Research Programmer
(UNIX System Administration)
Extended Search

Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is extending the search to fill one or more full-time Research Programmer positions in the Systems Management Group (SMG).  SMG provides UNIX and Windows system support for CITES-provided central services, as well as UNIX support to other campus units on a cost-recovery basis.  This particular position is responsible for providing cost-recovery services. 

As such, you must possess a strong customer service orientation and the ability to consistently deal with other people. Satisfied customers are the key to our success.  You must also have the intelligence and creativity to approach a wide range of tasks.  Managed systems include individual workstations, production-class-servers, and other groups of machines.  You may find yourself outfitting a research lab, configuring a local mail server, or troubleshooting the job scheduler of a compute cluster. 

You will work both as an individual consultant and as part of a larger, collaborative team of information technology professionals. The peculiarities of a specific contract may mean that no one else in the group has specific expertise in your problem or that you may share some portion of administration duties with others in the group.  You will be expected to participate in group-wide decisions, projects, and activities. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and at least one year of relevant experience
• Hands-on UNIX/UNIX-like operating system administration experience
• Software and hardware troubleshooting skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Interest in keeping up with current computing technology, acquiring new skills, and sharing technical knowledge with colleagues

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience in a customer support role
• System administration experience on multiple UNIX/UNIX-like platforms
• Programming experience, particularly programming relevant to system administration
• Understanding of networking principles as they relate to the ability to attach, maintain, and secure a UNIX system on a network
• Experience building and/or maintaining high-performance computing clusters

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Candidates at all levels of experience are encouraged to apply.  Individuals who will receive a bachelor's degree within the next few months are eligible to apply, but degree must be earned before start of appointment.  To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by February 16, 2007.  Please mention position title when applying.  Starting date is as soon as possible after closing date.  If you have further questions, please contact C. Liang (cyliang@uiuc.edu), (217) 333-0037. Interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date; however no decision will be made until after the closing date. 

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter.  The preferred method of submission is through email, via PDF attachments, sent to jobs+c@smg.cites.uiuc.edu.  Non-electronic submissions can be sent to:

Debbra Sweat
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1304 W. Springfield Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer