From owner-freebsd-jobs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 21 14:30:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDE4416A50C for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pmiller@cs.stevens.edu) Received: from guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu (guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu [155.246.89.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B82EF43D67 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:30:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pmiller@cs.stevens.edu) Received: from venus.chem.stevens.edu (venus.chem.stevens-tech.edu [155.246.17.80]) by guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD69E1646C; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:30:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: by venus.chem.stevens.edu (Postfix, from userid 1426) id 38671294; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:30:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Miller MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17600.58608.844306.116255@venus.chem.stevens.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:30:08 -0400 To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.4 (patch 17) "Jumbo Shrimp" XEmacs Lucid X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:55:21 +0000 Subject: System Administrator - Hoboken, NJ X-BeenThere: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Jobs offered and sought List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:30:18 -0000 Stevens Institute of Technology is seeking candidates for a full-time position as System Administrator in the School of Sciences and Arts. The IT staff in the School of Sciences and Arts provides technology support to faculty, research staff, administrative staff, graduate students and undergraduate students. Computing systems in the School of Sciences and Arts are comprised of several servers that provide the most common essential services (NFS, centralized authentication, SSH, SMTP, POP, IMAP, FTP, CVS, HTTP), more than one hundred desktop PCs and workstations, two high-performance computing facilities, and a Media and Arts laboratory with seventeen G5 workstations. Operating systems include NetBSD, Linux, IRIX, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Windows XP. The System Administrator's primary responsibility will be to administer all Unix-based servers and workstations, ensuring the maximum security and availability of all necessary services, performing operating system and software maintenance and upgrades, troubleshooting software and hardware problems, and scheduling system backups. The System Administrator must work effectively with department directors, faculty, and research staff in anticipating and planning for future computing needs. This includes all aspects of IT infrastructure in the School of Sciences and Arts: hardware and software support for a variety of architectures and configurations (basic desktop PCs, high-end workstations, high-performance clusters, and laptops), network services, security, facilities, and staffing. Qualified candidates will have at least a Bachelor's degree (Master's degree preferred), a minimum of three years of experience in administering multi-user Unix systems, the ability to quickly learn new technologies and software tools, as needed, and a genuine interest in all aspects of professional system administration. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential. Additional desired skills include: - a strong understanding of Unix-based operating systems (kernel-userland interactions, system calls, job control, process environment) - experience with common Unix tools/utilities - a strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking - programming experience in one or more systems languages (C, Perl, Python, a shell) - ability to debug and patch complex open source applications Applications should include a cover letter expressing the candidate's interest in the position, a resume, and contact information for at least two professional references. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the U.S. Mail applications to: Patrick Miller, Associate Dean, Imperatore School of Sciences and Arts, Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030 [Email: pmiller@stevens.edu]. Stevens Institute of Technology is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. ABOUT STEVENS: Established in 1870, Stevens offers baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science, management and technology management, as well as a baccalaureate in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has enrollments of approximately 1,780 undergraduates and 2,700 graduate students, and a current enrollment of 2,250 online-learning students worldwide.