From: mtg1@wucs1.wustl.edu (Michael T. Gamble)
Subject: SYSTEM ADMIN. 1YR/BSCS ST.LOUIS MO
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:34:20 GMT

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               SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION JOB AVAILABLE

     Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO


   The Neuroscience PET Group (NPG) at the  Washington  Univer-
   sity  School  of Medicine is seeking a System Administrator.
   The position is offered through the  Mallinckrodt  Institute
   of Radiology, Division of Radiation Sciences.


   NPG currently has 21 UNIX based workstations (from  Sun  and
   HP),  8 IBM PC compatibles, 9 Apple Macintoshes, and 3 (soon
   to  be  1)  Concurrent  minicomputer.  Peripherals   include
   numerous  laser  printers,  film  recorders, a flatbed image
   scanner, over 20GB of magnetic hard disk storage, and a 20GB
   optical disk library system.


   NPG supports interdisciplinary research in the neurosciences
   using  two positron emission tomography (PET) scanners. Com-
   puter support requirements for research projects in the  lab
   include data acquisition, reconstruction, analysis, visuali-
   zation, archive/retrieval services, and  hardcopy  reproduc-
   tion.  Computer  users  in  the lab include medical research
   personnel in neurology, psychiatry,  cognitive  neuroscience
   and programming staff members.


   The System Administrator is responsible for:


   +    Technology assessment of new products and services.

   +    Specification  and  purchasing  of  computer  hardware,
        software,  and  services  (including price and contract
        negotiation with vendors).

   +    Installation and maintenance of computer hardware.

   +    Installation, configuration, and  maintenance  of  com-
        puter software.

   +    System monitoring and tuning.

   +    Installation and maintenance of the local area network.

   +    Acting as liaison to campus  wide  computing  organiza-
        tions  for administration of the campuswide network and
        the purchase hardware and software site license  agree-
        ments.

   +    Acting as a resource for programmers and staff  to  aid
        in  problem  solutions  such  as  the  coding of system



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        utilities, machine and software  interoperability,  and
        the  location  and installation of specialized software
        or hardware.

   +    Installation and compilation of numerous software pack-
        ages available via the Internet and through campus site
        arrangements, e.g., patch, Perl, pbmplus, MIT X, Motif,
        Adobe Transcript.

   +    User account administration and disk space management.

   +    Backup and archiving of user and image data files.

   +    Training and instruction of lab staff  on  the  use  of
        systems and software.


   NOTE:A nighttime system operator and a  hardware  technician
        (part  time)  are  available resources to help maintain
        backup schedules and install/maintain hardware.

   The applicant should have:


   +    At least 1 year direct experience in the administration
        of  UNIX  based  systems  (preferably  SunOS or HP-UX),
        especially in a networked, multi-vendor environment.

   +    Superior programming skills and an excellent  knowledge
        of C.

   +    Experience  in  programming  with   the   Unix   shells
        (sh,csh,ksh).

   +    Experience with NFS installations.

   +    A B.S. in Computer Science.

   +    Good verbal and written communication skills.


   In addition we would like:


   +    An M.S. in Computer Science.

   +    Knowledge of networking technologies.

   +    Knowledge  of  heterogeneous  computing,   particularly
        specifics  of the multiple flavors of Unix and interac-
        tion between Unix hosts and MSDOS based or Apple Macin-
        tosh personal computers.

   +    Experience managing NIS(YP) installations  and  use  of



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        the NFS automounter.

   +    Experience with the internet domain name server.

   +    Experience with the electronic mail services,  particu-
        larly  the  Unix  sendmail  daemon and the SMTP and POP
        mail protocols.

   +    Experience with the awk and  Perl  utility  programming
        languages.

   +    Experience with the physical  installation  of  network
        cabling and hardware.

   +    Experience in database administration.


   NPG is making a serious effort to stay  abreast  of  current
   technologies and offers an excellent opportunity for someone
   who is interested in working on some of the  key  issues  in
   systems  management today, particularly open systems comput-
   ing, systems interoperability, and client-server computing.


   The start date for this position  is  early  to  mid  summer
   1992.

   This position is a full-time, twelve  month  staff  appoint-
   ment.


   Interested parties should forward resumes to:


   Electronic Mail:

        todd@petadmin.wustl.edu

        ASCII, Postscript,  LaTeX,  or  troff(not  ditroff)  is
        acceptable.


   Postal Mail:

        Todd Gamble, System Administrator
        Washington University School of Medicine
        Campus Box 8225
        510 S. Kingshighway
        St. Louis, Missouri 63110