For any undergrads out there, hoping to find an on-campus part-time job, there's a job opportunity at UMIACS. See the listing below
************ On-Campus Part Time Semester / Full time Summer Position UMIACS is seeking highly motivated undergraduate students to work as part of it's technical staff. The UMIACS technical staff provides network and system administration, helpdesk support, deploys and maintains hardware, software, and information systems, and research support for The Institutes 80+ faculty and 1000+ computer network environment. The UMIACS computing environment is a heterogeneous mix including Dell, Sun, Apple and IBM computers, Linux, Windows XP, Windows 7, Mac OS X, Solaris, and AIX operating systems, Cisco, HP, Force 10 and Dell network equipment, and 3par, EMC, Data Direct Networks, and Compellent, Storage Arrays. Our computing deployment consists of administrative desktop computers, technical workstations, distributed computing clusters, high end SMP complexes, a wide array of web services, large scale database deployments, and a variety of other servers. Some of our more uncommon installations include a 5x5 LCD wall attached to an advanced visualization! cluster, a 225 degree immersive visualization environment, a 100 TB Lustre filesystem, and a tape library capable of housing 1700 tapes. Student responsibilities start with providing frontline technical support to users, setting up new hardware, removing old hardware, and the physical installation of support infrastructure. With time on the job and experience student responsibilities can grow to include planning, design, configuration, and maintenance of advanced hardware, software, and network components. Students are exposed to a wide variety of operating systems, development tools, and applications. Opportunities exist for highly motivated students to work closely with our research programs and related emerging technologies. Our student staff positions are pre-professional positions that will help anyone hoping to pursue a career in many computer related fields, and highly motivated students will get the opportunity to get hands on experience with many enterprise level systems that would be unavailable to them otherwise. Also many of our student staffers have found that their experiences on staff have helped them with their later course work. In addition to that our positions provide some flexibility in scheduling to make it easier for student to meet their academic commitments. And unlike some student jobs where you are unable to work during the summer and breaks, our technical staff positions are year round with extended hours being available during the summer and other breaks. Candidates should be well versed in basic computer use, familiar with basic computer hardware and software setup and configuration, and have a strong desire to learn. Advanced administrative experience is not required, but candidates with enterprise Linux or Windows experience as well as candidates with technical writing and Web development experience are encouraged to apply. A candidate should also be prepared to commit to at least 12 hours of work each week during the semester weekdays between the hours of 9:00am and 6:00pm. We are currently searching for students to start in the Spring and work year round. Interested students should send a resume and cover letter to staff-jobs at umiacs.umd.edu. In your cover letter please include your fall schedule and any potential scheduling conflicts. The deadline for applications is 2/5/2011. Job into and flyer can be found at http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/staff/jobs/undergrad.html
