Posting Details
Posting Details
Position Number: | 123606 |
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Title: | Senior Faculty Specialist |
Functional Title: | Senior Systems Engineer |
Category Status: | 15-Fac.Non-Tenured,Continuing Con |
Applicant Search Category: | Faculty |
University Authorized FTE: | 100 |
Unit: | BSOS-Geography |
Campus/College Information: | Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world. |
Background Checks | Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify you from employment. |
Position Summary/Purpose of Position: | The University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences is among the world’s leading academic units dedicated towards tackling society’s most pressing concerns. Our internationally renowned experts bring satellite data processing and geospatial technologies to the forefront of scientific discovery. Through our research and teaching, our faculty, staff, and students advance cutting-edge solutions for climate change, biodiversity, wildfire, food security, global health, sustainability, and poverty. We are searching for a Senior Systems Engineer to help us design a path towards implementing new technologies to meet the Department’s growing needs. This position is a 12-month, full-time status. This position offers excellent benefits, including but not limited to health insurance, a generous leave package from the first year (accrued at 22 days-annual leave, 3 days-personal leave & 14 days sick leave), retirement subsidy (ORP/Pension), tuition remission and professional development opportunities. The salary range for this position has been established from $120,000 to $160,000 per year, depending on qualifications. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This position has flexible work hours with the possibility of working two days a week from home. GEOG promotes growth in individuals and a healthy work-life balance within a collaborative culture. Duties: Sr. Systems Engineer is responsible for the full life cycle management of the department’s IT. We are looking for someone to join our team and work with us to manage day-to-day IT issues in the department and help us strategically develop our IT services to meet the needs of our cutting-edge research and teaching. The candidate should have excellent problem-solving, communication, and troubleshooting skills.
Existing Technologies: Sr. Systems Engineer is responsible for full life cycle management of the department’s VMware VDI, Web servers, Hadoop clusters, SFTP servers, and database servers including designing and setting up distributed computing, associated storage, security, patching and automation of configuration and deployment. Experience with tools such as Puppet, Redhat Satellite and Ansible is preferred. The tasks will include provisioning new systems, OS patches, and managing backups and configuration states for our workstations, clusters and servers. You will also help us to troubleshoot existing systems, ensuring system security, maximum uptime and service stability. Familiarity in several of the following areas is strongly preferred.
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Benefits Summary | Top Benefits and Perks: Faculty Benefits Summary |
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Additional Information: | Applications should include a cover letter, a signed and dated resume, and the names and addresses (including e-mail) of 3-5 references. For best consideration, applications should be submitted by August 21, 2023, but the search will continue until the position is filled. For questions about the position, please contact Renata Johnson ([email protected] ) Further information on this position and on the academic and research programs of the Department can be found at http://www.geog.umd.edu . |
Posting Date: | 07/25/2023 |
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Open Until Filled | Yes |
Best Consideration Date | 08/21/2023 |
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Diversity Statement: | The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. |
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