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The Health Sciences Library (HSL) at SUNY Upstate Medical University inSyracuse, NY invites applications for the position of InstructionalSupport Technician. We seek an innovative and dynamic individual withdemonstrated experience and strong project management abilities. Thisposition emphasizes a commitment to the HSL team by engaging inpro-active system improvement and custom development work to meet thecurrent and emerging health information needs of the Upstate Community. This position reports to the library's Deputy Director and worksclosely with the library's document delivery and course reservedepartments. Also, this position will work with other technology supportstaff from Upstate's Information Management & Technology andEducational Communications department, and library system vendors. Responsibilities include administration of the library's ILLiad andAres systems; providing back office support for transaction and workflow troubleshooting problems with library system and computerhardware and peripherals; performing database queries and data analysisto assess system performance and library service goals; write customcomputer scripts and programs to meet the technological needs of the install system software, patches, and updates; perform databackup and secure systems; write documentation for systems and trainstaff on system procedures. The successful candidate will be forward thinking, motivated, flexible,and excited to work in a collaborative, rapidly evolving teamenvironment. They will exhibit the capacity to thrive in thefascinating, ambiguous, future-oriented environment of a regionalmedical system and respond effectively to changing needs andpriorities. REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent combination ofeducation and work experience. Three to five years of experience withsystem administration responsibilities. Experience with Linux operatingsystems, PHP and shell scripting, cron scheduling, and Apache HTTPServer. Strong organization and interpersonal communication skills.Experience with Web languages and codes such as XML, HTML, CSS,Javascript, etc. PREFERRED: Experience working in a library (especially document delivery.)Knowledge of library systems such as ILLiad, Ares, EZProxy, Aleph, etc.Experience writing Lua scripts. Knowledge of copyright/intellectualproperty law and guidelines. Knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server,.NET, or MS-SSRS. Knowledge of Pharos or other print management systems.Knowledge of Cascade or other content management systems. The SUNY Upstate Medical University is Central New York's onlyacademic medical center and the region's largest employer. Ourcommunity includes a 25 county service area, colleges of medicine,nursing, allied health professions and graduate studies, a 400 bedtertiary care hospital, Golisano Children's Hospital and the 300 bedCommunity General Hospital. For more information, please visit us athttp://library.upstate.edu. SALARY & BENEFITS: Initial appointment will be at the rank of Instructional SupportTechnician (SL3.) Salary is competitive and dependent uponqualifications. Excellent benefits package includes TIAA-CREF and otherretirement options. Position is open until filled. For additional details and to apply online, go to...https://jobsatupstate.peopleadmin.com - click "search postings" - enter Job Number (F1 ID) 036775 Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/9992/