System administrator

This position has been filled. We do not currently have any openings for system administrators. If you would like to submit a resume, we will file it for future openings.

Fog Creek Software operates a network including two data centers and our headquarters in New York. We have a mixed network, mostly Linux and Windows. We are looking to add a second system administrator.

Some typical things in our environment: DNS and BIND, Postfix, Cyrus, Linux firewalls and routing, LDAP and Windows 2003 Active Directory, Exchange, Nagios, IPSec VPNs, Subversion, racks and racks of Dell server hardware, Veritas Backup Exec, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, IIS 6.0, and VMWare Server. We need someone who can program well enough to write maintenance applications (for example, SQL Log Mirroring to create warm backups) and scripts for monitoring applications (e.g. nagios), and who has the good sense to document everything extensively. We don't care about certifications.

If you are the kind of person who loves hacking, can figure out anything on their own, and learns fast, extensive experience is not necessary. This is a great chance to learn system administration from a master.

Requirements

  • Top notch hacking skills, including Unix/Linux system administration experience, network administration, network planning, and documentation.
  • A remarkable ability to make just about anything work, even when the only documentation is the source code and you're at the far end of a 1200 baud telnet link.
  • Obsession about good security and reliability practices, you build systems with no single point of failure
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English
  • Permanent legal right to work in the US
  • May involve work after normal business hours, and being on-call
  • This position is in our office in midtown New York. No telecommuting.
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Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Free gym membership
  • Free MetroCard
  • Free lunch
  • Free soft drinks and snacks
  • Comprehensive health insurance plan
  • 401(k) retirement plan with matching
  • Stock plan
  • Generous parental leave policy
  • Flextime
  • Four weeks paid vacation

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 and Copilot; both have been very successful and we have another major product under development. 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.

To apply, please email us at jobs@fogcreek.com, attaching a current resume in HTML, Word, Plain Text or PDF format. In the body of the email, explain why you would be a good fit for this job. If you have a website, send us the URL.