mindset is "That's 
the way we've done it" or "How do you want your sandwich" then delete 
this email.  If you want to make things better and help design the menu, 
use the link below.  If you can debate a position with facts and 
credible references, use the link below. If you can't separate your 
feelings from a risk-based business decision, delete this email.

Let me emphasize, Perl and bash scripting are critical.  If you can 
demonstrate any other structured programming language proficiency and 
have the Sam's book "Learn Perl in 21 Days," then RTFM and use the link 
below.  We use a language that is very Perl-esque and bash.  Linux 
sysadmin experience a must.  If chmod 777 is how you solve file access 
problems, delete this email.  If you need Gnome, delete this email - run 
level 3, baby! If you don't know why /var and /tmp should be on their 
own file systems and not a part of /, delete this email.  Good to know 
the basics of systemd (go watch the YouTube video) - System V init is so 
yesterday.  When to use a daemon versus xinetd is a good concept to 
understand.

One of the interviewers (the jerk) has a reputation of interrogating, 
not interviewing.  Can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen, and 
delete this email.

This is a bank - drug test, background check.  If you're on the pipe, 
delete this email.  Many team members are former military - if that 
mindset bothers you, delete... or, if you want to know what "adapt, 
improvise, overcome" means in the InfoSec world, use the link below.  We 
solve problems, forge new pathways.  Failure is not an option.  "Can't" 
is not in our vocabulary.  "I don't know" is the wrong answer - "I'll 
have that for you tomorrow" is better.  "I'll have that for you in a few 
minutes" is best.

Feel free to email me directly for any questions about the position.  If 
you made it this far, you're either the nutcase we're looking for and 
laughing your ass off, or have your finger poised above the delete key 
hoping it gets better.  And if you think the above is 
hard-core...delete.  HR hint: make sure your resume has the same 
keywords in it as the job description - failure to comply will filter 
your resume to /dev/null.Seen it done.

</sarcasm> (or not)

Go here: 
https://jobs.americanexpress.com/jobs/16015188/Information+Security+Analyst?lang=en-US

Put in "george.toft at aexp.com" for the referral - we'll party together if 
there's a referral bonus.

Cheers!

George Toft