Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator

The SETI Institute has a full-time opening for a Sr. UNIX systems administrator. As a member of the research and development team responsible for designing and building innovative SETI signal detection and analysis systems, the position will provide network and systems administration support. In addition the prospective candidate will also provide general system administration support for users at the SETI Institute corporate offices.

The successful candidate will have 5 to 10 years of increasing responsibility administering Un*x, OS X and Windows systems. In addition, the candidate should have most of the following skills:

Scripting experience (Perl, tcsh, bash, tcl/tsh, awk/sed, PHP, Python)
Very strong network skills (Layer 2/3 switching, ACLs, security)
Performance tuning of Solaris/Linux
nis, ldap, dns, sendmail/procmail, dhcp, ntp, sql,ssh
Experience in securing the network environment, using IPSEC, firewalls, IDS, and log monitoring.
Incident response
RFI and ESD experience a big plus
System imaging
Backup and recovery


The SETI Institute is a leader in astrobiology, radio astronomy, and science education. Its mission is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe. www.seti.org

Salary Range is 70 ? 85 K. Position includes an excellent benefits package.

To Apply:
Please submit your resume in text, pdf, or html format, with a cover letter to:
E-mail: ITjobs@seti.org
Fax: 650-961-7099
Mail: SETI Institute
HR Department
515 N. Whisman Road
Mountain View, CA 94043

Equal Opportunity Employer