[bionet.jobs] UNIX System Administrator

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.