Unix Systems Administrator

JOB TITLE: Unix Systems Administrator

DEPARTMENT: Information Technology Services

GRADE: ?

RANGE: $45,000 - $55,000

TYPICAL DUTIES: Reporting to the Assistant Director of Technology Support Services, the Unix Systems Administrator will provide systems support to the user community.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide system administration support to ITS UNIX systems, including including application/hardware installation, maintenance, and development;
• Provide system administration support to faculty research UNIX systems, application/hardware installation, maintenance, and development;
• Provide programming support within our ePortfolio application framework;
• Participate in periodic emergency on-call rotation;
• Partner with other members of Technical Support Services and Academic Computing Services to coordinate technologies and share knowledge;

MINIMUM DESIRED 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 proficiency with diagnostic tools such as truss and strace, knowledge of common shells such as bash and tcsh, knowledge of scripting tools including sed, awk, and PERL, and ability to work with open source software solutions. Proven ability to independently solve problems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field. Prior experience in a university setting. Demonstrated knowledge of electronic mail applications and protocols such as sendmail, IMAP, POP, Cyrus, etc.

COMPETENCIES: Interpersonal skills, functional/technical skills, written and oral communication, presentation skills, teamwork/collaboration, problem solving, peer relationships.