Job Title

Job No.

Center

Location

Date Posted

Systems Administrator

1086

NSO

Sunspot, New Mexico

        2/13/2012

The National Solar Observatory (NSO) in Sunspot, New Mexico is accepting applications for an on-site full-time Systems Administrator. NSO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. Sunspot is located about 35 miles outside of Alamogordo, New Mexico in the Sacramento Mountains at about 9,200 feet elevation.

Operating systems in use at the NSO include Solaris 9 and 10, Linux variants including CentOS and Ubuntu, Windows XP/7/Server 2008, and Mac OS X. This position emphasizes experience with UNIX systems over Windows.

Requires strong technical and analytical skills and strong verbal and written communication skills. Two or more years’ experience administering unix-like operating systems and administering Windows and Windows Server. Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field with five years of experience in systems and network administration.

Qualified applicants send cover letter and resume to employment@aura-astronomy.org, Reference: Systems Administrator - Job 1086.

Or mail to:

AURA Human Resources Office

Attn: Systems Administrator - Job 1086

P.O. Box 26732
Tucson, Arizona 85726-6732