Posting Details

Posting Details

Posting Number S01663P Working Title Systems Administrator Specialist Department Research CTEGD Administration About the University of Georgia

The University of Georgia (UGA), a land-grant and sea-grant university with statewide commitments and responsibilities is the state’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education (http://www.uga.edu/). UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA was founded in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly as the first state-chartered University in the country. UGA employs approximately 1,800 full-time instructional faculty and more than 7,600 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 36,000 students including over 27,500 undergraduates and over 8,500 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 17 schools and colleges, as well as a medical partnership with Augusta University housed on the UGA Health Sciences Campus in Athens.

About the College/Unit/Department College/Unit/Department website Posting Type External Retirement Plan TRS or ORP Employment Type Employee Benefits Eligibility Benefits Eligible Full/Part time Full Time Work Schedule Additional Schedule Information

8:00AM – 5:00PM

Advertised Salary $33,000 - $64,652 Posting Date 08/13/2018 Open until filled Yes Closing Date Proposed Starting Date 09/10/2018 Special Instructions to Applicants Location of Vacancy Athens Area EEO Policy Statement

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.

Position Information

Classification Title SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR SPEC Pay Grade 117 FLSA Exempt Job Family IT FTE 100 Minimum Qualifications

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Preferred Qualifications Position Summary

The Eukaryotic Pathogen Database resource (EuPathDB.org) is a large, multi-institution project that develops scientific data-mining websites used by researchers worldwide to study selected microbial pathogens, including those responsible for malaria and enteric disease.

We are seeking to fill an open position on our systems team for a Systems Administrator to handle management, monitoring, and day to day operations of infrastructure that serves our websites. We require someone who is able to quickly learn new technologies and is excited about solving interesting problems. Understanding of security principles, environment separation, and service management is a must. We believe services should be scalable, fault-tolerant, and well documented.

The successful applicant will ensure that systems are updated, secure, monitored and maintained. They will use puppet to manage provisioning of users and services, interact with developers and users to troubleshoot issues and provide technical support, and monitor logs and alerts to ensure system security and performance.

We prefer to fill this position at UGA, but there is the possibility of the incumbent working at the University of Pennsylvania, which is the primary institution for the Eukaryotic Pathogen Database resource project.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies

•Solid Unix/Linux experience, and scripting knowledge (bash, python, perl, etc.)
•Understanding of networking and firewall management and experience with server hardware and troubleshooting.
•Familiarity with automation and configuration management tools (Puppet, ansible, chef, etc.)
•Experience with monitoring, metric gathering and visualization tools (nagios, graphite, grafana, collectd, etc.)

Physical Demands

Sit or stand for long periods of time (height adjustable desks provided).
Some travel.

Is driving required to perform essential duties outlined in this position? (This does not include infrequent trips) The successful candidate would have to provide proof that s/he has a valid driver's license when offered employment. Does this position have financial responsibilities? No Does this position require a P-Card? No Is having a P-Card an essential function of this position? No Credit and P-Card policy

Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.

Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Ensure that our Centos linux systems have all relevant software security updates and patches applied, and monitor these on a consistent basis.

Percentage of time 25 Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Use configuration management tools (puppet) to manage provisioning of users and services. Evaluate new services and ensure they are managed properly by puppet.

Percentage of time 20 Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Interact with developers and users to troubleshoot issues and provide technical support. Resolve user issues regarding access to systems we support, and system issues they may encounter (load, network, permissions, etc.).

Percentage of time 20 Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Monitor server log summaries and address any issues they reveal, including unauthorized access, hardware failure, system capacity issues, etc.

Percentage of time 20 Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Respond to notifications from monitoring systems by troubleshooting and resolving alerts. Will provide technical support, and monitor logs and alerts to ensure system security and performance.

Percentage of time 10 Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Other duties as assigned.

Percentage of time 5 Posting Specific Questions

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Applicant Documents Required Documents

1. Resume/CV

Optional Documents

1. Cover Letter