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EMI Communications is seeking a Systems Support Specialist to fill the 
job requirement and requirements outlined below. If you are interested
and meet the qualifications, please contact Joe Adams (adamsj@emi.com)
by electronic mail, fax your resume and a cover letter to 518-43-1977,
or mail a resume and cover letter to 
	
	Joe Adams 
	EMI Communications
	22 Computer Dr. West
	Albany, N.Y. 12205

Please Reply by Wednesday, September 13th.

Please do NOT just reply to the author of this posting. 




EMI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
SYSTEMS SUPPORT SPECIALIST
JOB DESCRIPTION


BASIC FUNCTION

     To provide UNIX system support/development in a production environment. 
 Extensive background in systems design, planning and analysis will be 
directed at providing leadership relative to the strategies and directions 
of EMI's services.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

     Responsibilities will include maintaining the current SUN system, 
security, training, consulting, system design, evaluation of products and 
services, standardization of environment, documentation development and 
weekly reporting.  The systems support specialist will be required to work 
closely and support EMI Network Services, Operations and Engineering, as 
well as after normal working hours support.

REQUIRED SKILLS

     The candidate will be responsible for installation, maintenance and 
administration of SUN SPARC servers, workstations and peripheral devices 
such as tape drives and external disk packs.  The candidate must have a 
working knowledge of SUN's Solaris Operating system 2.X and 1.X.  Specific 
tasks will be NIS/NIS+ and NFS administration, UNIX shell development using 
sed, awk, perl, etc., AnswerBook configuration, C language development using 
the development tools and XWindow  management.

     The candidate will also be responsible for the support and management 
of EMI's IP services offerings.  Tasks will include configuration of TCP/IP 
related services such as  Domain Name System (DNS), Sendmail, Network News 
(C News), HTTP Servers and associated utilities, etc.

     The following skill sets are desired.  Knowledge and familiarity of IBM 
PCs and IBM RS6000.  Also, familiarity with OSF/Motif, 
Informix/Sybase/Oracle, HP OpenView, Annex Communications Servers software, 
FrameMaker, SUN Solstice DiskSuite and On-Line Backup.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

     The candidate must possess five plus years of increasing levels of 
responsibility in a systems environment, a demonstrated ability to handle 
complex assignments, an ability to work in a team environment, ability to 
work to project due dates, exceptional oral, written and telephone courtesy 
skills and a demonstrated ability to work with internal and external 
customers.


INITIAL ASSIGNMENTS FIRST SIX MONTHS

Maintain and improve operation of existing SUN infrastructure.
Understand EMI's SUN infrastructure.
Document system architecture and processes.
Support EMI customers.
Assist in SUN cluster Re-structuring.



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Bob Bownes
Internet Services Product Manager
EMI Communications	22 Computer Drive W. Albany N.Y. 12205
bownes@emi.com   	518-458-1102