[gnhlug-jobs] Full Time Linux Systems Administrator (NYC)

[Randy Edwards]

Immediate opening for full-time Systems Administrator
<http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs>
Democracy Now! is a daily, non-profit, national, independent news hour based 
in New York City. Our public website, which is is visited by tens of 
thousands of users daily, features the news hour every day in a variety of 
video, audio, and transcript formats, and also features a store selling 
copies of the program. Internally, we maintain a heterogeneous network of 
client and server computers to process, store, and record the show and its 
components and to support our general office and distribution operations. 
Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Systems Administrator with extensive 
Linux experience to maintain, support, and extend these systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

    * Implement, maintain, and monitor the computer network and internal 
servers, including our internet connection, firewall, and shared printer 
resources.
    * Provide desktop technical support to staff and volunteers, primarily on 
an Apple OS X platform.
    * Coordinate with external consultants and service providers who are 
responsible for some aspects of our technical operations.
    * Architect and, where practical, develop web sites and applications for 
public and internal use.
    * Research and suggest cost effective products and solutions which may 
improve organizational workflow.

QUALIFICATIONS

As a small organization with limited IT staff but diverse technological needs, 
we seek to hire someone who can work with a wide variety of technologies and 
quickly learn new technologies.

Experience configuring and maintaining GNU/Linux servers and an ability to 
create and maintain bash shell scripts are essential. The ideal candidate 
will also have experience with some or all of the following technologies: 
Free Software media processing tools including ffmpeg, mencoder, sox, dvgrab, 
and MP4Box; programming languages including Perl, Ruby on Rails, and Python; 
Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows desktop and application support, ideally 
including Final Cut Pro and Filemaker Pro; version-control systems such as 
Subversion and git; firewall maintenance with OpenBSD and pf; and web 
technologies including HTML, CSS, and XML.

Also essential are the abilities to manage several simultaneous projects and 
to research, select, and integrate new technologies. Experience in a 
non-profit or media environment is preferred, as is an interest in 
independent media and non-commercial television.

This is a full-time New York City-based position with benefits and salary 
based on experience. Democracy Now! is an Equal Opportunity Employer that 
actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and 
persons with diverse gender and sexual identities.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter (PDF or plain text formats 
only) to job (at) democracynow (dot) org with “Systems Administrator” as the 
subject. No phone calls.

-- 
"It's done differently in El Salvador. There they send in the death squads. 
Here what they do is try to hook you on sitcoms. It's true that both are 
techniques of control, but they are rather different techniques." -- MIT 
professor Noam Chomsky.