System and Network Administration Group  

About the Group

The sys and net administrators are responsible for all aspects of the software and 
hardware used by CS, Mathematics, and Physics in Dennis Hall.  Currently they support 
three flavors of open source Un*x on over 50 machines.  The department has three labs 
running Linux, a couple of FreeBSD servers, and two Beowulf clusters.  

Job Description

The basic responsibilities asked of students in the group are:

	Attend weekly planning meetings (about 1 hour)
	Develop and maintain Perl and shell scripts
	Track backup and recovery on core servers 
	Maintain automated software distribution mechanism
	Keep track of your time and what you are working on
	Emergency repairs (duct-tape, binder's twine, etc.)
	A total of 10 hours/week of your time

Prerequisites for applying for a position:

	Programming and Problem Solving (or the equivalent experience)
	Advanced Programming (or the equivalent experience)
	Familiarity with Un*x
	Good organizational skills
	
Alumni 

	Jack Rabah 
	Karl Kuntz 
	Chris Hardie
	Alex Reeder
	Ken Innes
	Abby Ge