Intermediate Linux System Administrator (SAGE Level III)

July 8, 2008 11:58 AM

FreshBooks has been helping our clients take the pain out of invoicing since 2004. We're a small team working towards a common goal: building a kick-ass online invoicing application to help small businesses better manage their finances.

The success of FreshBooks is completely dependent on a fast and reliable infrastructure. If you're a well-rounded sysadmin with web application chops, we'd like you to help us continue to exceed our customers' expectations.

You will:
Join in the responsibility for maintaining our good reputation for availability, performance, and security. You will work with our lead system administrator and the rest of the team here to learn our current architecture and become a key contributor to designing and implementing our technical plan for growth. You'll also share responsibility for our internal IT needs, office network, development systems, users' desktops, and whatever else we might be doing at the time.

We need you to have:

• 3-5 years of Linux system administration experience (SAGE Level III), preferably with Red Hat or Ubuntu Linux
• Experience building or maintaining a high-performance, highly-available Linux/Apache/MySQL environment
• Thorough understanding of networking concepts and firewalls
• Programming experience in sh, and in a dynamic language like PHP or Perl
• Hands-on experience implementing secure servers and networks
• Experience maintaining Windows or OS X desktops
• Demonstrated proficiency communicating with users, developers, and upper management
• Attention to detail, and a passion for professional system administration practice

We hope you have:

• A working knowledge of Web 2.0
• Familiarity with configuration management and source control systems
• Experience with PCI DSS compliance
• Excellent writing skills and a hankering to blog

This is a full-time on-site position located in Toronto, Ontario and requires after-hours and holiday on-call support.

payscale: DOE
job type: full-time
posted by mendel to systems/networking