Senior Systems Engineer
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@JaredBusch said in Senior Systems Engineer:
@RamblingBiped said in Senior Systems Engineer:
Our operations team is currently looking to hire a Senior Systems Engineer. A Unix/Linux administration background with experience scripting/developing in Ruby is a must.
See the full job description/post here: http://www.wgu.edu/about_WGU/employment/senior-systems-engineer
If you have any questions feel free to contact me directly or respond below!
Whoever wrote those requirements is crazy.
What makes you say that?
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@JaredBusch said in Senior Systems Engineer:
@RamblingBiped said in Senior Systems Engineer:
Our operations team is currently looking to hire a Senior Systems Engineer. A Unix/Linux administration background with experience scripting/developing in Ruby is a must.
See the full job description/post here: http://www.wgu.edu/about_WGU/employment/senior-systems-engineer
If you have any questions feel free to contact me directly or respond below!
Whoever wrote those requirements is crazy.
ROFLOL - yep.. wow.. somehow someone with 2 years experience (or more) is suppose to be an expert in that laundry list of things.. yeah right.
The degree requirement is because they are a school. -
I like the wording: "The position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline (equivalent experience will be considered)"
Basically this line says nothing. Degree is required, but not required. That experience is needed is already stated by the requires above that line for all of the different experience required. All of that is way, way above college degree level. So this line just makes it explicit that a degree doesn't make any difference
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The degree plus 2 years experience is probably the minimum they would consider. The post really just encapsulates all of the technologies that the position will be working with at any given time. Each of our Engineers have a specific area that they have a responsibility for maintaining. The HR department has this as an umbrella post for all of the Senior Engineer positions that they recruit .
We are primarily looking for a Linux Admin that is well versed in Ruby and has exposure to most of the other areas listed in the post. I don't really see that as being too horribly overwhelming. Having experience working with Chef would be helpful too, though picking up that part really isn't all that tough. Realistically, anyone with 4 to 5 years of verifiable Linux admin experience and/or certifications would be a decent candidate for the position; as long as they also have comparable experience with Ruby. Having a degree isn't important if you have comparable experience.
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@RamblingBiped said in Senior Systems Engineer:
Having a degree isn't important if you have demonstrable experience.
Isn't that required regardless?
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@scottalanmiller said in Senior Systems Engineer:
@RamblingBiped said in Senior Systems Engineer:
Having a degree isn't important if you have demonstrable experience.
Isn't that required regardless?
Yes. Words are hard.
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@RamblingBiped said in Senior Systems Engineer:
We are primarily looking for a Linux Admin that is well versed in Ruby and has exposure to most of the other areas listed in the post.
How does that relate to this.
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Doh.. missed the reduplication part. lol
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@JaredBusch said in Senior Systems Engineer:
@RamblingBiped said in Senior Systems Engineer:
We are primarily looking for a Linux Admin that is well versed in Ruby and has exposure to most of the other areas listed in the post.
How does that relate to this.
Like I said, that job posting is more of an umbrella post to cover all of the areas/technologies that the position could interact with at any given time. The specific opening that we are currently looking to fill is going to be responsible for linux administration and automation tasks working with chef and ruby. The most important thing we are looking for is the background in Unix/Linux administration and experience working with ruby.
Having some exposure to all of the other stuff is nice, but not completely necessary.
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@Dashrender said in Senior Systems Engineer:
Doh.. missed the reduplication part. lol
ROFL. That's a good one.
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What does does HR do if not put out accurate and reasonable job postings?
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@Dashrender said in Senior Systems Engineer:
What does does HR do if not put out accurate and reasonable job postings?
I did my stint in IT/Engineering Recruiting many moons ago... I'm now blissfullly ignorant when it comes to the inner workings of human resources.
