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Did I forget to mention that we at Oxygen Cloud are hiring, http://www.oxygencloud.com/careers.html

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If you have a passion to work at a fast moving company, understand the unique demand of supporting a fully automated scalable backend then you are the person for this job!

Go ahead and submit your resume to me zuhaib.siddique oxygencloud.com . You can read the full description of the job here: http://www.oxygencloud.com/careers

A Systems Administrator position here at Oxygen encompasses much, much more than just maintaining some Linux servers. You will be given the the opportunity to work with the latest technologies and tools in order to overcome the real-world challenges that accompany the ambitious goal of bringing Oxygen to the masses.

We are looking for very smart, very dedicated individuals that like nothing more than to get their hands dirty addressing scaling, performance, and availability challenges across a vast cloud infrastructure. Passion, skill, and a whole lot of Geek Cred are the attributes we are looking for here.

Does 90% of your home electric bill come from powering dozens of gadgets and several Linux boxes? Does your idea of a “fun night” involve opening your wireless access up to your bandwidth stealing neighbors, so that you can invert all of their web content? Do you find that your most common thought on a daily basis is “I’ll just write a script for that”? If so, then we want to talk to you.

Role/Responsibilities:

Manage the day-to-day operations of Oxygen’s infrastructure to ensure smooth 24×7 operation
Work closely with Engineering to ensure proper and timely deployment of software to staging and production environments.
Use cutting edge methods and technology to identify and solve problems related to performance, scalability, reliability, and availability
Develop, implement, and continually improve upon best practice processes and procedures
Skills/Experience:

2-4 years of hard core system administration or technical operations experience
Very strong knowledge of Linux system administration practices and troubleshooting.
Strong passion for Cloud storage and Cloud computing technologies
Experience with Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, and cloud services infrastructures
Ability to troubleshoot errors and proactively identify issues
Demonstrated ability to generate and maintain technical documentation
Bonus Skills:

Understanding of MySQL performance characteristics and scaling options
Knowledge of systems architecture design and implementation
Knowledge of configuration management and automation (Chef, Puppet, etc.)
Experience with the following tech: Nginx, Ruby, Python, LDAP/AD, DNS/BIND, SSO, SMTP, NFS, Beanstalk, Memcached, SSL
Requirements for applying:

Tell us what interests you about this position
Tell us about a project that you have significantly contributed to and are very proud of
E-mail the above and your resume in PDF format to jobs@oxygencloud.com

mysqldump -P <port#> -h <server ip>-u mysql_user -p database_name table_name > backup.sql

To restore your DB in the cloud you use a more well-known mysql technique

mysql -u mysql_user -p -h <server ip> cloud_db_name < backup.sql

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