[CS-FSLUG] Jobs at Rackspace, tech "telework" in general

[Ed Dodds]

Micah:

Just curious -- has your management ever considered sturcturing the work so
that at least some of these positions could be done remotely a la
culturerx.com ? I monitor the tech press re: the C-Suite complaints
regarding hiring tech workers and they all ( gross exaggeration ) seem  to
miss the point that the "relocate your family to another local -- often {
not in your case apparently } to a real estate market which isn't
supportable with typical tech salaries only to by outsourced when you
arrive" fear is a relevant factor in these decisions.

Ed Dodds

-----Original Message-----
From: christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz
[mailto:christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Micah Yoder
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:13 AM
To: A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group.
Subject: [CS-FSLUG] Jobs at Rackspace

Just thought I'd throw this out if anyone is looking to move ... :)

I work third shift Linux support at Rackspace Managed Hosting in San
Antonio.  I know we have about 8 open positions for Level 2 Linux techs that
they are having a hard time filling, just for third shift alone.  There are
probably more for first and second shift.

To qualify, you would need to know most of the following (though a few gaps
in knowledge is probably forgivable):

* How to navigate a Linux system (mainly RHEL, occasionally you'll see a
different distro or FreeBSD)
* up2date, yum, and RPM
* How to manage processes, memory, filesystems, all that
* Apache configuration
* Postfix and Sendmail
* TCP/IP
* DNS troubleshooting (bind is not officially supported for customers so you
don't normally need to know the details of its config file)

Of course they're also mainly looking for people with good customer service
skills, since their motto is "Fanatical support" (and they really do live by
that, it isn't just marketing hype!).

There are also positions for third shift (and maybe first and second)
Network Security people.  Those folks manage firewalls, load balancers, and
advanced IP/DNS issues.

I'm pretty happy with the job, and it would be great to have more Christians
here.  The pay is decent, especially with the 3rd shift differential.  They
pay relocation for Level 2 techs.  And I would get a $1000 bonus. :D

Plus, San Antonio is a fine place to live with relatively low cost of
living.

E-mail me, probably best off-list, if interested. :)

-- MIcah

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