The Operating Systems Specialist at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) assists in overseeing the day-to-day computing needs of TACC staff, including overseeing proper operation of staff desktop systems, IT server infrastructure and staff network. The applicant must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The primary responsibilities of this position at TACC are the following:

• Maintain Microsoft Windows XP, Redhat Linux, and Mac OS X desktop clients;
• Maintain Windows 2003 Server and Redhat Linux servers;
• Maintain a variety of server based services including IIS, Apache, TRAC, CVS, Subversion, SMS, WDS, WSUS;
• Troubleshoot server and client computing issues in a heterogeneous (mixed) computing environment as they arise; and
• Aid in the planning, implementation and maintenance of networking & computing infrastructure (network routing, firewall design & placement, planning & implementing server security & providing, implementing & testing disaster recovery plans).

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS The selected candidate must have the following minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and three years of programming experience, of which one year is in operating systems programming or high school graduation or GED, and seven years of programming experience, of which one year is in operating systems programming;
• Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Windows XP, Redhat Linux, and Apple Mac OS X operating systems operating in a Microsoft domain environment;
• Experience with VMWARE and Parallels;
• Experience maintaining a Windows 2003 Server Active Directory infrastructure; this includes knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, Security best practices, Printing, Windows Services Update Service (WSUS), SMS, WDS;
• Background in maintaining IIS and Apache web servers;
• Basic networking knowledge such as routing, subnetting, switch management;
• Excellent documentation, interpersonal and communication skills; and
• Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS One or more of the following qualifications are strongly desired: Knowledge of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Kerberos, LDAP, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Firewall management using Shorewall, IPTables, or PIX, Microsoft Services for UNIX 3.5 or UNIX support built into Windows Server 2003 R2. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and actively seeks women and minority applicants for this position. Working conditions include exposure to standard office conditions, exposure to electrical and mechanical hazards, repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation, use of manual dexterity, and lifting and moving. This position is security sensitive; criminal background check conducted. The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. Application requirements: go to utdirect.utexas.edu/pnjobs/ for complete job description and follow instructions to apply for job number 08-07-25-01-9367 using your on-line resume. For additional information about this position, please contact Janet M. McCord at jnet@tacc.utexas.edu For contact details or to apply for this job, please click here. ABOUT TACC The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is a leading research center for advanced computational research. TACC’s mission is to enhance the research and education programs of UT Austin and its partners through research, development, operation, and support of advanced computing technologies. To fulfill this mission, TACC provides high-end computing, visualization, data storage, networking resources, and support services to researchers at UT Austin and throughout Texas and the U.S. TACC technical staff also conduct research and development activities in computing system design/architecture, programming tools and environments, and algorithm and application design with the goal of enhancing the capabilities of researchers for knowledge discovery.