[SATLUG] [Fwd: Hello From Google]

[tom weeks]

On Saturday 20 January 2007 12:11, Alan L. Lesmerises wrote:
> I received the e-mail below and was encouraged to forward it to everyone in
> the group. 

Yes.. that particular recruiter seems to be spamming LUG members all over.  
Although it's a good strategy...  I wouldn't say that she's not 
exactly "focused".

Additionally.. she's from google's SRE ("Site Reliability Engineering") group.  
As one google employee from that group put it:
"The people in this group are part sysadmins, part development  
engineers.  Their function is to keep the Google web properties up  
and running, highly available, and performant.  A solid foundation in  
systems administration is essential for this role, but the SRE group  
are not primarily sysadmins - they are application admins, which is  
quite a different thing.  Any given Google application may have  
hundreds or even thousands of actual servers associated with it, so  
the kind of "system administration" with which most people here are  
familiar is not necessarily pertinent.  Yes, sysadmin skills are  
essential here, however we also require a very strong skillset in  
development, automation, high-level systems architecture, networking,  
statistics and general problem-solving. "

I have a few friends at google.. and they've contacted me too from time to 
time (chatting with one in SRE right now).

There are a number of internal groups that Linux geeks, coders and Admins 
might be interested in.  They have a more traditional internal/IT Sys-Admin 
type group.. as well as a google "Cluster Operations" team who's main 
function is keeping the google cluster systems (multi-site hardware clusters) 
up and running.  They have a DC-Operations group, a Hardware Operations group 
and than various admin and PM roles within each.

Check out their "About" section to find out more...  Their only Texas 
location, however, is Dallas.

(I think we may actually have a couple of google lurkers on the list.. :)

Also.. once you get your resume in the door.. they pass you around quite a 
bit.  You may interview with 3-4 different groups or get passed on to a "best 
fit" group.  Never know.

But from what I hear and see.. it's a great place.  Don't get frustrated with 
the wait (thinking that their not calling you back).  If you've got the foo.. 
they' call you back.. ;)  I've seen it take a couple of months before they 
come back to you for a second or third interview (with my friends anyway).

Tweeks