POSITION: |
Windows Image Student Developer |
HOURS: |
Part-time (8-10 hrs/wk) during the school year. Up to full-time (40 hrs/wk) depending on availability during the summer. |
DURATION: |
2008-2009 Academic Year; Summer 2009 |
PAY: |
$18/hr during the school year. $21/hr during the summer. |
The Windows Image Student Developer assists in developing, maintaining, updating, and deploying Windows images for managed computers in public and residential environments. The current images include:
- Student Computing cluster computers (Meyer and other libraries, Tresidder, student community centers, and the student residences)
- Language Lab computers
- Kiosk machines
- Conference computers
- TeamSpace computers
- Print Release Stations
- SOPI Testing computers
The position reports to the Windows Image Developer. The job runs up to full-time during the summer and part-time during the school year.
Duties
Assists the Windows Image Developer with:
- Creating a stable OS configuration for all master images and ensuring integration with campus-wide back-end systems such as AFS 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
- Creating and maintaining needed startup, shutdown, login, and logout scripts
- Managing server-side configuration for the imaging process
- Tracking computer usage
- 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
- Other programming tasks as needed
Requirements for the position
The ideal candidate will:
- have experience with scriptiong, particularly with Python, Perl, and/or shell scripts
- have experience programming in C
- be extremely comfortable with the Windows OS
- have some background with UNIX system administration
- be responsible and detail oriented
- be self-directed and have the ability to work well without constant supervision
Contact
Dustin King
Windows Image Developer
Meyer Library, Room 240
daking@rescomp.stanford.edu
650-723-6070
Deadline
To apply, please email a resume in Word or PDF format. The position will remain open until filled.
