New York, NY. Full Time. Fog Creek Software
System Administrator
Fog Creek Software is looking for experienced, unstoppable Systems Administrators. On our team, you'll work with top-notch developers and support engineers on the infrastructure behind our SaaS applications like FogBugz On Demand, Kiln, and Trello. You'll build tools and automation that will run the environment while you sip lattes. You'll help tune the infrastructure and help plan for future growth.
Requirements
At least five years of computing experience. You know the terrain, you know you love it, and you can't stop bragging about it.
You have a solid grasp of the programing tools at your disposal and know when to use each one.
Working experience with configuration management (Puppet/Chef/CFEngine) and monitoring (Ganglia/Nagios) systems.
Comfortable owning the infrastructure and pragmatically solving problems dealing with complex systems, even when the only error messages are in hex and you're at the far end of a 1200 baud telnet link.
At ease wearing lots of hats in a heterogeneous environment. Working with web servers &#38; databases, Windows and Unix, hardware and software.
Excellent command of written and spoken English.
Permanent legal right to work in the US (includes TN status).
Willing to work in our New York City office. No telecommuting.
Benefits
Competitive salary
Free gym membership
Free MetroCard
Free lunch
Free soft drinks and snacks
Free DIY lattes
Comprehensive health insurance plan
401(k) retirement plan with matching
Generous parental leave policy
Flextime
Four weeks paid vacation
All-expense-paid technical conferences
To apply, email us at REDACTED_EMAIL, attaching a current resume in HTML, Word, Plain Text, or PDF format. In the body of the email describe how you fit our first five requirements. Your application will be read by a real, live Systems Engineer, so please eschew the non-technical fluff in favor of serious details.
About Fog Creek Software
Fog Creek Software is a small, entrepreneurial software company in New York City founded in 2000. Our key products are FogBugz, Kiln and Copilot; all three have been very successful. We bootstrapped ourselves without outside investment and have been profitable from the beginning.
Fog Creek Software, Inc. does not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. We support workplace diversity.
More Information Here: <a href="http://www.fogcreek.com/careers.html" >http://www.fogcreek.com/careers.html</a>
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