26-113/24/06
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Middletown, Connecticut 06459-0418
Human Resources
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
JOB TITLE:Academic UNIX Support Specialist
DEPARTMENT:Information Technology Services
GRADE:3
RANGE:$40,000 - $45,000
TYPICAL DUTIES:Reporting to the Manager of Systems and Operations with management support from the Manager of Academic Computing for Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the Academic UNIX Support Specialist will provide systems support to the user community.
Responsibilities include:
  • Provide system administration support to faculty research UNIX systems, including backups, operating system and patch installation and maintenance, hardware installation and trouble-shooting;
  • Provide system administration support to ITS UNIX systems, including backups, operating system and application installation and maintenance, disaster recovery testing and documentation, hardware installation and troubleshooting;
  • Install, update, operate, debug and maintain a centralized high performance research Linux computing cluster;
  • Install, update, and maintain a Linux systems teaching laboratory;
  • Partner with other members of Technical Support Services and Academic Computing Services to coordinate technologies and share knowledge;
  • Provide leadership for the campus UNIX Users Group.
    • MINIMUM DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree and two years experience with Unix system administration, or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience. Proven proficiency with UNIX (particularly Linux, but also including Solaris and OS X) system administration and network security. Demonstrated experience running HPC clusters (including knowledge of cluster management systems such as openMosix and scyld) and working with distributed programming APIs such as MPI. Demonstrated proficiency with diagnostic tools such as truss and strace, knowledge of csh, tcsh, sed, awk, PERL, CC++, and open source software. Proven ability to independently solve problems.

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field. Prior experience in a university setting including proven experience in research support. Demonstrated knowledge of databases and directories such as MySQL and LDAP as well as knowledge of networking tools such as netview and ethereal.

    COMPETENCIES: Interpersonal skills, functional/technical skills, written and oral communication, presentation skills, teamwork/collaboration. problem solving, peer relationships.
    INTERNAL CANDIDATES SHOULD APPLY IMMEDIATELY TO HUMAN RESOURCES. OUTSIDE CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED BEGINNING 3/31/06.

    Wesleyan University is fully committed to a policy of equal opportunity and nondiscrimination. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.


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