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Account/Position No.:                        26000/596370                                     Level 12

Position Title:                                      Analyst 2, UNIX System Administrator

Department:                                        Sherrod Library

Expectations for All Employees

East Tennessee State University pursues its mission based upon core values.  An employee's job performance must support and exhibit the university's core values:

PEOPLE come first, are treated with dignity and respect, and are encouraged to achieve their full potential;

RELATIONSHIPS are built on honesty, integrity and trust;

DIVERSITY of people and thought is respected;

EXCELLENCE is achieved through teamwork, leadership, creativity, and a strong work ethic;

EFFICIENCY is achieved through wise use of human and financial resources; and

COMMITMENT to intellectual achievement is embraced.

Function of Position

Responsible to the head of the Sherrod Library Systems Department and serves as the primary system administrator for the Sun Solaris and Linux computer systems supporting the university libraries’ operations.  Position will participate in a 24-hour on-call weekly support rotation and perform periodic weekend and off-hour work for system maintenance, upgrades and repairs while coordinating these activities with vendors, the university’s Office of Information Technology and users.  Position is responsible for security and disaster recovery planning for assigned servers.

Essential Functions

-        Serves as administrator of Solaris and Linux systems in an expertise-level networked environment.

-        Installs and maintains Sun Solaris 9, firmware, and software application patches and upgrades.

-        Manages user accounts.

-        Monitors and maintains system security.

-        Installs and configures application software.

-        Backs up and restores file systems in a RAID (mirrored and striped) configuration.

-        Installs, configures, and maintains Apache web server and modules, including SSL, and hardware and software for power management and environmental monitoring.

-        Configures network interfaces, printers, and backup devices.

-        Provides experience in network interface configuration (Ethernet, TCP/IP) and troubleshooting network communication problems.

-        Installs, configures, maintains, and modifies open-source software applications and utilities.

-        Writes and schedules execution of UNIX shell scripts.

-        Monitors performance and recommend upgrades

-        Writes programs in Perl, PHP to maintain data in databases (Oracle, MySQL).

-        Installs, configures, and maintains MySQL databases.

Secondary Functions

-       Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Abilities

-        Knowledge of security issues, countermeasures, and best practices in academic IT environments.

-        Ability to install, configure, maintain, and modify open-source software applications and utilities.

-        Ability to write and schedule execution of UNIX shell scripts.

-        Ability to monitor performance and recommend upgrades

-        Ability to write programs in Perl, PHP to maintain data in databases (Oracle, MySQL).

-        Ability to communicate effectively.

-        Ability to work in a team environment.

-        Ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments.

-        Ability to problem solve.

Supervision Given and Received

Performs under general supervision. 

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences or related field and at least four years of experience directly related to the job requirements OR  successful completion of at least 40 college-level credit hours in computer science/programming and at least 6 years of experience directly related to the job requirements; successful completion of training required toward certification as a Sun System Administrator.  Preferred:  Certification as a Sun or Linux System Administrator; experience in an academic library information technology environment; training and experience with Oracle database administration; experience with LDAP, DNS, and proxy server configuration; knowledge of XML, XSLT.  

April 2005