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Subject: Job Opportunity
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Date: Wed, 27-Jul-83 19:01:09 EDT
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JOB OPENING - Duke University, Department of Computer Science
POSITION: Systems Programmer, Computer Science Laboratory
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
SALARY RANGE: $21,600 - $31,500, depending upon  experience  (plus  University
Staff benefits)
ENVIRONMENT:
     The Department maintains an interactive computing facility which is  pri-
marily  for graduate student and faculty use. It consists of several machines,
the largest of which is a DEC PDP 11/70 with  1.5  megabytes  of  memory,  404
megabytes  of  disk  storage,  and  a  dual  density  tape drive, running UNIX
(V7/2BSD). Terminals are provided in all offices, as well as in a public clus-
ter.  Other  peripheral  equipment  includes  a  Tektronix model 4014 graphics
display system, a HP 7220 four-pen plotter, a  Versatec  printer/plotter,  two
letter  quality printers, and two medium speed line printers. The departmental
facilities are on both the CSnet and the Usenet computer networks.
     The Department's interactive VLSI design and graphics facility  is  built
around  a  DEC  Vax  11/750 with 2 megabytes of memory, running UNIX (4.1BSD).
Peripheral equipment includes a Ramtek 9400  high  resolution  color  graphics
system, a HP 7220 eight-pen plotter, and a DEC VT-125 medium resolution graph-
ics terminal.
     There are also two DEC PDP 11/34A systems, both running UNIX (V7), an IBM
Series/I,  running  IBM's  EDX  operating system, and a student microprocessor
laboratory, consisting mainly of DEC and Hewlett-Packard microprocessors.
     Expansion of this facility with funds provided by the University  and  an
NSF  CER grant are beginning, including a new 1450 sq.ft. computer room, a DEC
Vax 11/780 system with 8 megabytes of memory, 2.5 gigabytes of  disk  storage,
two  high  density  tape  drives,  and a high speed line printer, running UNIX
(4.2BSD), and an Ethernet local area network to tie  all  the  local  machines
together.
     A network of personal workstations with high quality color and B&W graph-
ics,  each running UNIX (most likely 4.2BSD) will be added in late 1984 and in
subsequent years. A statewide microwave network to tie the participants in the
Microelectronics Center of North Carolina effort together for video, voice and
data communications has also begun, with the prototype link between  Duke  and
the University of North Carolina to be in place in the next month.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
     This position is in partial support of the expansion of the  Department's
computing facilities outlined above. The Systems Programmer position will aug-
ment the existing staff, a Sr. Systems Programmer (Lab  Administrator)  and  a
graduate student assistant, in many of the following duties:

1) Participate in the installation, testing, and maintenance of all  software,
including  operating systems, compilers, interpreters, databases, CAD systems,
networking, and other utilities. Also included is the installation of new dev-
ices  and the ability to write and install software drivers into the operating
systems.
2) Interface with  vendors  in  the  resolution  of  problems  regarding  both
software and hardware.
3) Participate in the training of other staff members, faculty, and new gradu-
ate  students  in the use of the Departmental computing facilities. It will be
necessary to have a high level of  knowledge  about  the  facilities  and  the
hardware  and  software  available. This person on many occasions will have to
serve as a user consultant for faculty, staff, and graduate students.
4) Participate in the preparation and maintenance of  documentation,  insuring
that  it is kept up-to-date, and in the dissemination of information and docu-
mentation to the users of the Departmental computing facilities as needed.
5) Maintain the Departmental tape archives, insuring that backup of  all  disk
file systems is accomplished in a timely and organized fashion.
6) Participate in the evaluation of new software  and  hardware  to  meet  the
changing  and growing needs of Departmental research and education. Devise and
evaluate the results of benchmarks and other comparisons.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES FOR THIS POSITION:
     BS in Computer Science or related field. A thorough working knowledge  of
UNIX  system internals and the C programming language. Experience with DEC Vax
and PDP-11 hardware.


If interested, send resume in confidence to:
via US Mail:                           via electronic mail:

David Leonard                          duke!dbl - USENET
Department of Computer Science         dbl.duke@udel-relay - CSnet and ARPAnet
Duke University
Durham, NC 27706

or call David Leonard at (919) 684-3048.

Duke University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.