https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DeveloperConference2009

Oracle has failed in its attempt to enter the Linux market. Our recent survey of Oracle database customers reveals that only 1 out of 32 customers currently uses Oracle Unbreakable Linux. This one customer also commented that “support is terrible, it is difficult to get an answer to my problems, Oracle’s agents never understand my company.” The survey reflects a very low penetration rate in the 2-year period since Oracle unveiled Unbreakable Linux with much fanfare, including live penguins running around onstage with Larry Ellison. Resellers continue to characterize Unbreakable Linuxas a failure because Oracle ultimately cannot control the future direction of RedHat Enterprise Linux, upon which it is based.

While the Street has expected Unbreakable Linux to severely impact Red Hat, its failure ironically serves as a proof-point of the underlying defensibility of RedHat’s business model. In fact, in the two years since Oracle introduced Unbreakable Linux, Red Hat’s billings have grown at an average rate of 31%–representing clear market share gains.

• Position Summary:
  • Works as a member of a team responsible for the Corporate Infrastructure Services at Red Hat, including website, RHN service, and other internal and external customer facing services.
  • Defines, designs, and implements services and solutions using Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Proposes and implements system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the systems infrastructure.
  • Is involved in hardware procurement, system planning, upgrading, monitoring, testing, troubleshooting and servicing.
  • This position requires participation in an on-call rotation with the other team members, for the 24×7 coverage of these operations.
  • This position also requires monitoring of a ticket queue for problems and requests relating to these operations.
  • Communicates highly technical information to both technical and non-technical personnel. Participates in and leads development of IT projects.
• Requirements:
  • Relevant university IT degree or equivalent work experience.
  • Requires a minimum of three to four years UNIX/Linux experience, and administration of systems in a fast paced, customer oriented production environment. Strong Linux system troubleshooting skills required.
  • Candidate must be able to interact and communicate with remote team members, and other internal teams and stakeholders involved in supporting a world wide infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of Enterprise storage and backup methodologies, as well as enterprise-level System Management tools and services such as LDAP, Kerberos, Puppet, GIT, System Monitoring, Clustering, Oracle, MySQL are a plus.
  • Ideal candidate would possess RHCE. Experience with Data Center configurations preferred.
  • Candidate must possess strong computer ethics, as this position will be dealing with company confidential data.
  • Must be able to move and install computer systems and monitors, weighing approximately 23 Kilograms.
  • Communicative knowledge of English, both written and spoken.
• We offer:
  • Competitive salary & benefits including:
    • 13^th salary
    • Quarterly bonuses
    • Company stock grants (restricted stock units)
    • 5 weeks of vacation
  • Training & development programs.
  • Work in open source multicultural environment.
  • Career growth opportunities.
  • And the best: we’ve Nintendo wii in the office! ;)

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I’ll also spend one week in Raleigh, at our Red Hat headquarters, mostly to meet people I’ve been working with for last one and half year.