ANNOUNCEMENT OF
Professional Vacancy
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
1400 WASHINGTON AVENUE, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12222

Applications are invited for consideration for appointment for the following position:

Budget Title:

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Descriptive Title:

UNIX Systems Administrator

Department:

ITS-Systems Management and Operations

Item Number:

To be determined

Professional Rank
and
Salary Range:

SL-4

Date to be filled:

As soon as possible

Brief description of duties:

  • Configuration, installation and maintenance of UNIX production servers.
  • Installation, upgrades, patching of layered product software – in particular WebCT and DHCP.
  • Systems Security.
  • Disaster Recovery Strategies – design, implementation, testing and review.
  • Cross Platform (UNIX, Windows, AIX, Linux) duties.
  • Provide second tier technical support to first tier customer support groups throughout various campus groups, Technical Coordinators and in particular to the Client Support Services Group of Information Technology Services.
  • Occasional travel (to seminars, conference, off campus working sessions, etc.)

Qualifications:

Required: (The required qualifications must be substantiated during the interview process.)

 

  • Applicants must demonstrate in their application their ability to work with culturally diverse populations.
  • A Bachelor’s degree preferably in Computer Science or related technical field; degree must be from a college or university accredited by the US Department of Education or an internationally recognized accrediting organization.
  • A minimum of 1 year experience as a UNIX systems administrator in a production environment.
  • At least 1 year experience in supporting both end users and technical staff in their use of UNIX services.
  • A demonstrated ability to plan, organize, document and successfully complete prioritized goals working independently as well as in a team environment.
  • Highly effective oral and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrated computer troubleshooting and problem analysis capabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred: (The preferred qualifications must be substantiated during the interview process.)

 

  • Experience administering WebCT and/or other course management applications.
  • Experience administering DHCP.
  • Experience with Solaris, Linux, AIX, DNS, LDAP, BIND, Apache, WebLogic, Oracle databases, MySQL, CGI, Kerberos, security tools.
  • Experience with TCP/IP, NFS, AFS.
  • Programming skills in C, Perl, PHP, Bash shell, Tcl, others.
  • Experience with Microsoft Windows 2003 server software, Active Directory services, and Microsoft Server 2003 group policies.

Persons interested in the above position should submit a resume along with a letter of application, referencing P06 # below to:

Name and Address:

Gail Kinnie
ITS-Systems Management and
Operations
University
at Albany
1400
Washington Avenue, CS-9
Albany, NY 12222

P06-133
Item No:  TBD

Closing date for the receipt of applications:

Review of applications will be begin on November 25, 2006 and continue until the position is filled.

THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY IS AN EO/AA/IRCA/ADA EMPLOYER