Job openings/System Administrator

JOB TITLE

System Administrator

JOB 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 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

There is no required geographic location for this position; we will primarily strive to find the best applicant, and remote work is a possibility. There are some preferences: Our headquarters are based in San Francisco, USA. We have data centers in Tampa, Florida, USA and in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. One of our software developers works in Sydney, Australia. Finally, there would be some benefit to applicants based in Eastern Europe or Asia for time zone reasons.

TO APPLY

Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs AT wikimedia DOT org, before August 27, 2008. Please put "System Administrator" in your subject line. Please also be aware that applications which do not include a cover letter will not be considered.

Also, please provide URLs to any existing free software work you may have done (own software or patches to other packages) if possible – we'd love to see what you can do! Let us know why this position interests you.

Please copy and paste the text of your CV into the e-mail, in addition to attaching the file.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that only people selected for an interview will be contacted. Regardless of whether you are interviewed, we thank you for your application.