Info Technology- Engineer in Chicago, IL

$500 Sign-On Bonus, plus Relocation Assistance up to $1500 available.
Openings available in Marina Del Rey, CA and Virginia Beach, VA
Do you have a passion for working with Linux or open source technology? Do you have a drive to provide excellent customer service and show off your troubleshooting skills?
InMotion Hosting is a growing web hosting component based in California with offices in Los Angeles and Virginia Beach, Virginia. We provide shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting to a wide variety of customers with growing network of 500+ Linux servers and even (sadly) one or two Windows machines. We are seeking 2 Linux Systems Representatives to assist in system monitoring, incident resolution, and thrilling our growing customer base with excellent customer service.
What Will I Do?
Be a part of a team committed to providing highly reliable service and strong technical expertise to our customers and coworkers
Troubleshoot web applications and assist customers in selecting plans to match their needs
Monitor our systems and pro-actively resolve and/or escalate alerts and/or trouble tickets/li>
Meet shared quality and production standards for the systems group
Assist the systems group other departments as necessary in regular operations through mentoring, documentation and other special projects
Do You Have What It Takes?
Good customer service skills and an honest desire to help people
1-2 years in a help desk environment or systems group, experience in web hosting or with hosting technologies a plus
Strong technical troubleshooting ability and critical thinking skills
Familiarity with the Linux/Unix commnd line and a desire to become an expert
Confident in installing and configuring Linux/Unix (Centos/RHEL preferred)
Previous experience installing and/or configuring Apache, PHP, Mysql (Sendmail, Exim, cPanel/WebHost manager, Java/Tomcat, Ruby on Rails are all excellent pluses)
Experience developing/debugging/deploying simple and/or complex web applications
Good understanding of DNS and basic network troubleshooting
Knowledge of virtualization technologies like Xen, KVM, Virtuozzo/OpenVZ
Compensation