Chemistry IT support group is hiring!
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Fuller job description
- 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 and R&D alternative solutions.
- Work with group's technical staff to vet 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.
- 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 that locations are properly labeled.
- Includes performing hardware inventory throughout the department.
Also, we
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are interested in candidates who are or have:
- Excellent verbal skills.
- Reliable.
- Ability to work independently is essential.
- Regularly use either Windows or Mac computers.
- Preferable skills:
- Excellent writing skills.
- Demonstrated ability to learn computer software maintenance and configuration skills
- Occasional ability to lift up to 50 pounds is a plus.
- Federal Work Study (FWS) students are strongly encouraged to apply.
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ChemIT's Technology Support Specialist position is classified at a Level III grade level, as a "Student Computer Assistant II" position:
- http://studentemployment.cornell.edu/jobs/wages-and-classifications/student-wage-scale
- http://studentemployment.cornell.edu/jobs/wages-and-classifications/job-categories-and-descriptions/student-computer-assistant
- Demonstrated Linux administrative skills.
- An interest in running high performance computing clusters.
- Preferable 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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