[HECnet] Fwd: Sr. Server Engineer (Vintage Systems) at Living Computer Museum, Vulcan Inc., Seattle

Boy do I wish I lived in Seattle. :) -brian On Oct 1, 2011, at 5:48, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com> Date: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 1:11 AM Subject: Sr. Server Engineer (Vintage Systems) at Living Computer Museum, Vulcan Inc., Seattle To: "cctech at classiccmp.org" <cctech at classiccmp.org> We're hiring. The brief job description: Vulcan Inc. - Seattle, WA Living Computer Museum Vulcan's Vintage Systems Team is responsible for the restoration, operation and maintenance of the Living Computer Museum's collection of vintage computer systems. This collection includes mainframe and minicomputer systems manufactured by companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Data General, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard during the emergence of interactive and timeshared computing. The goal of the Living Computer Museum is to restore these systems to run historically appropriate software, presenting them as living artifacts to the academic and research communities and to the public. The systems and their associated software and documentation are curated to preserve their historical provenance. For more information on the Living Computer Museum, please visit http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/ ________________________________________________________________________ Sr. Server Engineer The Sr. Server Engineer is responsible for the restoration of vintage systems as well as day-to-day operation and maintenance of the Living Computer Museum collection. Responsibilities include hardware and software installation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, procurement of parts, and certification/performance testing of the various computer systems including associated peripherals. Additional duties include research and writing regarding individual systems and their restoration and preservation. When required and on occasion, responsibilities include assisting on special projects. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years related experience and/or training. Operations and administration experience required with mainframe and minicomputer systems, with emphasis on timesharing systems, or senior-level field service experience with same. Must have strong analytical and planning skills with the ability to communicate and conceptualize projects to integrate the technology with the needs and functions of the Living Computer Museum. For a full job description and to apply, please visit our careers site: http://jobs.vulcan.com/ Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer Vulcan, Inc. 505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 mailto:RichA at vulcan.com mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/