[linuxjobs] Sysadmin Placement Student vacancy (Southampton)

[Imran Chaudhry]

SmoothWall began in the year 2000 as an Open Source Firewall Project,
written by a group of computer enthusiasts from the Southampton area.
The project grew quickly with the involvement of programmers and other
contributors from around the world. At the end of 2001, SmoothWall Ltd
was formed to offer a commercially supported suite of security
products and services. SmoothWall Ltd. now supplies web content
filtering, firewall and email security software and hardware
appliances to large enterprises, medium sized companies and education
institutions.

Responsibilities will include:
Assisting the sysadmin department in identifying and resolving LAN problems.
Assisting the sysadmin department in identifying and resolving
problems with our external infrastructure.
System upgrades and maintenance and record keeping.
Internal support of our systems.
Testing of new developments on internal systems.
Tracking updates and vulnerabilities in 3rd party products used by SmoothWall.

Candidates should posses the following skills and experience:
Passed the 2nd year of any relevant degree.
Love of computing.
Reasonable scripting experience.
Strong fault-finding / analytical skills.
Good communication skills.
Experience using Linux.
Good knowledge of Internet technologies and how they work.
Sysadmin experience (even as a hobby, bring examples to interview)
with at least two of the following:
Linux
Apache
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Exchange
Google Apps

Experience of the following would be beneficial:
Programming in Perl.
Debian Linux
Revision control software.
Internet-facing server and application security.
Intrusion prevention.
Web and database clustering.
Penetration testing

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly motivated team that
believes passionately in what it is doing. Ability and enthusiasm are
things that we prize.

The role is for a placement university student only. It is based in
the Southampton area.
Applicants should in the first instance email CVs to placements at smoothwall.net

Thank you.

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