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Sonian is looking for an experienced Senior Systems Automation Engineer
to join our team.  We are looking for a highly motivated, goal-oriented &
team-focused engineer.

Responsibilities
• Deliver recipies with Chef, Nanite & Cucumber (Ruby).
• Flawless automated maintenence of 100+ node systems.
• Plan automated backups and fail-over configurations.
• Keep centralized logging and monitoring on clusters.
• Work with other Engineers to profile and optimize.
• Develop capacity plans for new & existing clusters.
• Produce high quality systems documents.

Requirements
• Proficient in Ruby, Git & Linux.
• Firm grasp of networking protocols & firewalls.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Have a general excitement for cutting edge technologies.
• Excellent organization, documentation and communication skills.

• Bonus: Detailed knowledge of virtualization and/or EC2.
• Bonus: Detailed knowledge of Rspec and/or Cucumber BDD frameworks.
• Bonus: Experience automating systems with Chef, Puppet or CFEngine.

About Sonian Based in Boston, MA, Sonian is creating a web service
that will help millions of people world-wide manage their email
inboxes more effectively. This position allows for telecommuting.
Position comes with a 15" MBP & 3g