Northeastern Region


The Northeastern region includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania 

Head Librarian, Penn State University, Berks Campus, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Reading, PA

Digital Collections Librarian,  Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA

Systems Administrator,  New York University
New York,  NY




Position description/Responsibilities:


NYU Division of Libraries is currently seeking a Systems Administrator.  This position is a member of the Digital Library Technology Services (DLTS) unit, which processes, enables access to and preserves digital materials that come from both the NYU community and from collaborating partner organizations. Our methods include digitization, software development, research, project coordination and the articulation of best practices. DLTS creates infrastructure and systems to advance networked scholarly communication and explores the questions raised by the use of these services as they continue to evolve.



The Systems Administrator, reporting to the Manager, Digital Library Publication and Access, will plan, configure, and manage both in-house and cloud environments for DLTS. The incumbent will also provide advanced technical assistance in support of faculty and interact with librarians, staff, and scholars as appropriate.  DLTS supports Library-wide initiatives and serves as a meeting point between Libraries and ITS. This position will be a fulcrum for these communities and will facilitate teamwork and collaboration among them. The incumbent's deliverables will impact DLTS primarily, but will also have an impact on DLTS customers, who include members of NYU Libraries as well as NYU faculty.   For more information about DLTS, see: http://dlib.nyu.edu


Key Responsibilities:

  • Plan and implement robust system for content preservation and publishing •Plan and implement redundant storage architecture
  • Establish failover/backup solutions for high availability
  • Implement changes to ensure system uptime, disaster recovery, and optimization for global initiatives
  • Analyze architectural options and recommend solutions including cloud-hosted or hybrid PaaS or SaaS environments
  • Implement system changes for high availability
  • Provide technical support for faculty, including deployment and support of tools, workflows, and platforms
  • Support enterprise applications on an as-needed bas
  • Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree and 4 years relevant experience as well as experience with Linux administration (any flavor), LAMP and Tomcat environment setup and maintenance, demonstrated success working in a collaborative environment with technical and non-technical partners and excellent oral and written communication skills Desired qualifications:
  • Experience in higher education, preferably in a research library environment
  • MySQL database administration
  • Scripting language (Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP)
  • Experience with cloud hosting
  • Drupal platform administration
  • Experience installing and maintaining enterprise applications, such as WordPress, Omeka, or Open Journal
  • Experience providing training or workshops and/or presenting in scholarly venues

Working environment/Description of institution

Libraries at New York University serve the school’s 40,000 students and faculty and contain more than 5 million volumes. The Libraries supports NYU’s vision to become the first true Global Network University by collaborating and providing services to our 11 global academic centers and “portal campuses” in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.   New York University Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the OCLC Research Library Partnership, and the HathiTrust. The Libraries participates in a variety of consortia and collaborates closely with Columbia University Libraries and the New York Public Library through the Manhattan Research Library Consortium. For the NYU Libraries Mission and Strategic Plan go to http://library.nyu.edu/about/Strategic_Plan.pdf


Salary and benefits: Not specified  Deadline for applying: Until filled




Application instructions:  Copy and paste the address into your browser:  www.nyucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=57460


Apply to/Contact person:
Enrique Yanez,  Director of Human Resources
URL for further information:  http://www.nyucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=57460
 

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