POSITION: |
Mac OS X Image Student Developer |
HOURS: |
Part-time, 8-10 hrs/wk during the school year. Full-time 40 hrs/wk during the summer. |
DURATION: |
2008-2009 Academic Year; Summer 2009 |
PAY: |
$18/hr during the school year. $21/hr during the summer. |
The Mac OS X Image Student Developer assists in developing, maintaining, updating, and deploying Mac OS X images for managed computers in public, residential, and staff environments. The current images include:
- Student Computing cluster computers (Meyer, Tresidder, and the student residences)
- ResEd staff computers
- Multimedia studio computers
- Laptop cart computers
- Kiosk machines
- Language Lab computers
- Conference computers
The position reports to the Technology Operations Manager, with supervisory and project input from the Mac OS X Image Developer. The job runs full-time during the summer and part-time during the school year.
Duties
Assists the Mac OS X Image Developer with:
- Creating a stable OS configuration for all master images and ensuring integration with campus-wide back-end systems such as LDAP directory services and Kerberos authentication
- Installing the required applications and utilites on the master images and ensuring that they work properly. Performing updates and revisions as needed
- As part of the Student Computing imaging team, ensuring parity between the Macintosh and Windows software images
- Maintaining the printer mapping system for cluster machines across campus
- Scripting needed login and logout hooks
- Evaluating, testing, customizing, deploying, and maintaining the print accounting system used in the computer clusters and throughout the Libraries
- Setting up a distribution mechanism for the master images
- Setting up a maintenance mechanism for the master images
- Updating or modifying the images as needed
- Documenting the process of creating and deploying images, and documenting all changes or modifications to existing images
- Responding to trouble reports regarding the images and resolving them
Requirements for the position
The ideal candidate will:
- have experience with scripting, particularly with Perl, Python, and/or shell scripts
- have some background in UNIX system administration
- be responsible and detail oriented
- be self-directed and have the ability to work well without constant supervision
- be extremely comfortable with the Mac OS
Contact
Surajit Bose
Technology Operations Manager
Meyer Library, Room 240
surajit@stanford.edu
650-725-2939
Deadline
To apply, please email a resume in Word or PDF format. The deadline is open until the position is filled.
