From owner-freebsd-jobs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 22:21:42 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EF00106564A for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:21:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@weta.stanford.edu) Received: from smtp.stanford.edu (smtp1.Stanford.EDU [171.67.219.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78FA48FC13 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:21:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.stanford.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id A1494470176 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:05:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from weta.stanford.edu (weta.Stanford.EDU [128.12.181.231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.stanford.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C48A470131 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:05:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ian by weta.stanford.edu with local (Exim 4.74 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1QmCE8-0007rv-Tp for freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:05:16 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:05:16 -0700 From: Ian Downes To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110727220516.GA20895@weta.stanford.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: Ian Downes X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:38:49 +0000 Subject: Development/Operations engineer, Palo Alto, CA -- FreeBSD/startup X-BeenThere: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Jobs offered and sought List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:21:42 -0000 The job description is below, with more information available through LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1805547 I'd like to reinforce that this is actually a fairly FreeBSD specific role. So, if the idea of FreeBSD + funded startup sounds appealing, please read on! Please feel free to contact me for more information @ubalo.com or even to just hear about what we're building with FreeBSD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're looking for a talented devops engineer to join our team building a scalable, web-based platform for numerical and scientific computing. The ideal candidate will be extremely comfortable in a Linux/Unix environment, experienced in large-scale distributed systems and almost fanatical about automation. The position is full-time, is based at our office in downtown Palo Alto, and reports directly to the chief technology officer. Responsibilities: + Automate provisioning and configuration of web front-end and data back-end systems. Our backend compute clusters are going to be large (1000's of nodes) and dynamic (measured in minutes/hours). We need dependable infrastructure tools to manage this effectively. + Develop and maintain middleware services that integrate tightly with the rest of the development team. + Assist with key architectural decisions and on engineering best-practices, particularly looking forward as we scale. + Automate and maintain backup and archive systems that are tested to work. + Secure and harden Unix based systems, both against malicious attackers and well-intentioned users from within. Requirements: + 3+ years of Linux/Unix operations experience. FreeBSD/*BSD or Solaris is a big plus. + Skilled and experienced programmer, Ruby/Python preferred with some competency in sh/bash. You must be able to write clean, re-usable and maintainable code in a professional engineering environment. + Lots of experience with configuration management software such as Chef, + Puppet or CFEngine. + We're big on virtualization so you'll need experience with technologies like EC2/Xen and jails/containers/lxc or be able to pick them up quickly. Experience in architecting and deploying large distributed systems. These things are hard and we know it. + Any experience with messaging libraries and/or message-oriented middleware is a plus. About us: + We're a funded startup based in Palo Alto. Founded by a couple of Stanford engineering grads, we're a small, focused team but growing quickly. + Ubalo is a scalable, web-based platform that just lets scientists and engineers get their numerical and data analysis results, fast. We're not just sticking some legacy software in the cloud, but we're rethinking how to do numerical computing and data analysis from the ground up.