* Building and maintaining in-house and off-the-shelf network monitoring and management solutions
* Creating and maintaining custom monitoring tools and alerts
* Administering open source databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
* Creating productivity tools (web forms, widgets, etc.) for the Network Engineering group
* Capacity planning and base-lining.
* 5+ years experience creating custom network management/automation tools and custom web forms with Ruby on Rails/Perl/PHP/Python
* 5+ years experiencing installing and maintaining open source network monitoring solutions
* Extensive background creating multi-vendor SNMP and CLI-based tools (Perl/Python/Ruby)
* In-depth knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol suite, including extensive experience with HTTP, DNS and other Internet technologies
* Strong knowledge of Linux system installation & management
* Experience with MySQL (preferred) or PostgreSQL database management
* Solid background in technical writing (release notes, software documentation, etc.)
* Working knowledge of Cisco IOS is highly desirable
* Experience with C or Java a plus
* BS in Computer Science or related field
