Job #1
Engineering Hands-On Technical Manager/Director Google.com
Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland
Are you the kind of Manager that is just as highly technical as the staff you manage in Software Development? Although strategic management is part of this job the technical competence of this manager/director is key in this role.
Do you presently have expert coding ability and in-depth knowledge of algorithms?
We're looking for a highly technical, hands-on Engineer or Operations Manager to lead a team of 4-10+ Google software engineers and systems administrators for the Google.com group. The Google.com teams are directly responsible for Google's stellar uptime record, and act as the guardians and custodians of Google's user-visible services. In this leadership role, you will be responsible for ensuring that Google users can always reach and use all of the services under your team's care.
Positions based in Mountain View, CA or Dublin, Ireland.
Relocation a must-relocation assistance provided.
Requirements:
•Expert coding ability in any of the following languages: Python, C++, C, Java, Perl, PHP, or Shell.
•Very high technical competence and strong academic record.
•BA/BS in Computer Science; MS / Ph.D. a plus.
•In-depth knowledge of algorithms
•Unix platform experience.
•Deep understanding of networking ie: understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level
• Candidate must be able to “talk the talk” and “walk the walk” at very technical meetings understanding the nature of problems in scale and complexity and be able to have the verbal agility to communicate to technically astute teams across the company.
•Experienced in an internet application service environment preferable.
•3-10+ years of relevant hands-on experience managing software development and/or operations teams.
•Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user systems.
•That rare mix of intelligence, integrity, domain knowledge, verbal agility, and diplomacy which allows you to rapidly earn the trust of technically-astute teams across the company.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML or PDF version of your resume to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Job #2
Senior Unix Systems Administrator/Architect with heavy coding skills, Google.com (SRE)
Positions based in Mountain View, CA or Dublin, Ireland.
Requirements:
•Expert coding and troubleshooting in any of the following languages: Python, C, C++, Java, Shell, Perl, PHP
•3+ years Senior level Unix system administration experience.
•Deep understanding of networking ie: understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level
•In-depth knowledge of scripting.
•Experience with MySQL a plus.
•BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
•Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment.
•Are you a detail-oriented systems professional, seasoned Unix/Linux jockey, Internet services architect, database whiz, performance analyst, or software engineer, at the top of your game?
•Looking for the next cool problem to solve, in a fast-paced and engineering-driven environment?
•Can you write a script or application that performs practically the entire job you once held earlier in your career?
•Does your idea of a good time involve taking things apart just to see how they work? Are you successful putting them back together when you're done?
•Can you help achieve increased Availability, Reliability, Uptime, and
Quality? (for our systems and services, naturally)
If you answered "Yes" to more than three of the above questions, you may have what it takes. Keep reading.
Google.com Engineers are involved in all aspects of running our site. From design to debug, from architecture to applications, Google.com engineers spend their time troubleshooting problems in large-scale clustered application service environments, and focus on making continual improvements to our services.
Working for Google.com, you will wear many hats: performance analyst, service architect, system/database administrator, capacity planner, tools developer, monitoring expert, and technical evangelist, for all components of Google.com’s services.
This position requires a passion for problem solving, deep understanding of networks, operating systems, multi-tiered Internet services, and the ability to learn new applications and concepts quickly. Strong scripting skills are essential.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML or PDF version of your resume to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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