From: cbwalton@cs.utexas.edu (Chris Walton)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered,utcs.grad
Subject: Performance Analysis jobs with IBM LAN Systems in Austin
Followup-To: poster
Date: 22 Dec 1992 17:14:57 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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Keywords: LAN's networks PC's workstations performance OS/2 AIX


(I'm posting this on behalf of my management. Please e-mail your
questions and resumes to the address given at the end of the post.
Note we are looking for companies (vendors) as well as individuals.)

Performance Analysis Opportunities with IBM LAN Systems in Austin

-- Do you enjoy quantifying, analyzing, and improving software performance?

-- Does your technical expertise include systems software for PC's, 
   workstations, and Local Area Networks (LAN's).

-- Are you a self-motivated individual with excellent communications skills,
   and a "team player"?

If the answer to all three questions is "yes", please read on! An expanding
mission has resulted in career opportunities at all degree and experience
levels within the LAN Systems Performance Analysis (LSPA) area at the IBM
Personal Software development lab in Austin, Texas.

About IBM LAN Systems: 

IBM LAN Systems is a unit of the IBM Personal Systems Line of Business. It
provides industrial strength, high performance solutions for information
sharing and systems management across simple LAN's and heterogeneous groups
of interconnected LAN's. The principal operating systems platforms are
OS/2 (tm) and AIX (tm). Current products include Network Transport Services/2 
(tm), LAN Server 3.0 (tm), and several systems management and monitoring tools.
Implementations of the Open Software Foundation's Distributed Computing
Environment for both OS/2 and AIX will enter beta test in the first quarter
of 1993.

About Performance Analysis:

The LSPA team works closely with development teams and other organizations 
to ensure that all IBM LAN Systems products have excellent performance
characteristics. Our activities include design participation, benchmarking,
profiling and tracing, providing support for external performance tests and
trade shows, and resolving performance concerns of customers. The bulk of
our work relies on measurement of actual systems, but simulation and analytic
techniques are used as appropriate.

Qualifications:

Openings exist for BS, MS, and PhD graduates (at any experience level) who
combine a strong background in systems software and networks with  expertise
in measurement-based performance analysis. Candidates should be "self-starters"
who can work alone or in small teams; they should have excellent communications
skills and adapt quickly to new assignments.

Expertise in any of the following areas is a plus:

    -- computer systems benchmarking
    -- operating systems: OS/2, Unix, Mach; especially device drivers
    -- network protocols: TCP/IP, NetBIOS, SPX/IPX, AppleTalk, OSI, etc.
    -- PC and RISC architecture.
    -- Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
    -- distributed systems management
    -- file and print servers
    -- multimedia

Positions as permanent IBM employees and term IBM employees are available.
In addition, inquiries form software services (programming and test) vendors
with relevant capabilities are invited.

The Work Environment:

LSPA offers a professional and congenial work setting, with flex-time and
an informal dress code. IBM salaries and benefits are among the best in
the industry.

The Austin development lab is located in new buildings that were designed
expressly for software development. LSPA maintains a dedicated performance
lab with several hundred PC's and workstations, configured into both token
ring and ethernet LAN's. There is also the capability to connect lab systems
to site and corporate networks as required.

The Austin area offers a growing concentration of high-tech industry,     
including Sematech and MCC. The region is noted for its high quality of life,
with a wide variety of cultural and recreational opportunities.

To Apply:

This is an informal posting: resumes and vendor proposals will be reviewed by
technical management, who will initiate formal processing for qualified
candidates.

Send your resumes and proposals to:

                   Sam Emrick
                   IBM Corp.
                   11400 Burnet Road
                   Internal Zip 9151
                   Austin, TX 78758

or e-mail (flat ASCII only, please) to emrick@vnet.ibm.com

(please include an address for US mail, as IBM policy requires us to send
a written acknowledgement of all applications)