<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Relocation isnt a thing for me, so maybe others will be interested in this.<div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Philip Foti" <<a href="mailto:phil.foti@atavas.com" class="">phil.foti@atavas.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Linux Admins / Devops- San Francisco</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 8, 2015 at 11:58:26 AM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:skippy@skippy.net" class="">skippy@skippy.net</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:phil.foti@atavas.com" class="">phil.foti@atavas.com</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class=""><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="">Hi Scott,</font></p><p class=""><font size="2" class="">Curious if you may know of anyome in the Linux community looking for a great job package with a world leader in gamimg in San Francisico?</font></p><p class=""><font size="2" class="">Below is the spec... if interested in learning more email myself or our recruiter handling this specific req:</font></p><p class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Chris Wattson</strong> </font></p><p class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Sr. Technical Recruiter</strong></font></p><p class=""><a href="mailto:chris.wattson@atavas.com" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">chris.wattson@atavas.com</strong></font></a></p><p class=""><font size="2" class="">This is a one-off email.</font></p><p class=""><font size="2" class="">Kind regards,</font></p><p class=""><font size="2" class="">Phil Foti</font></p><p class=""><font size="2" class="">Atavas Technical Search</font></p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" data-mce-style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18px" data-mce-style="font-size: 18px;" class=""><font size="3" class="">Online Systems Engineer DevOps- Linux</font></span></strong></span></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" data-mce-style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><strong class="">Who They Are:</strong></span><br class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'calibri light', sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-family: calibri light,sans-serif;" class="">Leader in Online Gamimg sytems, global award winning company.</span></font></span></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" data-mce-style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><strong class="">What We Need:</strong></span><br class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'calibri light', sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-family: calibri light,sans-serif;" class="">Need of top talent to be part of a new team that will focus on architecting, scaling, and maintaining the infrastructure supporting their online presence. This team will work closely with some of the most talented game development studios in the world to design and implement stable and scalable systems . The team will implement dynamic and cutting edge technology solutions to support some of the biggest and best franchises in gaming.</span></font></span></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Job Responsibilities Include:</strong><br class=""> Provide application and hardware support for web and gaming infrastructure across multiple sites in<br class=""> addition to ongoing performance tuning & optimization.<br class=""> Day to day administration of hundreds of servers (physical and VM), including related applications.<br class=""> Work with development groups to architect systems solutions for new and existing projects.<br class=""> Maintaining a highly available production environment, particularly during system maintenances.<br class=""> Utilize configuration management and custom scripts to deploy and manage systems.<br class=""> Ensure all critical systems and services are properly monitored with relevant alerts enabled.<br class=""> Possess a thorough understanding of Linux Administration in an enterprise environment.<br class=""> Manage backups including ongoing policy refinement.<br class=""> Plan, communicate, and implement patch updates and general off hour work.<br class=""> Perform basic management of Cisco networking products including Catalyst and ASA series<br class=""> hardware.<br class=""> Ensure CDN configurations are optimized.<br class=""> Provide expert documentation on all resources.<br class=""> Provide analysis on new technologies to benefit overall efforts.<br class=""> Be able to respond to critical requests during off hours.</font></span></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Requirements:</strong><br class=""> Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field, industry certifications and/or equivalent.<br class=""> Experience with supporting online gaming development and production environments.<br class=""> Expert level Linux (RHEL/Centos preferred) support experience. Larger scale online environments<br class=""> a plus.<br class=""> Advanced knowledge of load balancing administration and tuning BigIP LTM, Squid, Nginx, Varnish.<br class=""> Advanced knowledge and experience creating and executing shell scripts (bash, python, ruby, etc.).<br class=""> Configuration management experience with Puppet or Chef.<br class=""> Knowledge of CDN Administration, including cache tuning and configuration.<br class=""> Experience configuring and maintaining AD/Linux integration.<br class=""> Experience implementing and deploying in tiered environments using GIT or SVN.<br class=""> Experience administering Jenkins and Travis, including setup, maintenance, and thorough<br class=""> understanding of deployment and CI concepts.<br class=""> Possess a thorough understanding of principles of TCP/IP based networks as well as DNS, DHCP,<br class=""> IPSEC.<br class=""> Advanced knowledge (maintaining, troubleshooting, tuning) of web architecture and related<br class=""> applications including the following:<br class=""> Experience administering Apache and Nginx, including configuration, module mgmt.,<br class=""> caching, header mgmt.<br class=""> Experience administering MySQL, including replication, tuning, and storage administration.<br class=""> Experience debugging and support PHP and Python.<br class=""> Experience administering NoSQL databases (MongoDB/Redis, etc.), including replication<br class=""> and tuning.<br class=""> Experience administering Memcached, including implementation and tuning.<br class=""> Experience administering Postfix, including implementation and optimization.<br class=""> Ability to work calmly in high pressure situations and manage multiple ongoing projects.<br class=""> Excellent written and verbal communications skills as well as problem-solving skills.<br class=""> Excellent written and verbal communications skills as well as problem-solving skills.<br class=""> Ability to work with minimal supervision.</font></span></p>
<h3 style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class="">More Information About the Job</font></h3><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">How would you describe the team and culture?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">The team is made up of smart and dedicated professionals who share a passion for technology and have a deep knowledge in their respective areas of expertise. All team members are encouraged to explore creative solutions to problems using new technology. Team members are open to collaboration and do so often to architect solutions and resolve issues quickly. There is a continued focus on personal growth; team members are encouraged to branch out from their respective areas of expertise to learn more about new areas as well as participate in formal training events and conferences.</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">What kinds of people succeed in your organization?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Self starters who can drive the completion of their work with minimal supervision. Individuals who are able to remain calm under pressure and can manage multiple responsibilities. Individuals who are able to work well as part of a team and create collaborative documentation to support their work. People who get satisfaction out of making sure that they are implementing the right technology for a specific challenge, making sure that it is easily supportable and just works behind the scenes.</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">What are the top 3-4 things the person in this position will be challenged with in the first 60-90 days?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Getting up to speed on the various components. Online Gaming has new concepts and processes. Ramping up capacity to meet our fall line-up of games. Implementing automation into our processes and architecting new solutions in various areas of IT. Interfacing with developers to get a better understanding of bottlenecks and developing solutions.</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">12 months from now, what would the person in this position have accomplished to be successful?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Hold a strong understanding of the various infrastructure components and functional areas. Take ownership as the technical solution primary in a few areas. Continue to automate and improve processes as needed to increase efficiency. Work directly with product development teams to help architect larger projects and initiatives.</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">What are you looking for on the resume, and why?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Expert level Linux (RHEL/Centos preferred) support experience in a large scale online environment. Experience administering web stack technologies, such as Apache and Nginx, MySQL, NoSQL databases, and Memcached. Advanced knowledge of load balancing, scripting, and configuration management via Puppet or Chef. A thorough understanding of principles of TCP/IP based networks and various networking concepts. A proven ability to work calmly in high pressure situations and manage multiple ongoing projects. Excellent written and verbal communications skills as well as problem-solving skills.</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">What are you willing to be flexible on, and how?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Willing to be flexible on telecommuting occasionally. Would like to see a strong specialty in at least one of the areas above. Not necessary to know everything above. Also willing to sacrifice on experience for top graduates to some extent.</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Is this a replacement or a new position?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">new</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Where does the position sit in the organization and who does this position report to?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">In the Online group reporting to Online manager</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Does this position have direct reports?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">no</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Who will the person in this position interact with?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Other team members, project managers, Online manager, product developers, internal and external technology partners</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Whats the bonus percentage?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Our Salary package and bonus plan is very competitive by northern Cal market standards. </font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Are you ready to hire the right candidate immediately?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">yes</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Is relocation available?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Yes, we have a very good relo package available, including temp housing etc.</font></p><p style="white-space: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Is there flexibility in hours and/or the ability to work remotely?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">You will need to live within commuting distance of the office. But within that range, Yes, we have a lot of flexibility staff can work remotely if there are any issues at home sick child, house issues, etc. We are generally project based so we are very flexible in terms of running errands, working from home as need or telecommuting a day or so a week.</font></p></font><div class=""><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
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