Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered
Subject: MIS manager/administrator. Atari Games, Corp. Milpitas Ca. 95035
From: shepperd@dms.agames.com (Dave Shepperd)
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:17:02 GMT
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Organization: Atari Games Inc., Milpitas, CA


Atari Games, Corp. designs and produces coin operated video games, software
for home entertainment systems and driving simulation products with roughly
200 employees.

We have an immediate opening for an individual to head up a newly formed MIS
department. This department will be responsible for suppporting the computer
systems and their users and the network of the entire company. The applicant
should have 4 or more years of related experience, have excellent people and
communication skills, be willing and able to work under occasional intense
pressure, be self motivated and MUST be willing to "get your hands dirty". The
position reports to a V.P.

I've been here 16 years and I can still say AGC is a fun place to work. It
would be helpful if the applicant were to appreciate and enjoy video games and
it would be very helpful if s/he had a realatively easy going attitude. You
may Email your resumes to me, but I suggest you ALSO followup with a hardcopy
sent via U.S. Mail to:

	Human Resources
	Atari Games, Corp.
	675 Sycamore Dr.
	Milpitas, Ca. 95035

AGC is an equal opportunity employer.

A more formal job description follows:

    Administrator duties:
    --------------------
    The system administrator will be responsible for the support of all the
    computer systems used at Atari Games and Tengen which include but are
    not limited to, DEC VAX running VMS, Sun SPARCstations running SUN O/S,
    IBM PC/486 systems running SVR4 Unix, IBM PC's running MS-DOS and MS
    Windows or NT and Apple Macintosh running System 7. 

    The system administrator will be responsible for the support of the
    network that interconnects most of the computers at Atari Games and
    Tengen. The network mainly uses ethernet and Apple's localtalk as a
    physical layer and run various protocols including Appletalk, TCP/IP and
    those proprietary to DEC. This support includes moves/adds/changes of
    network taps for the various equipment and troubleshooting and
    correcting network woes (both hardware and software).

    The system adminstrator will be responsible for the maintenance of the
    UUCP news and mail feed and plan for, implement and maintain a
    connection to the Internet.

    The computer support function includes but is not limited to, performing
    backup/restores/archives of files and filesystems on an as needed basis
    or verifying that the users have done the backups in the cases where it
    cannot be done automatically, establishing and maintaining user accounts
    and mail distribution lists, creating and maintaining programs that deal
    with the day to day system maintenance chores (this will involve
    programming in various languages), maintaining contracts with various
    vendors for hardware and software support services and interfacing with
    said vendors when services are required, assisting users in the
    specification, procurement, setup, troubleshooting and repair of their
    computers (both hardware and software) if they ask for such assistance
    and whatever computer related activities that need to be done that
    aren't listed here.

    The administrator will be the MIS manager in his/her spare time.

    MIS Manager duties:
    -------------------
    The MIS manager will establish and maintain a budget for the department,
    assign and prioritize tasks, supervise the work and staff, attend and/or
    preside over meetings, write and administer performance appraisals,
    anticipate and plan for the requirements needed due to growth of the
    company.

    The manager will design and implement a corporate training program that 
    anyone at Atari Games or Tengen will be free to use. The training
    program will offer a "how to" on all  aspects of the computer usage
    w.r.t VAX/VMS, Unix, MS-DOS, Windows or Apple Macintosh for both the
    "standard" progams and utilities and, especially, for those that have
    been home grown.

    The manager will be the adminstrator in his/her spare time.

-- 
Dave Shepperd.                             agames.com!shepperd
Atari Games Corporation, 675 Sycamore Drive, Milpitas CA 95035.
Nobody knows what I'm saying. I don't even know what I'm saying.