6XQGD\-XQH •• $GYHUWLVLQJ 6HFWLRQ -RE /LVWLQJV Q &DUHHU 7LSV Q (YHQWV in partnership with Top 65 Work Places in the Bay Area Words to live by Q page 10 Companies committed to community outreach Q page 12 Open communication leads to success Q page 20 Rewards motivate and validate employees Q page 23 001 2 BAY AREA NEWS GROUP SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2011 SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2011 We are Our employees voted A10 Networks Hiring a Top Workplace for 2 consecutive years! Advanced Networking and IPv6 Transition Network Management (Element) • Experience in IPv4 and IPv6 L3 Forwarding and NAT • Minimum 5 years of directly related experience in system and device management • Routing Protocols (OSPFv2/3, IS-IS, BGP4+) • Strong C/C++ programming skills with multi-threading experience in Linux. Script • Familiarity with technologies such as CGN/LSN, DS-Lite, 6RD, NAT64 highly desirable skills in Perl, Python, PHP is a plus •Experience in network programming (TCP/IP, HTTP knowledge preferred) Network Routing • Experience in SNMP and AAA (authentication, authorization, accounting, preferred • Minimum 8 years of software development in networking, and 5 years of directly in RADIUS/TACACS+) related experience in Routing Protocols, at least in two of the following protocols: • Experience in L4/7 web configuration development with the knowledge of Web 2.0 OSPF, IS-IS, BGP4+, MPLS related technologies (e.g. AJAX, PHP/Zend, jQuery, SOAP/REST services). Preferred • Prefer experience in multi-threading, multi-core, and real-time high availability experience in embedded web development embedded systems • Strong C/C++ programming skills and hands-on development experience under Software Sustaining Engineer Linux • Part of the team involved in feature enhancements/software defect resolution • Minimum 3 years of experience with software development in networking Virtualization and Cloud Computing • Strong source code analysis skills to understand existing code base • Experience in Unix kernel, drivers and real-time embedded systems • Strong problem solving/troubleshooting skills • Knowledge and background in high performance tuning and advanced algorithms • Strong verbal & written communication skills • Virtualization technology or distributed large scale software systems background • Experience / understanding of: L2/3, TCP, HTTP, DNS, SSL is a plus Software Quality Assurance L4/7 and Web Application Acceleration • Hands-on experience with scripting languages (TCL/TK, Expect, Perl) • Experience in application delivery and server load balancing • Expertise in configuration and troubleshooting of complex networks • Expertise in web application acceleration, application protocols and the latest web • Experience using/automating third party test tools (e.g. Spirent, Ixia) desirable technologies • Knowledge and experience with Application Delivery Controllers and WAN Technical Support Optimization • Experience in debugging L2/L3 problems by analyzing network traces • Strong problem solving/troubleshooting skills Cloud Management • Strong verbal & written communication skills • Minimum 5 years programming in Java • Familiar with at least two of following: L2/3, TCP, HTTP, DNS, SSL • Experience in programming Java technologies such as J2EE, Design Pattern, Distributed Programming, EJB, Asynchronous Message Processing, Java Principal Systems/Network Administrator (IT) concurrency/multithreading • Expert knowledge of Linux system administration and networking • Experience in integration frameworks (JBoss Seam, Spring) • Ability to configure open source packages for production environments quickly • UI design experience such as RichFaces, JSF, XHTML and AJAX • Expert knowledge managing network switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs from Cisco • Java application server experience such as JBoss, Tomcat and Weblogic and other vendors • Persistence framework experience (Hibernate, JPA) • Ability to diagnose network and systems issues quickly • Experience with web services (REST, SOAP) and business process and rules • Ability to produce concise documentation; attention to detail (jBPM, Drools) • Knowledge of Windows AD environment and Windows desktop management • Hands-on experience in virtualization and cloud infrastructure management is • Recommend technology to solve business problems preferred • Overall knowledge of storage, security, compliance, backup/recovery, virtualization preferred 001 Qualifications for all positions: APPLY NOW Please send resumes to: Candidates must be able to demonstrate proficiency or qualification in the following areas: [email protected] • Minimum BS in CS, CE or EE • Senior level positions require minimum of 5 years of directly relevant experience Please no recruiters • Good verbal and written communication skills • Proficient in C programming language for development positions www.a10networks.com BAY AREA NEWS GROUP 3 Thanks to our employees for making the SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2011 City of Brentwood a Top Workplace in 2011 The City is very proud of the dedication, passion, and expertise of its employees that made this award possible. We have created a culture of excellence and innovation that makes Brentwood one of the best places to work, live and do business in the Bay Area. For information about our community, we invite you to explore our website, www.businessinbrentwood.com. 118 Oak Street, Brentwood • (925) 516-5405 people.Ourbusinessis Informing them. Reassuring them. Helping them. And in this case, recognizing them. Quest Diagnostics would like to say THANK YOU to our employees. Their responses made it possible for us to be named to the Bay Area News Group’s Top Work Places list. Again. Here are some of the things our employees had to say: Their efforts, dedication, and talent not only make us the world’s leading “They care about the provider of diagnostic testing, information and services. They make us proud. “I’m very proud knowing employees... and about many people depend on my the environment.” Our success is clear: performance.” 001 - Bea Martinez, • One of FORTUNE magazine’s Most Admired Companies - Jancie Arms, 12 years with Quest • Member of the S&P 500 26 years with Quest • One of InformationWeek’s Top 500 Innovators of Business Technology • Ranked #79 on Corporate Responsibility magazine’s 11th Annual 100 “At Quest, we facilitate each Best Corporate Citizens list “To patients and employees, other’s success. I have grown Quest shows passion and together with the company.” dedication.” Find a place for yourself by completing an applicant profile at - Yolanda Vega, - Ligia N. Argano, 16 years with Quest www.QuestDiagnostics.com 7 years with Quest BAY AREA NEWS GROUP 4 Equal Opportunity Employer TOP WORKPLACES 2011 WINNERS In this survey, small companies have less than 150 employees, midsize companies have SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2011 151-499 employees and large companies have 500 or more employees. LARGE COMPANIES SMALL COMPANIES 1. Stryker Endoscopy | San Jose 1. Sereno Group Real Estate | Los Gatos 2. Citrix Systems Inc. | Santa Clara 2. McManis Faulkner | San Jose 3. Hitachi Data Systems Corporation | Santa Clara 3. College Nannies & Tutors | Danville 4. Fremont Bank | Fremont 4. The Cooper Companies, Inc. | Pleasanton 5. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (San Jose) | San Jose 5. Guglielmo Winery | Morgan Hill 6. Enterprise Rent-A-Car of San Francisco, LLC. | San Leandro 6. A10 Networks | San Jose 7. SAP Labs LLC. | Palo Alto 7. iD Tech Camps | Campbell 8. Quest Diagnostics | San Jose 8. APN Software Services Inc. | Newark 9. TiVo Inc. | Alviso 9. NOVA | Sunnyvale 10. Sybase, Inc., an SAP Company | Dublin 10. Loring Ward | San Jose 11. Clearwell Systems Inc. | Mountain View 12. Environmental Chemical Corporation | Burlingame MIDSIZE COMPANIES 13. Hillbrook School | Los Gatos 14. Alfa Tech | San Jose 1. Workday | Pleasanton 15. Integrated Archive Systems, Inc. | Palo Alto 2. Villages Golf and Country Club | San Jose 16. Real Time Innovations | Sunnyvale 3. RMR Financial 17. Asian Americans for Community Involvement | San Jose (dba Princeton Capital and dba Mortgage California) | Los Gatos 18. E2open Inc. | Foster City 4. The Container Store | San Jose, San Francisco, Corte Madera, Walnut Creek 19. Jive Software |PaloAlto 5. Hyatt Regency Santa Clara | Santa Clara 20. W.W. Grainger, Inc. San Jose Branch | San Jose 6. Round Hill Country Club | Alamo 21. National Park Service, Pacific West Regional Office | Oakland 7. Del Grande Dealer Group | San Jose 22. Valassis Inc. | Newark 8. Pet Food Express | San Leandro 23. eMeter Corp. | San Mateo 9. City of Brentwood | Brentwood 24. Edward Jones | Los Altos 10. WORLDPAC, Inc. | Newark 25. Merced Systems | Redwood Shores 11. Nelson Family of Companies | Sonoma 26. Bailard, Inc. | Foster City 12. Air Systems Inc. | San Jose 27. Diablo Valley Oncology Hematology Medical Group | Pleasant Hill 001 13. Wyse Technology Incorporated | San Jose 28. Lifemark Memorial Group | San Mateo 14. Taos | San Jose 29. Intacct Corporation | San Jose 15. Qualcomm MEMS Technologies | San Jose 30. The National Food Laboratory, LLC. | Livermore 16. OSIsoft, LLC. | San Leandro 31. Edelman | San Mateo 17. SuccessFactors, Inc. | San Mateo 32. Easter Seals Bay Area | Oakland 18. Fairchild Semiconductor | San Jose 33. Hologic | Santa Clara 19. Ask.com | Oakland 34. CETECOM Inc. | Milpitas BAY AREA NEWS GROUP 20. Spansion Inc. | San Jose 35. South Bayside Systems Authority | Redwood City 5 What is important to workers Survey Factors Direction 72% Conditions SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2011 72% Career 71% Execution 70% Managers 58%