Wanted: SysAdmin at OASIS - Billerica, MA

[Greg Rundlett]

This position will be posted shortly to our website at
http://www.oasis-open.org/jobs/.  This is one of two openings we have
(the other focussing on the Developer side).

I am looking for a seasoned Systems Administrator to lead the systems
side of a small team at OASIS in Billerica, MA

Systems Administrator/Web Developer
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards) is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives
the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards.
The consortium produces more Web services standards than any other
organization along with standards for security, e-business, and
standardization efforts in the public sector and for
application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than
4,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual
members in 100 countries.

The successful candidate will be a member of the OASIS technology team
who focuses primarily on systems administration and ideally also  has
web development expertise.

Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or
equivalent experience
* 5+ years experience in hardware and systems administration
* Management and administration of business-critical (intel-based) web
servers, email list servers, and network servers, including security
planning and monitoring.
* System management functions to include system tuning, system and
network performance and capacity planning, and upgrades.
* Administration and maintenance of company office infrastructure,
including telephones, telephone switches, DSL, internet services,
internal networks, printers, etc.  Ensure uptime of all systems.
* Administration and maintenance of company employee desktop and
laptop computers, including the purchase of equipment and software
maintenance, support and upgrades.
* 5+ years experience of commercial web development experience
* Focus on customer service
* Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
* Ability to work independently in a virtual work environment

Required Technical Skills:
* Operating Systems Administration, including Solaris, and (Debian)
Linux, kernel tuning, source compilation and package management (debs)
* Server Administration including Apache, Zope, MySQL, Netscape
Enterprise Server, plus log reporting such as AWStats
* System and Network security including firewalls, routers, intrusion
detection, monitoring (MRTG, Nagios, BigBrother)
* Application Administration including EZMLM, Mhonarc, RT, Qmail,
Exim, Kavi (big plus), MAS90
* Programming and scripting languages PHP, Python, Perl, BASH
* Familiarity with Internet protocols including TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP,
SMTP, SSL, SSH, VPN, WebDAV
* Experience with revision control systems CVS and preferably SVN
* Disk Backup and recovery, monitoring.
* Light MS Windows (2000, XP) desktop administration; ability to
perform software upgrades and provide user support

Preferred Technical Skills:
* Proven ability to develop and maintain software created using LAMP,
Python and Zope
* Detailed understanding of XML, XML parsing and transformations in a
portal/document management environment
* Knowledge of Perl and Shell scripting languages

The compensation package will be specific to experience level and
includes full medical and dental insurance.

To respond to this opportunity, please send resume to: hr at oasis-open.org
EOE