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• Ability to work well with others is essential.

• Acquire skills via on-the-job training so you can:
  • Install operating systems and applications on Windows and Macs and do updates. Includes network and printer settings.
  • Help department staff and faculty at their computers for things you are trained to do.
  • Maintain and update group's documentation for ourselves and users for things you are knowledgeable about.
  • Perform web page edits.

• Maintain organization of computer-related equipment.
  • Includes moving computer equipment in and out of our office, and making sure things go to the right places and locations are properly labeled.
    • Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
  • Includes performing hardware inventory throughout the department
• Contribute to optimizing administration of Chemistry's Linux systems, including research servers and workstations.
  • Educate and advise group's IT staff on Linux-based tools and processes.
  • Discover, research, and develop alternative Linux-based solutions
    • Work with group's technical staff to test and implement new solutions in a sustainable fashion.
    • Automate where appropriate (scripts, etc.)
    • Optimize maintenance and configuration activities (consider implementing Puppet or the like.)
  • Participate in documenting architecture, processes, and decisions in meaningful ways.
• Facilitate researchers' access to in-house, Linux-based services.
• Ability to work well with others is essential
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We are interested in candidates who are or have:

• Excellent verbal skills.
• Reliable.
• Ability to work independently is essential.
• Demonstrated Linux administrative skills.
• An interest in running high performance computing clusters.
• Regularly use either Windows or Mac computers.
• Preferable skills:
  • Excellent writing skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn computer software maintenance and configuration skills
• Federal Work Study (FWS) students are strongly encouraged to applyPreferable skills or experiences:
• Administrating production Linux servers and/ or a large number of Linux systems.
• Experience integrating Macs, Windows and/or Active Directory within a Linux environment.
Use of cloud-based, high-performance, computing resources.

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