Terracotta is looking for a Systems Administrator to join our team in
San Francisco!

Required Skills

• Familiarity with most basic system administration tools and
  processes; for example, can boot/shut down a machine, add and remove
  user accounts, use backup programs and fsck or chkdsk, maintain system
  database files (groups, hosts, aliases, usermanager).
• Fundamental understanding of an operating system; for example,
  understands job control, soft and hard links or shortcuts, distinctions
  between the kernel and the user environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing
  purchase justifications, training users in complex topics, making
  presentations to an internal audience, and interacting positively with
  upper management and regular users. Patience is key!
• Comfortable supporting and Internal IT environment as well as a
  small production web installation.
• Independent problem-solving, self-directed.
• Comfortable with most aspects of operating system administration;
  for example, configuration of mail systems, system installation and
  configuration, printer systems, fundamentals of security, installing
  third-party software.
• Has a solid understanding of a UNIX-based operating system;
  understands paging and swapping, inter-process communication, devices
  and what device drivers do, filesystem concepts (inode, clustering,
  logical partitions).
• Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed computing
  environment concepts; can configure NFS and LDAP, NT domains; can use
  nslookup or dig to check information in the DNS; understands basic
  routing concepts.
• Ability to write scripts in some administrative language (Perl,
  Python, Ruby, a shell).
• Ability to work using a ticket system (RT)
• Ability to troubleshoot basic hardware problems including PCs,
  Macs, and servers
• Familiarity with networked/distributed computing environment
  concepts; for example, can use the route command or administer routing
  and remote access service, add a workstation to a network, and mount
  remote filesystems.
• Familiarity with the following: RedHat, Fedora, OpenBSD, Solaris,
  Windows, Tomcat, NFS, DHCP, DNS, Samba, LDAP,
  Apache httpd, kickstart, Nagios.

Required Background

• Three to five years of system administration experience.
• Previous experience at a startup as a system administrator a plus.

Desirable Background and Skills

• A degree in computer science or a related field.
• Some programming experience in Java
• Familiarity with the following: Asterisk, Polycom IP phones, SuSE
  linux, MacOS, Postfix, Mailman, Zimbra, Cisco VPN, Bacula, Postgresql,
  Autoyast, Jumpstart, automounter, RT, VMware, Puppet

Appropriate Responsibilities

• Receives general instructions for new responsibilities from
  supervisor.
• Administers a complex site alone or assists in the administration
  of a larger site.
• Initiates some new responsibilities and helps to plan for the
  future of the site/network.
• Evaluates and/or recommends purchases; has strong influence on
  purchasing process.

Interested? get in touch with us at careers@terracottatech.com!