* Christopher Snell wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I hope you will excuse the commercial nature of this post; I figured > that this is the best place to find what we are looking for.
looking for people myself, I must admit that I dislike abusing misc for this a bit, misc@ is for discussind OpenBSD related stuff and probably not to look for staff. > > Backcountry.com is seeking an OpenBSD and Linux systems administrator > to join its Systems and Networks Engineering team. Qualified > applicants will have solid experience configuring and maintaining > OpenBSD- and Linux-based servers in a production environment. We're a > close-knit group, so a positive, cooperative attitude and the ability > to function as part of a team are extremely important. > > Requirements: > > * Configuring and maintaining OpenBSD and Linux in a 24/7/365 > production environment > > * Solid UNIX systems and network security fundamentals > > * Excellent understanding of the OSI seven layer model and TCP/IP networking > > * Experience working with hardware and software RAID devices > > * Stateful packet filtering with pf and iptables > > * Configuration and tuning of Apache and PostgreSQL > > * Datacenter operations (cabling, racking, organizing) > > Additional Preferred Skills: > > * CARP, pfsync, VLANs, and trunking > * Configuration of layer 3 managed switches, eg. Foundry FastIron > * Configuration of layer 4-7 application switches, eg. Foundry ServerIron > * Asterisk PBX; > * GFS or other distributed file system technologies; > > Considerations: > > This position is based in Park City, Utah and is full-time and > benefits eligible. Benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, > floating holidays, subsidized medical insurance, voluntary coverage > (dental, short-term disability, supplemental accident), 401K, annual > profit sharing, employee gear discount, employee referral program, > flexible hours, casual dress, discounted season passes, and > transferable day ski passes. > > To Apply: > > Send resume, salary history, and answers to the following screening > questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "Systems Administrator" in the > subject line. > > Screening Questions: > > 1. Based on the following statements (props to Lewis Carroll), answer > the following questions: > > a. What can you logically conclude from these statements? > > b. Explain how you came to this conclusion (bonus points for using > symbolic logic). > > The statements: > > * No birds, except ostriches, are 9 feet high. > * There are no birds in this aviary that belong to anyone but me. > * No ostrich lives on mince pies. > * I have no birds less than 9 feet high. > > 2. Describe some differences between OpenBSD's and Linux's init(8). > > 3. Design a scalable e-mail architecture to support 1,000 users and > 2MM+ incoming and 200,000 outgoing e-mails/day. You may be as brief or > as verbose as you like. Architectural drawings, server, network, and > software specs are encouraged but not required. > > 4. Your home network has a single pf-based firewall machine between > your internal LAN and the general internet. The firewall machine has > two network interfaces: external (sk0) and internal (sk1). This > firewall takes a default-deny stance to *ALL* network traffic. You > have a machine on your internal LAN, "puffy", that wants to talk to > www.backcountry.com on TCP ports 80 and 443. Given the following pf > macros, write the appropriate rule(s) that will allow puffy to surf > www.backcountry.com: > > > external_if="sk0" > internal_if="sk1" > puffy_ip="10.0.0.67" > backcountry_ip="166.70.146.69" > > > 5. What are your top three innate strengths that you don't even have to try > at? > > 6. What is a genuine weakness that you strive to improve upon? (don't > twist a positive into a negative) > > 7. What is your desired salary range? > > 8. Why do you want to work at Backcountry.com? > > We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer
