We're hiring system administrators!

Preface: I'd like to note that we've been posting this same cut-and-dry page for the past few years
Other than the 'roughly $number of clients' little has changed with our backend minus the addition of fifteen odd servers. 

We'd truly like to find an individual whom loves what they do -- whom lives, breathes and eats technology. We're a small start-up but we've got grand plans, schemes and would love to involve people who truly care.
We're not out to find slaves, ticket monkies or people who will burn through years and not see the light of day. We want well-rounded, intelligent individuals who are beyond driven. Not by money, although it 
certainly helps with the bread costs, but by launching new cool things while making a difference. We're playing with content delivery, xen, and lots of other interesting technologies that add spice to life.
This isn't your generic beat-up-luser environment and every last one of our client matters to us. Our end goal isn't building some giant money-making scheme but to service every last client as though
it's the last thing we'll do. Luckily enough, we've still gone from zero to hero in ~5-6 years and scaled from $30k per annum to almost a half million in revenue.

We're growing, we're busy. Too busy to keep parsing resumes in fact.
If you're only just looking for a paycheque, this job isn't for you (Of course, we do pay well though). 

If you love what you do, love technology and want the freedom to steer clear of an office (when desired), you might just be a fuser.

Who you are:


And us?
Charitable[7], bootstrapped[8], client-loving[9] nerds that want to change the world -- and we're slowly learning what that means on a daily basis. We don't have a shared office, but when we get one it'll be disguised as a coffee shop where 
we can meet once in awhile for caffeine. We all like hiking, biking, travel, the outdoors & like the ability to live our lives without the interuption of a standard '9-5' day job in a drab office. We've preferred to build slowly
as it gives us the opportunity to learn from our mistakes.


Please note -- don't send us your standard 'cover letter' that you've been sending everyone else. Take a few minutes to write out you 
found particularly interesting about this post, why you think the job is for you and attach your resume to it. 

If your email is cut-and-paste, /dev/null might help make it feel at home.

So, now back to the cut-and-dry list:

Fused is a small web hosting firm based in Toronto (& soon Seattle/Vancouver as well) with roughly ~2,000 clients. Launched originally in '01, the company was acquired by it's current ownership in 2005 and has quickly grown to it's size today. 
We'd like to consider ourselves the underdogs of the industry with a passion for helping clients and an extreme love for new projects. We've scaled from a mere hundred clients to 2,000 in two years time and are growing rapidly.

Linux. Linux. Linux. Linux.
There are no windows machines on our network[1].

We're hiring & that means we're after high quality, high energy[2] individuals to join our growing team.

We're looking for a system / network administrator. The primary responsibility of the representatives will be backend management, primarily utilizing CentOS based linux systems with a hint of xen. 
Our primary offering is shared web hosting, backup services and content / media delivery.

Skills / Experience required:


Other programming languages considered assets[5].

Details: 3mo-6mo terms initially, long-term with equity available for the right individuals afterwards.
Location: Telecommute. Whatever cafe, basement or beach you prefer. Whatever hours of your choosing.
Perks: Nap whenever you please! Work with a well rounded team. 

Our system administrators will be responsible for deployment, optimization & securing our existing server fleets. Interaction with clients required although most will be limited to email and the odd phone call a few times a week --
the ability to be vocal is afforded though, if desired. We work with a great clientbase and it's difficult not to love them.

We're looking for the best of the best who want to work in a company that's expanding rapidly, we want people who would love to grow with us but most of all whom like to work, get involved and dig in.[6]

We're looking forward to your application -- please send it to careers [@] fused.com


Notes:

    

  1. Okay, there's one. But it was an accident, and we don't manage it anyways.

  2. Powered by caffeine and redbull is okay, too.

  3. We prefer Debian, but most of our systems are CentOS based as a result of cPanel[10]. We like sid, and miss him often.

  4. I'd rather Juniper, myself. Level2 is handled by Cisco, we're implementing L3 with Juniper in due time.

  5. Seriously, you must love at least one language -- and not just for tweaking, but thorough script development.

  6. If you're after a position that requires effort, thought and contribution in full -- and with the ability to 'scale' upwards, this is it.

  7. We often donate 100% of our December revenue to a random cause we come across. Our way of paying it forward.

  8. We're 100% bootstrapped and have never accepted a single cent in outside investment, and have never even had a line of credit. Our CEO has no credit cards.

  9. Our clients are our investors and that means that our daily battle is ensuring that they're satisfied with us as a company and service provider. We like being held accountable.

  10. One day, we'll be built on 100% open source.