[JOB OPP] summer internship -- center city unix sysadmin

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:40:49 -0400
From: Jeff Knerr 
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Subject: [JOB OPP] summer internship -- center city unix sysadmin
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 03:20:45AM -0400, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
 >> After a conversation with my team leader on the storage side 
 >> this afternoon, it's become clear that, because of a coworker's
 >> illness and our need to convert from one tape format to another,
 >> we'd very much like to have an intern this summer, starting as soon
 >> as they'd be available.
 >> 
 >> It wouldn't be glamorous work, but it'd require someone who is
 >> capable of paying attention to detail and would provide an
 >> environment to learn how IT in support of the financial services
 >> industry functions in one of that industry's most Interesting Times
 >> in living history. The location would be Center City Philadelphia
 >> (833 Chestnut, specifically), within an easy commute from Swarthmore
 >> on regional rail.
 >> 
 >> Basic tasks would be:
 >> - daily rotation of tapes going on- and off-site (including interaction
 >> with Iron Mountain);
 >> - fulfilling restore requests, primarily for Windows file services,
 >> but also for Unix and Linux file systems, and for Oracle, SQL Server,
 >> and MS Exchange databases, with Symantec Veritas NetBackup;
 >> - migration of backups from several tape media formats (STK 9840
 >> and 9940, encrypted with NetApp/Decru in-line devices) to a new one
 >> (LTO-4, encrypted natively) within NetBackup's framework.
 >> 
 >> Experience with and knowledge of Unix[-like] operating systems is
 >> definitely a plus, but also provided. (Unix in this case means
 >> HP-UX. -like means Red Hat Linux and VMWare ESX. There's also some
 >> OpenVMS kicking around and, though that's not my department, I'm
 >> sure some assistance at the least on tape handling would not go
 >> amiss.) Experience with NetBackup is not expected and *will* be
 >> provided.
 >> 
 >> I would, of course, be happy to mentor an appropriate candidate in
 >> several of the topics above. We're looking for someone who'd be
 >> available on a week-daily basis starting as soon after the last week
 >> of April as possible, probably until the next school year begins. I
 >> can't promise more, now, than the experience (which I'll
 >> hubristically assert is Good), but reimbursement for travel is
 >> extremely likely and remuneration for time probable.
 >> 
 >> -- 
 >> gabriel rosenkoetter
 >> gr@eclipsed.net
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