<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Hey Folks,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> Operating one of the worlds largest unix environments, Yahoo! is beginning to embrace virtualization in a big way. We're looking to hire some awesome Senior level operations engineers to join our virtualization operations team. If you've ever wanted to be a part of what may become the worlds largest Openstack shop and sit on the bleeding edge of operationalizing Openstack; now's the time.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> Yahoo! is a pretty awesome place to work for, with incredible people and technology driving our business.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The official version of the job description is below. It's not nearly as ass-kicky as the one I wrote, but my boss says I need to use this one. Because this version doesn't include photographs of my VP sitting on the back of a golf cart, in a Ghille suit, drinking beer, while a teammate fires a bow at pictures of moose from the back of said golf-cart. Which is moving.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Like I said, Yahoo! is pretty awesome. If you're interested, please drop me a line.</div><div><br></div><div>-James</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">---</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Sr. OpenStack/Virtualization Engineer</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Yahoo! is the premier digital media company. We deliver your world, your</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">way by creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">half a billion people connected to what matters most - across devices and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">around the globe. And it's the Yahoos behind the scenes who make this all</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">possible. We are energetic, idea-driven people who are passionate about</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">shaping the future of the digital world. So if this sounds like you, come</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">show us what you've got. Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Key Responsibilities:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Work with Yahoo! OpenStack architecture team to deploy OpenStack and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Virtualization at Yahoo!.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Assist with the development of automated OpenStack/KVM deployment</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">solutions and distribution services.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Support and interact with customers through a combination of ticket, IM,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">phone and in person.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Troubleshoot OpenStack/KVM environments to resolve virtualization related</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">issues.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Perform configuration quality checks on all virtual devices.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Establish monitoring for OpenStack services.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Work with the OpenStack community to address technical issues.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Technical Skills:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*At least five years of Unix systems admin experience in a large</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">production Unix environment, RedHat preferred.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Solid network experience working with TCP/IP, VLAN's, routing, etc.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Exposure to firewalls, DNS and or load balancers would be ideal.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Some practical experience in implementing, operating and troubleshooting</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">the following:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> -Hypervisor configuration (KVM, XenServer, etc) (required)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> -Python (required)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> -OpenStack (should be familiar)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> -MySQL</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> -Bash</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> -Apache</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> -Perl</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Intangible Assets:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*A passion for virtualization technology and open cloud standards.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Experience in a role where good attention to detail was clearly</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">demonstrated.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Motivated self-starter, who can complete work with minimal supervision.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Able to multi-task and remain effective under pressure.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Proven strong verbal and written communication, with colleagues and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">customers.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">*Willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.!</div></div></body></html>