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Careers: Opening for System administrator

Written by Team Srijan | Feb 1, 2010 8:00:00 AM

We are looking for a spirited individual who would like to work with us as a system administrator

Personal qualities:

  • Self starter / quick learner (Curiosity)
  • Interested in identifying and solving problems pro-actively (Curiosity, again)
  • Interested in learning new things and expanding horizon (Curiosity, yet again)

Operational skills:

  • Compassion for “common people” 
  • Planning before doing
  • “Obsession” to test before implementing
  • Documenting everything you do

Technical Skills:


At the minimum, you should be well versed in the following:

  • Linux administration (installing, configuring, maintaining, Ubuntu, debian, fedora)
  • Installation, configuration, maintenance, optimization of:
    • Firewall
      • IPtables
      • Snort, firestorm
    • Virtualization platforms
      • xen
      • vmware
    • Apache web server
    • Load balancing and failover
      • haproxy
    • MySQL
    • Postfix
    • PHP frameworks
      • Drupal
      • Typo3
      • Zend
      • Magento
    • Python frameworks
      • Django
    • Apache solr
  • Scripting and regex using Perl, Shell, for investigation, automation and monitoring

If you feel that this sounds like you (of who you’d like to be), please write in to us at  jobs (at) srijan (dot) in, with an appropriate header. Do include a brief introduction about your work, skills, and specific interests in this opening, as well.