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LIBRARIES (BL-LIBR-IUBLA)
Department Information
The IU Libraries' mission is to support and strengthen teaching, learning, and research by providing the collections, services, and environments that lead to intellectual discovery. Our materials are digital, visual, audio, and print. They are curated from our campuses, our country, and our world. As a result, they are in 450 different languages, world-renowned, and ready to connect students and researchers with limitless possibilities. We are also proud to be home to Indiana University Press, an academic press serving the world of scholarship and culture as a professional, not-for-profit publisher.
Job Summary
EDUCATION
Required
Required
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Preferred
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Many systems require continuous operation/high availability and 24 × 7 × 365 support. As such, the DevOps Engineer must be able to maintain a flexible work schedule.
Job Classification
Career Level: Advanced
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Information Technology
Job Family: Sys Admin, Engineer & Program
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
Posting Disclaimer
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be differences in the working conditions as advertised in our standard job postings (e.g., the ability to travel from one campus to another, etc.). If you are invited for an interview, please discuss your questions or concerns regarding the working conditions at that time.
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
New employees will be provided with information regarding Indiana University's COVID-19 vaccine policy, which includes the opportunity to request an exemption. To learn more, view our COVID-19 vaccine information page.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. Indiana University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admission, as required by Title IX. Questions or complaints regarding Title IX may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights or the university Title IX Coordinator. See Indiana University's Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
Campus Safety and Security
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at [ Email address blocked ] - Click here to apply to DevOps Systems Administrator or by visiting IUPD.
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Telephone:
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Installations (Computer Systems)
Maintenance
Business Continuity
Architecture
Information Security
LIBRARIES (BL-LIBR-IUBLA)
Department Information
The IU Libraries' mission is to support and strengthen teaching, learning, and research by providing the collections, services, and environments that lead to intellectual discovery. Our materials are digital, visual, audio, and print. They are curated from our campuses, our country, and our world. As a result, they are in 450 different languages, world-renowned, and ready to connect students and researchers with limitless possibilities. We are also proud to be home to Indiana University Press, an academic press serving the world of scholarship and culture as a professional, not-for-profit publisher.
Job Summary
- Advises on team architecture and provides advanced knowledge in the building, configuration, operation, monitoring and maintenance of scripts and code used to administer and automate servers and systems; reviews and creates advanced scripts to manage exchanges between development and operations teams.
- Provides escalated problem resolution for university systems as tier III support; writes team documentation of systems architectures, systems practices and processes to satisfy business continuity, security, inventory, and supportability requirements.
- Establishes metrics and provides advanced monitoring of servers and systems, using a combination of scripting and system management technologies, including application performance management (APM) and creation of custom monitors to ensure integrity and provide scalability, business continuity, and operational performance; develops new scripts and modifies existing scripts as needed to automate operations team functions and assist with monitoring, patching, etc.
- Provides advanced support for internal and external partners in monitoring, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting servers and systems; writes the standard practices for the development of complex spreadsheets and diagrams demonstrating dataflow of large scale systems, showing server and system connectivity to internal and external partners; monitors patches and updates for all servers and systems with latest operating system, application, and other security updates.
- Makes recommendations for the development and implementation of team's strategic plan for all servers and systems.
- Researches and stays up to date on systems administration best practices and automation approaches; may participate in committees and communities of practice to share and improve systems administration practices across the university.
- May serve as project leader; often provides guidance to junior peers.
- Collaborates with other team members in the development of the Avalon Media System.
- Designs, implements, and maintains tools and installation packages for deployment of Avalon in a locally-hosted environment, for distribution with the open source Avalon Media System software.
- Evaluates and selects deployment automation tools.
- Develops scripts to support automated application deployment and upgrade.
- Creates virtual machine or container images.
- Contributes to the Avalon Media System release process.
- Deploys and monitors multiple Avalon instances in a variety of platforms.
- Provides system administration for Avalon Media System, including setting up Avalon instances for new institutions.
- Plans and implements upgrades of Avalon for multiple institutional users.
- Monitors systems and applications for potential problems, security vulnerabilities, and intrusion attempts.
- Works closely with cloud service providers, IU IT security staff, and others to ensure security of all Avalon systems.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree (preferably in computer science or a related field).
Required
- 5 years of experience in network and server administration, scripting, and/or software development.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Preferred
- Industry standard certifications.
- Proficient communication skills.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
- Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills.
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
- Highly thorough and dependable.
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
- Possesses a high degree of initiative.
- Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents.
- Ability to quickly troubleshoot complex/advanced problems.
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Many systems require continuous operation/high availability and 24 × 7 × 365 support. As such, the DevOps Engineer must be able to maintain a flexible work schedule.
Job Classification
Career Level: Advanced
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Information Technology
Job Family: Sys Admin, Engineer & Program
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
Posting Disclaimer
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be differences in the working conditions as advertised in our standard job postings (e.g., the ability to travel from one campus to another, etc.). If you are invited for an interview, please discuss your questions or concerns regarding the working conditions at that time.
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
New employees will be provided with information regarding Indiana University's COVID-19 vaccine policy, which includes the opportunity to request an exemption. To learn more, view our COVID-19 vaccine information page.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. Indiana University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admission, as required by Title IX. Questions or complaints regarding Title IX may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights or the university Title IX Coordinator. See Indiana University's Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
Campus Safety and Security
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at [ Email address blocked ] - Click here to apply to DevOps Systems Administrator or by visiting IUPD.
Contact Us
Request Support
Telephone:
812-856-1234
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