Pandora - Senior Systems Administrator - Top Internet Music Company (Oakland, CA, USA)

[Jon Meyers <jmeyers@pandora.com>]

Pandora (www.pandora.com) is revolutionizing the way music lovers 
discover new music while listening to their favorite artists and tunes. 
 Pandora’s personalized radio service is powered by the Music Genome 
Project, the most comprehensive analysis of music ever undertaken. 
Pandora taps into a massive musical collection to deliver a service 
available anytime and anywhere - on the computer, in the home, and on 
mobile devices.  Members of the Pandora community build their own 
profiles, and connect to others to share in their musical experience.

Pandora has quickly become one of the largest online radio services, 
well-funded and with over 10 million registered users and growing fast. 
 We have partnerships with industry leaders such as Microsoft, HP, 
Sprint, AT&T, Sonos and Logitech.  As we build on our dramatic success, 
we are looking for talented, enthusiastic people to join our dynamic 
team.  We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, a 
downtown Oakland location walking distance from BART and with easy 
freeway access, and, above all, a terrific team and great work environment.

Pandora is dedicated to deploying *** Debian *** as a mission-critical 
technology.

Senior Systems Administrator [SSA01]

We are growing our Technical Operations team to meet the demands of our 
rapidly growing user community, and have a terrific opportunity for a 
Senior Systems Administrator with formidable experience and excellent 
communication skills.  This is an expert-level position in our Oakland, 
CA office.

Responsibilities

As a senior member of our Technical Operations team, you will assume a 
pivotal role in creating the company's core high-volume systems and 
network infrastructure and participate in key design decisions. You will 
be expected to come up to speed quickly to meet technical goals and 
challenges, become a lead contributor in a hard-working and 
collaborative team, and take pride in your work. We have high 
expectations and are looking for a seasoned professional with experience 
in a wide range of areas.

Requirements

You must be self-motivated, capable of managing your time well, and work 
efficiently without close supervision. You place a high value on secure, 
highly available, fault-tolerant systems. You are proactive in 
identifying and resolving technical challenges, enthusiastically 
troubleshoot problems when they occur, and thrive as a collaborative 
team player.  Requirements for this position also include:

+ Minimum 10 years administration experience with multiple versions of 
UNIX/Linux OS
+ Significant experience with complex networking, including 
architecture, across the various network layers
+ Significant hands-on experience with AMD/Intel server hardware
+ Extensive experience building, supporting, and troubleshooting 
large-scale deployments (150+ servers) and/or multi-tier, high-volume, 
production web installations
+ Build system automation design
+ Advanced systems programming skills (PERL, Python, Shell, etc.)
+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills
+ 7x24x365 support rotation experience

Highly Desirable

+ Significant Debian Linux experience
+ Significant training and experience in computer security practices
+ BA/BS or more in Computer Science or equivalent
Plusses
+ Advanced Storage Architecture experience
+ Experience running BGP
+ CISSP or similar
+ Experience providing high-bandwidth streaming media direct to consumers

Response Instructions

For immediate consideration, please submit your resume to 
pandora-jobs@pandora.com.

Please include the Job Title in the Subject line.

Principals Only.  Pandora does not accept unsolicited resumes from 
employment agencies, and is not responsible for fees associated with 
such submissions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pandora is an Equal Opportunity Employer.