[nylug-jobs] [nylug-job] Google seeks UNIX/Linux Engineering Managers/Directors

[Ron Guerin]

* JobID: #458
* Submitted On: 2006-6-24 22:30:3

* Company: Google
* Contact: Amy Klein,
* Email:  aklein at google.com
* Url: http://www.google.com/jobs
* Fax: Not Specified

* Title: UNIX/Linux Engineering Manager/Director

* Salary: Not Specified

* Description: Engineering Manager/Director, Google.com Engineering
  We're looking for a highly technical, hands-on Software Engineering
  Managers/Directors to lead a team of 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.

  Requirements:
  - Very high technical competence and strong academic record.
  - BA/BS in Computer Science preferred; MS/PhD a plus.
  - 3-10+ years of relevant experience managing software development
    teams
  - Excellent understanding of coding principles.
  - Strong understanding of UNIX/Linux.
  - 5+ years of relevant hands-on technical experience, and a record of
    individual technical achievement.
  - Deep understanding of networking
    # 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 (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.
  - Skilled in leading projects, 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.

* Required Skills: UNIX/Linux System Administration, Networking
  (TCP/IP), Software Engineering (C, C++, or Java). Scripting (Perl,
   Python, or shell).

* Location: Mountain View, CA / Santa Monica, CA / Dublin, Ireland /
  Zurich, Switzerland

* Furthermore: We're looking for a highly technical, hands-on
  Engineering or Operations Manager to lead a team of 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.