[PLUG-JOBS] OSU Open Source Lab - Systems Architect

Lance Albertson lance at osuosl.org
Fri Jan 24 17:18:34 UTC 2014


The Oregon State University Open Source Lab has an immediate opening for a
full-time systems administrator. We're looking for someone to help us
support some of the world's most well-known open source projects and to
mentor the next generation of DevOps students.

This position is responsible for the design and architecture, deployment,
and maintenance of the infrastructure, which includes servers,
workstations, and network equipment. The position involves planning for
future growth, designing network and system architecture for driving the
OSL forward over time, maintaining Linux servers, databases, backups, web
sites, code repositories, and other development tools used by our hosted
partners.

You need to be comfortable in a mentoring role because you will oversee the
efforts of student developers as you assist with system administration,
documentation, and testing.

Qualifications:

* 
Proficient with at least one yum-based and one apt-based Linux distribution
of the following listed:  RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora

* 
Familiar with relational database servers (MySQL or PostgreSQL especially),
email administration, DNS, serving dynamic web applications (PHP, python or
ruby especially), backups, network setup, performance scaling of websites
and troubleshooting.

* 
Effective communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrated success in
independent problem-solving, self-direction, and the ability to manage
multiple tasks.

* 
Experience in mentoring students (or other coworkers) on system
administration tasks, best practices and efficient work flow.

Preferred Qualifications:

* 
In-depth knowledge of open source software development / hosting practices
and open source communities.

* 
Experience with configuration management systems such as Puppet, Chef or
CFEngine. Experience with source control systems such as git or subversion.

* 
Resourceful, with ability to work with limited resources.  Past experience
and involvement in one or more open source communities. Work experience in
higher education.

For more information or to apply, please visit the job listing on the OSU
jobs site
 [1]
. Please look for job posting #0011839.

[1] http://osl.io/sysadminjob

-- 
Lance Albertson
Director
Oregon State University | Open Source Lab
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