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Amazon Prime
by Jonathan Hutchins 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

If you use Amazon Prime, and if you don't want to pay an extra $20 for next year, this seems to work: http://lifehacker.com/get-another-year-of-amazon-prime-for-79-even-as-a-cur…

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KU (Lawrence) Linux System Administrator - Information Technology
by Andrew Beals 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

http://employment.ku.edu/jobs/4205 Linux System Administrator - Information Technology Position Title: IT Engineer Posting Id: 4205 Department: Information Technology Categories: Unclassified Professional Staff Regular Advertised Rate of Pay: Commensurate with experience and education Department: Information Technology Position Title: IT Engineer Working Title: Linux System Administrator Position #: 00068973 & 00000372 Job Posting ID#: 4205 Position Overview: This is a technical IT engineering position performing systems administration tasks including design, implementation, & systems management and operations. This position will work both independently and as a team member of the Enterprise Systems group. Members of this team will work daily with staff across a number of IT disciplines including Data Center Operations, Enterprise Platforms, and many other IT groups in the support of the overall mission of KU IT. This position will assist project teams with technical deployment, design, and planning in the acquisition and implementation of mid to large scale enterprise IT projects. The individual holding this position will: Job Duties: 60% - Technical administration of Linux/UNIX based Operating Systems and major subsystems: a. Planning and installation of version/release, upgrades/security patches. b. Problem resolution and complex troubleshooting. c. Proactive and emergency maintenance. d. Design and implementation of project related IT systems e. Configuration, planning, and documentation. f. Participate in the development of standards, architecture, and design theory for the management and operation of large scale Linux systems. 30% - Technical consultant for Third Party products and “add ons” in the Linux/UNIX environment: a. Installation of version/release, upgrades/security patches. b. Problem resolution. c. Proactive and emergency maintenance. d. Configuration and documentation. 10% - Other: a. Will be part of the on-call rotation. b. Other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications: 1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or computer related field, or three years of combined education and experience. 2. Two years of supporting Linux/UNIX operating systems and major subsystems in a medium/large environment (50+ systems Linux/UNIX systems). 3. One year of experience with automated patch systems. 4. One year of experience with automated systems deployment. 5. One year of experience with running Linux/UNIX in a virtualized environment. 6. Experience working in a team environment 2 or more people. Preferred Qualifications: 1. One year of experience with Red Hat Linux Satellite Server. 2. One year of experience with Enterprise level SAN Storage >100TB in size. 3. One year of experience managing centralized authentication systems in a Linux/UNIX environment. 4. One year of experience authenticating Linux/Unix systems against an Active Directory environment. 5. One year of experience with running Linux/UNIX under VMWare ESX. 6. One year of experience with administrating the monitoring of Linux/UNIX servers. 7. One year of experience of managing remote access to Linux/UNIX servers and applications. 8. One year of experience in Linux/UNIX scripting in Perl or shell script. 9. Experience in process improvement and/or project management. Salary Range: Salary is commensurate with experience & education FTE: 1.0 Contact Information for Applicant: Vickye Kozlowski / Vickye(a)ku.edu / (785) 864-0493 Deadline/Review Date: 01/05/14 Specific Detailed Application Instructions for this Position: An application packet includes: completed online application, cover letter, resume or curriculum vitae and contact information for 3 references. Only complete applications will be considered. Once the application is completed, the system will allow individuals to upload their materials. Pay, Benefits & Work Schedule Pay: This is a Non-Exempt (Hourly), Unclassified Professional Staff (UPS) position. The salary is commensurate with experience & education Benefits: If this position will be appointed at 50% or more it is benefits-eligible. Benefits-eligible employees are eligible for group health insurance coverage as well as other benefit programs, retirement and other insurance programs. Semi-monthly employee health insurance premiums are determined based upon full-time or part-time employment status. Please click here for additional information concerning benefits coverage. Work Schedule: This position is Monday-Friday, 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Application Instructions Applicants are required to complete the online application with all applicable information. Applications should include all relevant work history and all education details (if applicable) even if attaching a resume or curriculum vitae (CV). We strongly encourage applicants to have their cover letter and resume/CV as one document when applying for positions at the University of Kansas. Once you have completed the application form, you will have the opportunity to attach other documentation in the "My Career Tools" page of the Careers Homepage. ***When completing the application, please make sure to hit NEXT on the right side of each page until it is no longer available before hitting SUBMIT. Once you hit the SUBMIT button you can make no further changes to the application. Please click the "Apply Now" link on this job posting to proceed with the online application. If you have any questions during the application process, please contact us at employ(a)ku.edu or (785) 864-4946. Non-Discrimination Statement The University of Kansas - Lawrence, University of Kansas Medical Center, the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita and its affiliated locations are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University's programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA(a)ku.edu, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785)864-6414, 711 TTY. Arrangements will be made if you have a disability that requires an accommodation in completing the application form or in interviewing. Please notify Human Resources at (785) 864-4946 in advance so necessary arrangements can be made.

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OP Small Business SysAdmin job
by Billy Crook 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

I'm looking to hire a fellow sysadmin with 2+ years experience. You will work with me to help look after a couple dozen servers and as many desktops and users. Two colo racks and one employee office, all in Johnson County. The Office is at 13220 Metcalf, in South OP. No out of town travel required. We're a cyber security consultancy, small company with a casual workplace environment. Scripting is especially important to keep up with growing workloads. Fluency isn't required in any language, but familiarity is expected in any. Must be willing to manage multiple projects concurrently. For me this means queuing in screen sessions, tabs, email labels. There will occasionally be after-hours work. Particularly, time-sensitive maintenance. Incident response can happen any time 24x7 as well, but is quite rare. Most production applications are Java or PHP on MySQL. Other staff do development work, we facilitate deploys and keep it running smoothly once it's out. Since we are a managed security firm, any recent, non-trivial security work would be a plus. The successful candidate must enjoy hands-on learning and have a successful track record of technical problem solving and individual accomplishment. I'm particularly looking for an OSX and Apple hardware savant. That's the most common desktop in use at the office, and it'd be nice if we had someone on staff who could run circles around AppleCare any day. I'm also particularly interested in someone who wants to eventually work early hours e.g. 0200 to 1000 to increase clock coverage during which an admin is ready to handle incidents. I realize that is a long shot however. Some buzzwords: OSX, Mandriva, Enterprise Linux, JAVA, Tomcat, Apache, VMWare, MySQL, PHP, BASH, Expect, Cisco, Nagios, Cacti, Git, Atlassian Confluence, Jira, Hudson, Screen, LDAP, Radius, SAN, Backups, Failover, Asterisk, BIND, Google Apps, Documentation. Let me know if I've left anything out. We haven't posted the position yet, but we're looking for candidates. Please reply for more details if you are looking for a job like this. Pay is good, but I shouldn't put a number in public yet. I wan't to see who's out there.

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[Fwd: Motorola Sr Linux Administrator opening]
by Jonathan Hutchins 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Motorola Sr Linux Administrator opening From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com> Date: Sun, November 17, 2013 11:21 pm To: "hutchins(a)opus1.com" <hutchins(a)Opus1.COM> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan, Do you have any friends that would be interested in this opening? I have attached the job description for the Sr Linux Administrator opening we have with Motorola. This is a 6 month contract to hire opening with an open salary range (They are open to seeing any candidate regardless on salary). This position sits out of the Lawrence KS Motorola office. Motorola is looking for candidates strong with Linux administration and networking switches/routers/routers. Please let me know if you know anyone who would be interested in this opening. Best regards, Brian Fellers | Professional Recruiter T 913.664.0149 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com<mailto:bfellers@TEKsystems.com> 888.318.2074 | F 913.338.2435 7285 W 132nd St, Suite #140, Overland Park, KS 6621 [cid:image003.gif@01CEE3EA.0F680210]<http://www.teksystems.com/> [cid:image004.gif@01CEE3EA.0F680210]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfellers> [cid:image005.gif@01CEE3EA.0F680210] ________________________________ This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic mail or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you.

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[Fwd: Sprint Linux Systems Engineer opening]
by Jonathan Hutchins 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Sprint Linux Systems Engineer opening From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com> Date: Fri, November 1, 2013 4:24 pm To: "hutchins(a)opus1.com" <hutchins(a)Opus1.COM> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan, How is everything going at the GSA? Do you have any friends in the job market that might be interested in this opening? Below is the job description for the Sprint Linux Systems Engineer opening. The requirement number for this opening is 0001664732. The worksite location is Overland Park, KS. The hourly rate on this contract is open. Systems Administrator III administers and configures application server clusters and web servers, as well as setting up server securities. The candidate is also required to investigate, report and document exceptions for development teams. Bachelors Degree and 5 or more years of experience are required. Sprint is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator that is able to demonstrate an ability to provide high levels of customer service, with proven experience resolving technical support issues over the phone and within a corporate computing environment. Additionally, requires candidate to participate in a 7x24 rotational coverage. Ensure company standard server technologies meet proper performance and capacity standards. Participate in requirements gathering and definition. Provide advanced level expertise on IT issues relating to Linux OS. Participate in design and maintenance of enterprise architecture. Respond to and resolve support requests Participate in an on-call rotation for support of systems outside of normal business hours. Best regards, Brian Fellers | Professional Recruiter T 913.664.0149 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com<mailto:bfellers@TEKsystems.com> 888.318.2074 | F 913.338.2435 7285 W 132nd St, Suite #140, Overland Park, KS 66213 [cid:image003.gif@01CED6F6.4A121140]<http://www.teksystems.com/> [cid:image004.gif@01CED6F6.4A121140]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfellers> [cid:image005.gif@01CED6F6.4A121140] ________________________________ This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic mail or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you.

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[Fwd: Ascend Linux Systems Engineer opening]
by Jonathan Hutchins 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Ascend Linux Systems Engineer opening From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com> Date: Wed, October 30, 2013 6:28 pm To: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, Attached is the job description for the Linux Systems Engineer opening we have with Ascend Learning. Ascend is looking for any Linux candidate that has experience with Moodle. This is a 3-6 month long contract. Ascend is located at 11161 Overbrook Rd Leawood, KS. Please let me know if you know anyone who is in the job market and would be interested in this opening. Linux Systems Engineer Job Description Ascend Learning, LLC (www.ascendlearning.com) is a global leader providing online education, assessment, remediation, certification and e-learning solutions for the post-secondary academic market specifically serving the nursing, allied health, sports medicine, public safety, and the financial services industries. Ascend employs more than 900 employees in 35 states. Ascend's portfolio companies consist of Jones and Bartlett Learning, ATI Nursing Education, the National Healthcare Association, ExamFX, the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Boston Reed, Advanced Informatics and ClickSafety. Job Summary: The Linux Systems Engineer will be responsible for the design, implementation, and support of the company's Linux infrastructure. This position is highly technical in nature, requires excellent technical skills in a variety of competencies, and the ability to learn and adopt new technologies. The Linux Systems Engineer will join a team of highly motivated engineers who are passionate about technology. The team is responsible for supporting our 24x7 systems infrastructure. Responsibilities: * Engineers, implements, and supports the organization's Linux systems infrastructure * Evaluates current Linux systems environments, conducts research, recommends, and implements innovate systems technology that can enhance the reliability, security, productivity, and efficiency of the Linux infrastructure * Develops and maintains documentation of design, as well as, on-going operation and administration of systems infrastructure * Contribute to and maintains technical standards for Linux systems infrastructure * Provides fourth-tier support for the efficient resolution of Linux systems-related incidents, service requests, and problems; and updates service desk management tool accordingly * Assists other IT functional teams to troubleshoot critical Linux business systems * Solves complex problems with many variables Required Candidate Experience & Qualifications: * 5+ years of experience as a Linux Systems Engineer, or a Linux Administrator * Certifications preferred (e.g. Linux+ or LPIC) * An Associate's degree or higher in computer science, MIS, IS, related field or equivalent and related work experience * Extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of systems technology, such as but not limited to Ubuntu Server 8 or higher, Landscape, Apache, VMware vSphere 4 or higher, Moodle, Wordpress, and NAS and SAN (EMC, Equallogic, NetApp) * Customer-centric attitude with internal and external customers * High level of written communication and documentation skills * Possess knowledge in ITIL processes such as Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management, Service Delivery, and Continual Service Improvement * Must be disciplined, dynamic and flexible to manage multiple projects and tasks, work effectively in a rapidly changing environment and meet ongoing and overlapping deadlines * Must be able to operate autonomously with little supervision to achieve desired goals * Work weekends/nights on occasion for maintenance * Participate in weekly on-call support rotation Best regards, Brian Fellers | Professional Recruiter T 913.664.0149 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com<mailto:bfellers@TEKsystems.com> 888.318.2074 | F 913.338.2435 7285 W 132nd St, Suite #140, Overland Park, KS 66213 [cid:image003.gif@01CED59D.C8934700]<http://www.teksystems.com/> [cid:image004.gif@01CED59D.C8934700]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfellers> [cid:image005.gif@01CED59D.C8934700] ________________________________ This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic mail or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you.

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Re: Job Opening, Leawood KS.
by Jonathan Hutchins 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Should have put the contact info in the post: Brian Fellers | Professional Recruiter T 913.664.0149 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com<mailto:bfellers@TEKsystems.com> 888.318.2074 | F 913.338.2435 7285 W 132nd St, Suite #140, Overland Park, KS 66213

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Job Opening, Leawood KS.
by Jonathan Hutchins 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Job Summary: The Linux Systems Engineer will be responsible for the design, implementation, and support of the companys Linux infrastructure. This position is highly technical in nature, requires excellent technical skills in a variety of competencies, and the ability to learn and adopt new technologies. The Linux Systems Engineer will join a team of highly motivated engineers who are passionate about technology. The team is responsible for supporting our 24x7 systems infrastructure. Responsibilities: Engineers, implements, and supports the organizations Linux systems infrastructure Evaluates current Linux systems environments, conducts research, recommends, and implements innovate systems technology that can enhance the reliability, security, productivity, and efficiency of the Linux infrastructure Develops and maintains documentation of design, as well as, on-going operation and administration of systems infrastructure Contribute to and maintains technical standards for Linux systems infrastructure Provides fourth-tier support for the efficient resolution of Linux systems-related incidents, service requests, and problems; and updates service desk management tool accordingly Assists other IT functional teams to troubleshoot critical Linux business systems Solves complex problems with many variables Required Candidate Experience & Qualifications: 5+ years of experience as a Linux Systems Engineer, or a Linux Administrator Certifications preferred (e.g. Linux+ or LPIC) An Associate's degree or higher in computer science, MIS, IS, related field or equivalent and related work experience Extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of systems technology, such as but not limited to Ubuntu Server 8 or higher, Landscape, Apache, VMware vSphere 4 or higher, Moodle, Wordpress, and NAS and SAN (EMC, Equallogic, NetApp) Customer-centric attitude with internal and external customers High level of written communication and documentation skills Possess knowledge in ITIL processes such as Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management, Service Delivery, and Continual Service Improvement Must be disciplined, dynamic and flexible to manage multiple projects and tasks, work effectively in a rapidly changing environment and meet ongoing and overlapping deadlines Must be able to operate autonomously with little supervision to achieve desired goals Work weekends/nights on occasion for maintenance Participate

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Geeky schwag offered in exchange for DNS usage reports
by David Nicol 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

who works at ISPs any more? DNS resolving seems awfully centralized these days, what with the high-bandwidth backbones and overengineered central servers. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: bert hubert <bert.hubert(a)netherlabs.nl> Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 2:05 PM Subject: [Pdns-users] Want to help PowerDNS? Want a free PowerDNS mug? Please send in (anonymized) PCAPs! To: pdns-users(a)mailman.powerdns.com, pdns-announce(a)mailman.powerdns.com Hi everybody, Over the years, DNS access patterns change. New versions of popular operating systems, whole new operating systems, DNSSEC, larger IPv6 deployments, the shift to mobile etc mean that the strategies for best DNS performance are changing. A few years ago we asked you to help us optimize the PowerDNS Recursor by sending us (anonymized) dumps of resolver traffic, and that was tremendously helpful for us in improving the performance of the recursor. We are now asking you to help us again, since we've observed that our few years old traffic is no longer representative of all the new devices on the internet these days. And to help you along, we'll lovingly ship you some PowerDNS mugs and pens to thank you for your PCAPS! We will of course not share your PCAP files with anybody, and we also provide the 'dnswasher' tool to remove your customer's IP addresses from the dumps. What we are looking for is traffic from/to PowerDNS Recursors. To record, try: # tcpdump -i eth0 -w for-powerdns-from-x -C 1000 -s 1600 port 53 (or -i any) And leave this running for as long as you want. It will generate 1G large PCAP files which will help us tremendously. To test yourself, feed the file generated to 'dnsreplay' for example, or 'dnsscope' and get statistics on how well you are doing. To submit the files to us, optionally feed them through 'dnswasher' to remove customer IP addresses, and then upload to ftp://training.powerdns.com/anon This anon directory is world writable, but not readable. Filenames have to be unique however. If you want, we can provide feedback on what your PCAPs have taught us, please send email to powerdns.support(a)powerdns.com. This is also the place to send your address for the free PowerDNS mugs & pens! To learn more about dnsreplay, dnsscope, and dnswasher, see http://doc.powerdns.com/html/analysis.html . To download, head to: https://autotest.powerdns.com/job/auth-git-semistatic-deb-amd64/ https://autotest.powerdns.com/job/auth-git-semistatic-rpm-amd64/ https://autotest.powerdns.com/job/auth-git-semistatic-deb-i386/ https://autotest.powerdns.com/job/auth-git-semistatic-rpm-i386/ But, to clarify, any pcap is good for us, if it is washed, analyzed or not. Thank you very much, and we hope to be receiving lots of packets! Bert -- PowerDNS Website: http://www.powerdns.com/ Contact us by phone on +31-15-7850372 _______________________________________________ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users(a)mailman.powerdns.com http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users -- You've got to wiggle before you can crawl

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Setting Gnome resolution from the command line
by Charles Steinkuehler 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

Speaking of Gnome, does anyone know how to change the Gnome resolution from the command line? I don't mean using xrandr or fbset (I've tried and those don't work...this is a BeagleBone with Angstrom). When the HDMI interface is working, I can run the display settings GUI and pick from a few resolutions auto-detected via EDID. What I need is a way to ask Gnome from the command line what display options are available and select one when the system pics a resolution the HDMI monitor doesn't like (so there's no visible GUI). I can't pull up anything on setting Gnome desktop settings via the command line on Google, but maybe I'm not asking the right way. Anyone know Gnome well enough to point me towards where to start looking? -- Charles Steinkuehler charles(a)steinkuehler.net

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