Job openings/System Administrator

The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring for our tech team at our San Francisco headquarters. The local staff work closely with remote staff and online volunteers around the world to maintain the steady operations of Wikipedia, the world's most popular non-profit website.

Title

System Administrator

Purpose

The purpose of this job is to support the continuing technical operation of Wikimedia Foundation websites, including Wikipedia, and the underlying software and hardware infrastructure.

Reports to

Chief Technical Officer

Responsibilities

System administration:

• Develop and maintain automated processes for internal software configuration and maintenance:
  • Maintain .deb packaging for customized software installations.
  • Create and maintain puppet scripts for configuration management.
• Update and maintain internal documentation of systems and processes.
• Assist in capacity planning and monitoring of system status.
• Assist in planning and implementing modifications to technical infrastructure.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining network security for server farm.
• Remotely update, install, configure software on servers in all data centers.
• Assist in maintaining corporate e-mail server.
• Maintain corporate security of files and technical hardware.
• Maintain backups of data between services.
• Ensure ongoing reporting of servers and service status.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with Linux/Unix server environments including Apache, Squid, MySQL administration. Experience with Ubuntu Server Edition is a plus.
• 3+ years experience with scripting languages, including PHP, Perl and shell scripting. Experience with low-level programming languages is a plus.
• Experience with MediaWiki, Nagios, Bugzilla, Ganglia, WordPress, GNU Mailman, CiviCRM is a plus.
• Experience with Linux packaging systems (.deb / apt-get) a plus
• Experience with puppet configuration management tool a plus
• You must be comfortable working in an environment that predominantly uses and rapidly adopts open source software solutions.
• Familiarity with data center environment setup & maintenance.
• Ability to work unsupervised from given task lists.
• Ability to work with other team members remotely to coordinate hardware and software configurations.

Location

This position will be based in San Francisco.