[HECnet] Fwd: Sr. Server Engineer (Vintage Systems) at Living Computer Museum, Vulcan Inc., Seattle

Mark Wickens mark at wickensonline.co.uk
Sat Oct 1 10:48:05 PDT 2011



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 1:11 AM
Subject: Sr. Server Engineer (Vintage Systems) at Living Computer Museum, Vulcan Inc., Seattle
To: "cctech at classiccmp.org" <cctech at classiccmp.org>


We're hiring.   The brief job description:

Vulcan Inc.   - Seattle, WA
Living Computer Museum

Vulcan's Vintage Systems Team is responsible for the restoration,
operation and maintenance of the Living Computer Museum's collection of
vintage computer systems.   This collection includes mainframe and
minicomputer systems manufactured by companies such as Digital Equipment
Corporation, Data General, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard during the emergence
of interactive and timeshared computing.   The goal of the Living
Computer Museum is to restore these systems to run historically
appropriate software, presenting them as living artifacts to the
academic and research communities and to the public.   The systems and
their associated software and documentation are curated to preserve
their historical provenance.   For more information on the Living
Computer Museum, please visit

                          http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/
________________________________________________________________________

Sr. Server Engineer

The Sr. Server Engineer is responsible for the restoration of vintage
systems as well as day-to-day operation and maintenance of the Living
Computer Museum collection.   Responsibilities include hardware and
software installation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting,
procurement of parts, and certification/performance testing of the
various computer systems including associated peripherals.   Additional
duties include research and writing regarding individual systems and
their restoration and preservation.   When required and on occasion,
responsibilities include assisting on special projects.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years
related experience and/or training.   Operations and administration
experience required with mainframe and minicomputer systems, with
emphasis on timesharing systems, or senior-level field service
experience with same.   Must have strong analytical and planning skills
with the ability to communicate and conceptualize projects to integrate
the technology with the needs and functions of the Living Computer
Museum.

For a full job description and to apply, please visit our careers site:

                                   http://jobs.vulcan.com/



Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104

mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org

http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/



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