Hello Ondřej, ISC's QA engineering positing is very attractive to me, and I intend to apply. However, I have two questions.
Would ISC consider hiring someone part-time for the position? The story is, for many years I've been a contractor. That continues to go well, but I've been playing with the thought of a part-time regular position, but keeping a few of my favorite contacting jobs in addition. While I had concerns about making the change, working with BIND as my primary focus, and working for ISC, makes the decision extremely attractive. Those are opportunities I absolutely do not want to let pass. Yet, I'd like to avoid fully giving up what I'm doing today. Therefore, a part-time situation would be ideal. The other question is about timing. Can ISC wait until, at the latest, July 15th for applications? I'm currently traveling for work followed by a few additional personal days, and it would be easier to update my rather out-of-date resume/CV and apply, after I was back at home. Appropriately, my trip is to teach the course DNS & BIND Week. It is the identical course that ISC teaches, that Eddy teaches, for support customers. I work for Men & Mice teaching public courses. I've been teaching DNS/BIND courses for Men & Mice, including many times at ISC head-quarters in RwC, for many years. Currently, I'm currently the main developer of the DNS & BIND course material. I look forward to applying and hope to be working with you in the near future. Best regards and thank you, Dave [email protected] +41 76 425 7165 Informnis GmbH Waffenplatzstrasse 43 CH-8002 Zürch On 20.06.19 12:45, Ondřej Surý wrote: > > Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) is a public-benefit company whose mission > is to support the infrastructure of the Internet. In pursuit of this goal, we > have a team dedicated to developing open-source Internet infrastructure > software. Our main products are BIND 9, the Internet’s most popular DNS > server, and Kea, a modern implementation of the dynamic host configuration > protocol, as well as its predecessor ISC DHCP. > > ISC follows an equal opportunity employment policy. We employ people without > regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, > gender expression, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military > obligations and marital status. > > We are looking for a QA engineer to work on BIND 9. This engineer will be a > core part of the BIND 9 team, assisting the developers with the testing, > running the continuous integration jobs and be part of the release > engineering. > > BIND 9 is the most widely-used Domain Name server on the Internet, used by > some of the DNS root system operators, by Internet Service providers and > enterprises. The BIND 9 development team contributes to developing the > Internet standards for DNS, and BIND 9 is a reference implementation of the > standard. > > Responsibilities > > • Running, extending, and improving BIND tests > • Maintaining, tweaking, and evolving the CI/CD environment > • Troubleshooting BIND issues and writing code reproducing them > • Approving product releases for delivery > > Required Skills > > • At least 2 years of experience as a developer, test automation > developer, QA software test developer, or similar role > • Strong general troubleshooting skills, with ability to assess, > document and solve complex issues > • Experience with installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting > Unix-like systems (Linux, BSDs) > • Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 networking, both from a theoretical and a > practical standpoint > • Practical experience with at least one of the following scripting > languages: Bash / POSIX shell, Python, Perl > • Ability to communicate freely in English (verbal & written) > > Desirable Skills > > • Practical experience with GitLab CI and/or Jenkins > • Knowledge of virtualization technologies (containers & hypervisors) > • Practical experience with software packaging > • Practical experience with Git > • Practical experience with building software on Windows > • Understanding of the DNS protocol > • Practical experience with BIND > • C/C++ Programming experience > > Educational Requirements > > • Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or technical subject. > > Location > Anywhere. Although ISC is located in Redwood City, California (USA) and a > number of staff are based there, most of ISC’s staff work from their homes > throughout the rest of the world. > This position is open to anyone regardless of nationality, and is suitable > for home working. Note that occasional travel to the company’s USA offices > will be required. > > To learn more about ISC and its critical role in the Internet community, > visit https://www.isc.org. > > Apply here if you are interested in the position and you believe you would be > a good fit:: > https://jobs.isc.org/o/qa-engineer-for-bind-9 > > Ondřej > -- > Ondřej Surý > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > dns-jobs mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-jobs > > dns-jobs may be used by both job seekers and companies looking to hire > _______________________________________________ dns-jobs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-jobs dns-jobs may be used by both job seekers and companies looking to hire
