System Administrator 3 Position
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The Joint BioEnergy Institute is seeking a Systems Administrator, to
be a part of the Technology Division. The scope of this position
includes managing scientific computing resources, primarily linux-
based clusters and servers, making project and public data accessible
in a timely manner to project participants, and integrating the data
with existing data from other databases.
The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a new multi-organizational
research center comprising world-class resources and expertise located
in one facility at Emeryville, California. The goal of JBEI is to use
rapidly advancing scientific techniques, such as systems and synthetic
biology, to accelerate development of the nation's biofuels industry.
JBEI is a U.S. Department of Energy funded Bioenergy Research Center,
managed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) with partners
from 5 internationally recognized scientific institutions: Sandia
National Laboratories (SNL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL), University of California-Davis (UCD), University of California-
Berkeley (UCB), and the Carnegie Institution for Science
Duties:
Plan, organize, prioritize and complete assigned tasks and projects in
a timely manner. Frequently and clearly communicate task or project
status to customers to either set or negotiate expectations. Under the
broad supervision of the Vice President of Technology and the
Computational Analysis Director:
Provide linux system administration and user support for research
groups. This includes system installations, software installations
from packages or from source code, distribution upgrades, OS and
security patches, system monitoring, disk and file system management,
system hardware and peripheral management, backup and recovery
management, troubleshooting, and crash recovery. Configure,
administer, and troubleshoot various compute clusters, web and
database servers, and other services and daemons. Participate in the
formulation, planning, organizing, implementation and support of new
services or capabilities. Provide basic support for linux desktop
systems, including hardware and software installations and upgrades.
Support a group of approximately 10 full-time programmers and
computational biologists in using JBEI computational resources.
Key Success Factors:
At least five years linux system administration experience, with
responsibility for a wide range of hardware and distributions.
Specific areas of required experience include compute cluster and job
queuing software administration and support; Apache; Python/Perl; bash/
tcsh, including writing complex Bourne shell scripts; runlevel 1 for
critical update or recovery purposes; remote administration, including
ssh, remote serial consoles, and remote PDUs; NFS; and monitoring
various models of RAID controller. Firm understanding of linux
internals including the boot process, kernel versions, and recovery
scenarios. Experience with a code management system, preferably CVS or
Subversion, as both administrator and code contributor. Experience
with relational database operation and maintenance, specifically with
MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle. Database experience should include
database design, implementation, installation, and administration,
including backup and restore of large databases. Demonstrated ability
to make progress on multiple tasks simultaneously, and to work both
independently and as a member of a team. Must be available as needed
nights and weekends for critical system updates that cannot be
performed during regular lab hours.
Application Procedure:
This is a full-time one-year Term appointment, renewable under the
same conditions, contingent upon the continued availability of funding
and work. For consideration apply online at: http://jobs.lbl.gov,
select "Search Jobs", and enter job number 21565 in the keyword search
field. For more information about JBEI go to: www.jbei.org
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Paul Adams
Deputy Division Director, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence
Berkeley Lab
Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, U.C. Berkeley
Vice President for Technology, the Joint BioEnergy Institute
Head, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology
Building 64, Room 248
Tel: 1-510-486-4225, Fax: 1-510-486-5909
http://cci.lbl.gov/paul
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road
BLDG 64R0121
Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Administrator: Delia Clark [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ][ 1-510-486-6331 ]
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