[Gnhlug-jobs] Systems Engineer at WSI Corporation in Andover, MA
Mellott, Scott
smellott at wsi.com
Thu Feb 16 08:59:59 EST 2006
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No phone calls - email OK (smellott at wsi.com)
No recruiters or 3rd-parties
Position is full-time, local in
Media Systems Engineer
Purpose of Position:
Help define, develop and maintain the next generation of weather visualizations
for broadcast television. You’ll be using your hardware and software integration
experience to help create/enhance an on-air visualization system that conveys
weather events to viewers in new and exciting ways. Our team consists of
software professionals, meteorologists & graphics artists working together to
take broadcast weather graphics to the next level. WSI, the premier provider of
data and software for weather broadcasters, is located in a state-of-the-art
facility north of Boston. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Landmark Communications,
we are a sister company to The Weather Channel.
Specific Duties:
The person that fills this position will help to create and maintain the next
generation of broadcast weather display and dissemination systems. The duties
include:
- Maintaining the current product line's OS configuration, external tools and
installation process.
- Assist software development in performance testing and tuning.
- Evaluation and integration of new hardware & 3rd party software into our products.
- Help to re-architect our software deployment process.
- Interface with Customer Service to provided a second level of service to our
client base.
- Provide tools (software, hardware, documentation or knowledge) to Customer
Service to allow them to help customers better and faster.
Requirements:
- Know-how for prioritizing work, managing risks, working with team members and
meeting deadlines that comes from being in the trenches in previous product
releases.
- Strong background in system administration and hardware integration.
- Ability to formulate operating system advancements and improvements, evaluate
impact of hardware on software performance, and recommend changes, required.
- Excellent planning, problem-solving, organizational, project management, and
customer service skills, required.
- 3 years of experience administering Linux and Windows based systems.
- Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline
- Scripting Languages: Python and/or Perl
- Shell Scripting: Bourne or Korn
- Command of the following:
Linux (RedHat certified preferred)
Windows XP and Server 2003
x86 based hardware
Networking
Storage solutions (SAN, NAS, iSCSI)
System performance testing and tuning
Additional Skills (desired):
Software release cycle
SCM processes (Rational ClearCase or others)
Other flavors of Unix (Irix and Solaris)
Broadcast video
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"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." - Henry Ford
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Scott C. Mellott
WSI Corporation 400 Minuteman Road Andover, MA 01810
phone: 978.983.6630 http://www.wsi.com
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