Linux System Administrator

Hello there,

So glad you decided to check out our Systems Administrator role! This is not just any system administrator position. This is a SEOmoz System Administrator. For those of you who do not have the pleasure of already knowing what it means to be a Mozzer, let me now tell you.

To be a Mozzer System Administrator, you must:

* Be a Mac ninja and Google Apps whiz!
* Have a good sense of humor, and The Office Tivo’d.
* Have a desire to work with a bunch technology Rockstars, building some stellar software.
* Find yourself daydreaming about networking, development Support and Production Support.
* Catch yourself using words like; Cisco, MySql and Samba constantly.

If this describes you, by all means keep reading! We want you!

Why work for us?
SEOmoz is a small (just 80 of us today) but rapidly-growing, profitable technology startup. That said, we dream big--we aim to provide companies with the best, most advanced ways to measure and improve their organic web marketing (i.e. any traffic source you don’t pay for - SEO, social, blogs, viral videos, etc.).

We’ve got the reputation of a big player with the energy of a young, nimble organization. This allows us to do very exciting things when we smell opportunity. We pride ourselves on developing kick-ass software, out of this world customer service and our cutting edge cloud computing technology.

In our downtown Seattle offices, mere steps from Pike Place Market, we maintain a fun, supportive, laid-back work environment. We pay well (salaries are on par with the big guys - Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Sauron) and we work hard (sometimes long hours are a must, but we pride ourselves on working smart, not 80-hour nightmare weeks). We’re also very generous with vacation and flex time because we understand that our employees have lives, interests, and obligations outside of the office.

Not to toot our own horn, but..., we were just selected as one of the Best Places To Work in Seattle!

Our core values include being transparent (you’ll get every key metric about the business each week), having fun (pie-eating contests - check! Team bowling trips - check! Friday afternoon Kinect dance parties - check!) and creating exceptional products our customers love. We strongly encourage you to read more about the company - our core values (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/what-we-believe-why-seomozs-tagfee-tenets), our history (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-history-of-seomoz) and what we do (http://www.seomoz.org/about).

About the position:

Entry level systems administrator.

Responsibilities:
*Desktop Support for all thirty existing Mozzer’s and those to come in our rapidly growing office. We would love you to work with and support the development team from prototype to staging to production, providing systems resources, setup and monitoring.

*Administration of Macs, and some Windows and LInux systems.
*Network admin including Cisco ASA with VPN, and an airport based wireless network.
*Google Apps admin
*Samba based file server.
*Backups of the file server.

*Development support:
*SVN, Jira and Github administration
*Staging server admin; VMware server + many ubuntu hosts.
EC2 hosts admin.

*Production support:
*20+ application servers
*6+ Mysql servers (Master/slave config + backups)
*Networking (Cisco PIX, Coyote Pt load balancers, DNS)
*System monitoring (Pingdom, Zabbix)

Requirements:
Proficiency installing and administering Linux systems. Ubuntu experience preferred.
Some shell scripting experience.
Familiarity with Ruby and Perl.
Basic networking experience. Experience with Cisco ASA and Pix preferred.
Basic Windows/office system administration.
Mac system administration.
Wireless network administration.
Good customer service skills.
Ability to be on-call 24x7.
Familiarity with Amazon AWS (S3, ec2, ELB, EBD, ETC)
Familiarity with source control. Github preferred.
Familiarity with Mysql.
Familiarity with Rails applications.
Apache2 experience desired.

Joining SEOmoz would a great opportunity to learn new technology and show your skills enhancing what is already in place. We run part of our systems in the cloud, part hosted, and development is virtualized.

Compensation:
We’re offering a very competitive salary for this position (based on experience), in order to attract exciting candidates. In addition, we also provide:


$12,000 signing bonus
A relocation package of up to $10,000 to help move you to the Seattle area (if you're not currently here)
$5,000 shopping spree to outfit your office or home workspace with the technology (hardware, software, accessories, chair/desk/etc.) you need to do your best work
Generous stock options (1 year to first stake, 4 years to full vesting)
PAID paid Vacation - $3000 per year toward vacation expenses
150% charity matching
Generous stock options (1 year to first stake, 4 years to full vesting)
21 days annual paid time off
Opportunities to travel and attend/speak at industry events
Paid Internet access for your home
Multiple transportation options (Bus Pass, Flexcar, parking, etc.)
Great benefits (medical, dental, etc.)
Catered hot lunch Thursdays
Catered hot breakfast Wednesdays
Fully-stocked fridge, bar, cereal bar and all the turkey jerky and candy you want!
Not to mention one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Swimmer-Remote-Control-Inflatable-Flying/dp/tags-on-product/B005FYEAJ8

Thanks again for stopping by! If you are interested in this opportunity:

Click here to apply.

We look forward to learning more about you!