Think about impacting 1 out of every 2 people online—in innovative and imaginative ways that are uniquely Yahoo!. Now’s the time to show the world what you've got. Put your ideas to work for over half a billion people.

This position requires an aggressive troubleshooter who can multitask on problems of varying difficulty, priority and time-sensitivity. This versatile position requires familiarity with all the support concepts of busy web sites: Systems and database administration; Networking; Process troubleshooting; QA and rollout automation.


Job Duties

• Identify the priority and criticality of incoming alerts and prioritize appropriately
• Diagnose & repair issues using knowledge of DNS, Storage, Apache, Linux processes, MySQL and related technologies
• Track issues through the ticketing systems and follow through to resolution
• Write clear and concise operational runbooks
• Escalate significant issues to service, network or other operations engineers
• LeaLead by example, deliver results and eliminate missed opportunities

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of UNIX systems and hands on commands. 
• Knowledge on web servers, DNS, firewalls, TCP/IP and other protocols. 
• Experience working with large scale production deployments of thousands of servers 
• Experience in application level troubleshooting and monitoring 
• Excellent problem solving skills 
• Knowledge on Monitoring tools like Nagios 
• Have basic shell scripting or Perl scripting knowledge 
• Strong written & oral communication skills are essential. Proven ability to write bugs, test cases, problem reports