** This is a two year term appointment with the possibility of extension.**

 The MIT Libraries are seeking an ambitious and service-oriented network administrator to join the Distance Education and Streaming Operations group. This group maintains several state-of-the-art facilities on campus in support of the distance education initiatives at MIT.

 RESPONSIBLIITIES: Reporting to Network Engineer, the Network Administrator will assist in the administration and implementation of core network operations and hardware services of Distance Education and Streaming Operations.  Primary focus will be on the support of hardware systems such as encoders and streaming media servers, monitoring system health and troubleshooting problems as directed.  S/he will also be responsible for system installation and setup of hardware systems (Windows Server, Linux and UNIX). The Network Administrator will serve as backup for the Network Engineer during scheduled and unscheduled absences and in the event of an emergency, which will include some nights and weekends, and will perform other duties as directed by the Network Engineer.

 QUALIFICATIONS: Required – Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.  A minimum of five years broad experience troubleshooting network configurations and computing hardware, including experience as a systems administrator with Macintosh, UNIX/Linux and Windows platform operating systems. Experience with Cisco routers, switches and networking architectures. Some level of familiarity, knowledge and/or experience with AD Domain administration (AD Schema, UNIX/Linux/Mac-AD integration, LDAP, Winbind). Network experience which includes DFS, UNC, SMB, and Samba; DNS & DHCP management, and essentials of SRV records; MRTG, Nagios & Nagiosgraph, SNORT & BASE, and WSUS patch management; firewalls, and packet shaping. Data management experience to include SAN, NAS, iSCSI & FC; Backup Exec and/or Retrospect and Tape Library. Web service experience with Apache, IIS, and WMS. Strong communication and interpersonal skills including demonstrated ability in working successfully within a team environment and in a diverse community. Demonstrated ability to work independently, to manage competing priorities, and to work successfully in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to be flexible and collaborative. Ability to lift and move computer equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. Preferred – Knowledge of video streaming/video conferencing protocols such as H.323, H.320, SIP, ISDN, telephony architecture; Flash and Silverlight Services; and Encoding and Transcoding services.  Experience with some combination of SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL; PKI infrastructure; PERL and SOAP programming languages. Experience in an academic enterprise environment.

SALARY AND BENEFITS: $60,000 minimum. Actual salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. MIT offers excellent benefits including a choice of health and retirement plans, a dental plan, and tuition assistance. The MIT Libraries afford a flexible and collegial working environment and foster professional growth of staff with management training and travel funding for professional meetings.  

 APPLICATION PROCESS:  Apply online at: http://hrweb.mit.edu/staffing/. Please include cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. MIT is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community and particularly encourages applications from qualified women and minority candidates.

 Through a culture that encourages innovation and collaboration, the MIT Libraries are redefining the role of the 21st century library – making collections more accessible than ever before, and shaping the future of scholarly research. Library staff, at all levels, contribute to this spirit of innovation and to the mission of promoting learning, discovery and the advancement of knowledge at MIT and beyond. “

 The MIT Libraries support the Institute's programs of research and study with holdings of more than 2.9 million print volumes and 3.1 million special format items, and terabytes of MIT-owned digital content. In addition, rare special collections, Institute records, historical documents, and papers of noted faculty are held in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Library resources and services are accessible to students and researchers through the Libraries’ website (http://libraries.mit.edu/), and library spaces are widely available for both collaborative work and quiet study. Traditional library resources are supplemented by innovative services for bioinformatics, GIS, metadata, social science data, and research data management services, as well as multimedia facilities and services for video production, conferencing, webcasting and distance education. The Libraries utilize the Ex Libris Aleph system for its public Web-based catalog and as the support system for user service and processing functions. DSpace@MIT, a digital repository developed over the past ten years by the MIT Libraries, serves to capture, preserve and communicate the intellectual output of MIT's faculty and research community. Other MIT repositories include: Dome, a second DSpace instance, providing access to a sizable image collection and other digital collections owned by the MIT Libraries; the MIT Geodata Repository for a diverse collection of GIS Data; and MIT’s DataVerse for licensed social science datasets. MIT Libraries maintain memberships and affiliations in arXiv, Association of Research Libraries, the BorrowDirect group, the Boston Library Consortium, DDI Alliance, DuraSpace, HathiTrust, CLIR/Digital Library Federation, the Coalition of Networked Information, EDUCAUSE, North East Research Libraries, OCLC Research Library Partnership, ORCID, and Portico.