System Administrator (onsite), United States, MA, Cambridge

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Posted: October 20, 2006

Job title: System Administrator

Company name: Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Internal ID: 27289

Location: United States, MA, Cambridge

Pay rate: Grade 57

Terms of employment: Salaried employee

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
Reports to Manager of Academic Computing, serves as key member of systems
administration group supporting the busy production environment of the
Distance Education Program at DCE, which runs Harvard Extension and Summer
Schools. Responsible for administration of Unix (Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
Solaris) and Windows servers as well as other server and network
infrastructure related technologies. Configures, tunes, troubleshoots
servers; upgrades, patches system/network hardware/software; Actively
participates in planning, analysis and implementation of new servers and
software to support Distance Ed program. Maintains several large RAID
arrays on an NFS network, Tomcat application servers, Helix streaming video
servers, and Backup Exec server. Analyzes systems operations to improve
efficiency and monitors system operation to prevent downtime; works with
vendors to correct problems and acts as a technical resource/advisor for
the Academic Computing group. Creates, maintains procedural documentation.
Provides on-call support to resolve problems by phone, remote access or on
site. Works both independently and collaboratively with members of Academic
Computing and Distance Ed staff. Occasional night and weekend work
necessary to maintain and troubleshoot systems in a production environment.

Required skills:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 5+ years of administration
of Unix & Windows Servers. Demonstrated success in planning, organizing and
executing IT infrastructure based projects. Solid understanding of
networking fundamentals, architecture, and security is essential.
Experience with RAID arrays and large filesytems (1 TB or larger).
Familiarity with the following a plus: Real Networks or Quicktime
streaming, Perl, Java, MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, OpenSSH. Adaptable to new
technologies.  Must have excellent written/verbal communication skills ;
commitment to organizational success.

Desired skills:
A successful candidate will feel comfortable administrating Linux servers,
Windows 2003 servers, large disk arrays, gigabit networks, supporting Java
and LAMP developers, using  opensource tools, and maintaining shell and
Perl scripts.  Past experience in commercial video production a big plus.

URL for more information:
http://jobs.harvard.edu/jobs/summ_req?in_post_id=30662

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/4583#contact