SANE2004: Sept 27-Oct 1, Amsterdam
Tom will be at SANE2004, Sept 27 thru Oct 1, 2004 in Amsterdam teaching a full-day class and he's been asked to give an invited talk.
- A full day class: "Creating Happy Users: A"how-to guide" for sysadmins in a hurry"
- An "invited talk" on "Deconstructing User Requests"
You can download a PDF flyer or for complete information visit www.SANE.nl.
This is my first time at SANE and the first time in Amsterdam. I really look forward to meeting people there and exploring the area!
Wanted: Unix/Network sysadmin in London
I've got permission to hire a sysadmin in our London office. After describing what I'm looking for to a friend he said, "So, you're looking to hire Mini-Me for the London office." I think he nailed it.
So, if you've read the book and still would want to be work for me, consider sending a resume. tal+londonjob@limoncelli.org
JOB OPENING
Job Title: Senior Unix Server administrator
Location: London, England (near the Aldgate tube stop)
Skill sets:
- Unix (Mac OS X) system administration.
- Windows Server administration experience and knowledge.
- Experience with remote operation of machines in a collocation facility.
- Supervisory or "Team Leader" Experience.
- Must be a self-starter that can work unsupervised as part of a internationally distributed team.
- Must have ability to troubleshoot network hardware problems and understand relationships between network and application issues.
- Experience with system administration on three other UNIX variants.
- Apache 2.x, IMAP (Cyrus), SMTP (Postfix), Amavis/ClamAV, print server, HTTP, ssh, RAID, Cyclades, WiFi, DHCP/DNS, VNC, NFS, NTP, Retrospect, MySQL, Bugzilla, TWiki, RT 3.x.
- 4-Year Degree or equivalent work experience.
Optional, but highly preferred, skills:
- Apple OpenDirectory consolidation.
- TCP/IP Networking (mostly Cisco equipment).
- rsync, perl, firewalls, IP routing, AppleTalk,
- Accounting or financial settlement background a plus!
Overview:
Primary responsibilities will be the day-to-day administration, management, and maintenance of Unix (Mac OS X) servers, internet/intranet infrastructure, and Windows clients. Collaborate to develop and enforce Cibernet IT and operations standards. Must be able to automate tasks using Perl, Shell, or Python. Must possess the ability to install, configure, evaluate, maintain, monitor, and analyze systems and software. Provide support for internal clients, identifying needs and resolving issues utilizing knowledge of Unix and network architecture, hardware, and software. Provide after hours support. Prepare system, process, and procedure documentation and diagrams. Preparation and testing of disaster recovery plans. Fast learner, good people-skills a must. Part of an international team.
Interested?
Send resume in ASCII or PDF format to tal@cibernet.com
NC*SA: Mon, Sept 13, 2004
Tom will be speaking at NC*SA at the Red Hat Corporate HQ, 1801 Varsity Dr, Raleigh, NC on Monday, Sept 13 at 7:00pm:
"Where the hell is my flying car?"The presentation is free and open to the public.
It's 2004 and we still don't have moving side-walks or flying cars, and computers aren't nearly as cool as they were on The Jetsons. Tom has visited many sites in the last few years and observed a lot of really bad IT practices. He will discuss what he saw and some recent epiphanies he's had about "best practices" in system administration. The second half of the talk will be about his current project to update a small company's IT infrastructure. It has forced him to rethink what constitutes the "basic infrastructure" of an IT organization, and how big companies are held back when they forget the basics.
He's also working on a new book about time management for sysadmins, and will be treating us to some excerpts!
Amazon finally discounts the book
$44.54 instead of $54.99 (a $10.45 discount... strange number). They're also offering a discount if you buy it with Principles of Network and System Administration by Mark Burgess.
