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          * * * ISDC Job Announcement 20-AUG-2007 * * *
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Job offer for ISDC Responsible System Administrator
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The ISDC
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The ISDC was created in 1995 as the Science Data Centre for ESA's INTEGRAL
mission. Today we have some 30 staff members from many European countries. 
We are also involved in other astrophysical projects like Planck, Gaia and
some smaller projects. The ISDC is attached to the Astronomical Observatory
of the Geneva University in Switzerland.

The ISDC computing infrastructure is fully based on Solaris/Linux and consists
today of some 200 CPUs and some 30 TB of disk storage. The size of our 
infrastructure will significantly grow in the coming years.

Job description
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The ISDC is offering a position as Responsible System Administrator.

The main task is the maintenance of the existing ISDC computing
infrastructure. This infrastructure is used operationally for the INTEGRAL
project on a 24/24 - 7/7 basis. On-call support in case of urgent problems
and occasional work during non-office hours are required for this position.
Some 50 on- and offsite users with various backgrounds from science, software
engineering and administration are also using this infrastructure for their
daily work. Assistance at all levels is part of the job we are offering.
 
In addition you will be in charge of the evolution of the ISDC computing
infrastructure to match new requirements emerging from upcoming projects
at the ISDC.

Your profile
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You should contact us, if

* you have some experience with the administration of production UNIX systems,
* you have a good understanding of architectural concepts like computing
  clusters, storage arrays (RAID, NFS etc),
* you have good system and user problem solving skills at all levels,
* you are not afraid to directly work with hardware,
* you are willing to carry a mobile phone for emergency contacts at any time
  and to occasionally work non-office hours. Additional days off are offered
  for compensation.
* you are able and willing to learn things really fast and to work in an
  autonomous way right from the start,
* you have at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, physics or related
  domains
* your English is good and you are at ease in an international environment.

As the successful candidate you have experience in one or more of the following
areas: NFS/automounter, SCSI/FC devices, Kickstart/Jumpstart installations,
IP filtering systems, handling tape backups and network printing using CUPS.
Strong shell scripting skills will be also an important asset.


The work can start as soon as possible. The contract is renewable on a yearly
basis.

Applications can be sent until September 9, 2007 to Mathias Beck

For more information about the position please contact Mathias Beck