---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Ginguld <michael@airjaldi.net> Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:12 AM Subject: [TIER] AirJaldi Hiring - CTO To: tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu Some of you know us, some may know we are expanding and looking for people. Here goes: *Seeking Qualified Applicants for the position of * *Chief Technical Officer (CTO)/Technical Team Leader* *Location: Dharamsala, HP, India(main), Delhi, India* Rural Broadband Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2009, is an innovative leader in building and operating wireless broadband networks in rural areas. Operating under the brand name AirJaldi, we built and manage networks in five states across India and are expanding further within India and elsewhere. A related entity, AirJaldi Research and Innovtion, carries out capacity-building activities in the field of rural connectivity and hands-on research and development activities. Rural Broadband Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2009, is an innovative leader in building and operating wireless broadband networks in rural areas. Operating under the brand name AirJaldi, we built and manage networks in five states across India and plan to expand further within India and elsewhere. We are looking for a highly-motivated and experienced person to lead our technical team and be an integral part of the team that takes AirJaldi further in size, reach and quality. The job is based in Dharamsala, HP, India and in Delhi, India, with a certain amount of travel to networks and field sites. Your technical work will be supervised and monitored by AirJaldi's Director of Strategy and Operations. The minimum duration for this position is 24 months. Our intention is to offer a longer-term contract and involvement as you successfully and happily integrate yourself with our team. *Responsibilities/Scope of Work: * · Lead AirJaldi's technical team, with specific focus on: o Manage and further develop AirJaldi's F/OSS-based NOC, relays and CPE systems. o Researching, testing and adapting low-cost and F/OSS and hardware products for use in the AirJaldi Networks. o Document work and prepare Operation manuals on setting up, configuring and operating equipment and services used as part of the AirJaldi network systems. o Assist in other AirJaldi tasks as needed and required by AirJaldi's management team. · Help in creating and delivering professional training programs: o Provide technical support and advice to AirJaldi's training materials' development team. o Participate (occasionally) in training sessions for Airjaldi team members and others. · Represent AirJaldi in online and public technical forums. · Assist in other AirJaldi tasks as needed and required by AirJaldi's management team *Qualifications / Skills / Experience * · Extensive hands-on experience with administration of GNU/Linux and Linux-based network servers. Past employment with an ISP a significant advantage, hosting-facility or IT department of a large enterprise a major plus. · Relevant academic and/or professional credentials. · You should be very confident with the following terms, protocols, servers and environments: multilayer IP switching and routing, firewalls (iptables), Policy-routing, DNS management and debugging, SMTP, POP/IMAP, HTTP (apache), Squid, Radius, LDAP, VPNs (OpenVPN), etc. · Familiarity with NMS and network provisioning systems is essential- the job will require you to work with advanced Nagios-based network monitoring systems. · Familiarity with the use and integration of the following tools and similar ones required: Cacti, SmokePing, MRTG, RRD, SNMP. · Experience with routing protocols, QoS setups, Embedded-Linux, MS-Windows machines support (Samba, wins) a plus. · Previous knowledge of RF a plus. · Previous field experience, in particular in a developing country, a great asset. In order to successfully carry out your work and as importantly, enjoy it and derive as much satisfaction from it as we do, you will need to: · Be willing and able to live in a small, rural setting and travel and work in rural areas across India. · Ability to work within a multi-national multi-lingual and multi-cultural team. · Be an excellent team player - we mean this. Our team is built is based on getting the most from each of our team members, which calls for mutual respect and support. (professional and personal). You will be required to adhere to these principles. *Remuneration* Commensurate with experience and similar operations. *For additional information, please contact: * Michael Ginguld, Director, Strategy and Operations Michael@airjaldi.net Tel: (91) 981-604-5880 Michael_gin@airjaldi.net -- Michael Ginguld Director, Strategy and Operations Rural Broadband Pvt. Ltd. www.airjaldi.com Tel. (91) 981-604-5880 Skype: michael_gin _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier