CubeTree Job: Linux Systems Engineer

Position: Linux Systems Engineer

Intro:

CubeTree is looking for a talented Linux Engineer to help build out our vision of world-class Enterprise 2.0 systems and contribute to the applications that power them. An ideal candidate would have experience with many aspects of LAMP systems from setting up and configuring the boxes to developing, testing and deploying web applications. The right candidate will join a senior team of architects, systems experts, QA professionals, and world-class web developers from both the enterprise and the consumer web markets.

Requirements

• Experience installing and configuring Linux (RedHat, Debian) and other flavors of Unix
• Knowledge of firewalls and routing
• Experience with automated or centralized administration
• A solid foundation in network troubleshooting
• Experience installing, configuring and using system monitoring tools (Naggios, Cacti, Hyperic, SiteScope)
• MySQL administration experience (HA, failover, disaster recovery, performance optimization)
• Advanced knowledge of security best practices
• Strong shell scripting skills
• Track record of proactively monitoring and troubleshooting systems issues
• A strong desire to learn new skills, take on challenging new projects, and learn from experienced senior engineers
• Excited to work in a highly iterative development process with weekly production releases

Highly desirable skills

• Experience performing capacity planning and detailed load and performance testing
• Scripting languages like Ruby, PHP, or Perl a big plus
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Solid grasp of data modeling, database design, and data access best practices
• Ruby / Rails experience
• Familiarity with securing web applications
• Previous start-up experience or exposure to short release cycles, XP, or agile methodologies
• BS, Computer Science or equivalent

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About CubeTree:

CubeTree's hosted collaboration suite helps companies create internal social networks. CubeTree's social networking features include profiles, microblogging, tagging and activity feeds for 30+ types of feed items. A company's CubeTree network is private to the company, free for any number of employees and comes with enterprise-ready security and administration. To help employees collaborate better, applications like wikis, microblogging, file-sharing, link-sharing, polls and group chat are integrated into CubeTree's social networking platform, and included for free. CubeTree supports 20+ built-in integrations, from consumer software like Twitter to enterprise applications like CRM and Google Apps, and a rich API enables custom integrations.

CubeTree is well-funded by Trinity Ventures, InterWest Partners and Mitch Kapor. CubeTree secured an $8 Million series B financing on November 4, 2009. Gus Tai and Bruce Cleveland sit on CubeTree's Board of Directors. CubeTree's management team includes executives from Symantec, SAP, Oracle, and Amazon. CubeTree is located in Redwood City, CA.