chas@STORK.BCM.TMC.EDU (Charles Lawrence) (09/20/88)
Title: UNIX System Administrator Summary: Provide system administration services for a computer center specializing in the development of software for molecular biology research and support of local molecular biology researchers. Your primary responsibility will be to oversee the computing environment for the Molecular Biology Information Resource, consisting mainly of a network of Sun workstations and file servers. Environment: Baylor College of Medicine is located in Houston, Texas in the Texas Medical Center, one of the world's largest medical centers. Baylor is a leader in biomedical research and has a strong commitment to develop information technology programs for the support of ongoing research. The Molecular Biology Information Resource (MBIR) is funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop software in the area of the analysis of gene and protein sequences. The MBIR distributes a major software package for gene and protein sequence analysis and is committed to developing software to support the international initiative to map and sequence the human genome. Job Description: o UNIX administration o System backup o Crash recovery and file system repair o Maintain modem, async and ethernet connections o Networking support o uucp/e-mail/usenet management o System security o Monitoring disk usage o Software installation o Preparation and verification of software distribution Minimum Qualifications: Education: BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience Shell and C programming ability, and 3 to 5 years experience managing a UNIX system is necessary. Experience in developing relational DBMS applications, object-oriented programming or graphics is desirable. Applications: Send your resume to: Baylor College of Medicine Personnel Services, Room T101 Texas Medical Center Houston, TX 77030 or by e-mail to: chas@mbir.bcm.tmc.edu An Equal Opportunity A/A employer.