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Position Opening: Senior Systems Administrator

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the design, maintenance, 
and support of large-scale library server systems at a major 
university.

JOB SUMMARY:
This position is responsible for installation, configuration, 
maintenance and support of software, systems and related networking 
infrastructure on physical and virtual servers in the Library, NU 
Data Centers and in hosted environments; ensuring they adhere to 
standards, policies and procedures established by the organization 
and vendors.  This position acts as team leader on certain projects 
and functions as technical resource to other developers, system 
administrators and technical staff in the library and university.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  (See posting for additional info)
1.     Installs, rebuilds or migrates existing servers and configure 
hardware and virtual machines (VM), applications, peripherals, 
services, networking, storage, creates and maintains user accounts, 
security, permissions, and file systems in accordance with standards 
and operational requirements
2.     Performs ongoing support and maintenance for library systems 
and related applications, including, but not limited to hardware/VM 
upgrades, networking, CPU, memory, and storage systems, performance 
tuning, monitoring, alerting and backup systems.
3.     Coordinates and communicates ongoing technology needs with NU 
Information Technology and other technology units on campus
4.     Monitors security alerts and working with other staff to 
ensure that appropriate patches are applied in an automated and 
timely fashion

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: (See posting for additional info)
1.     A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, 
or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience 
from which comparable skills can be acquired;
2.     At least four years of experience in system administration;
3.     Demonstrated experience in managing physical and virtual 
server environments, Unix/Linux and Windows server platforms, related 
software, and basic system administration utilities, and networking 
standards;
4.     Facilitates open and effective communication, cooperation and 
teamwork within and outside of one's own team;
5.     Experience with UNIX/Linux system administration, command line 
BSD/GNU tools and familiar with scripting languages; maintaining web 
applications such as Apache, and basic database (MySQL or Oracle) 
administration.

TO APPLY:
Visit the NU Jobs web site:
<http://www.northwestern.edu/hr/jobs/>
Use advanced search for Job Opening ID # 17247