[Building Sakai] Job opening at Pomona College

[Michael Osterman]

Hello, Sakai Community.

I'm posting the following job opportunity on behalf of my colleagues at
Pomona College.

Questions can be sent directly to Andrew Crawford (
andrew.crawford at pomona.edu), Director of Information Systems, to whom this
position reports or to Mary McMahon (mary.mcmahon at pomona.edu), Director of
Instructional Services.

-Mike

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*LMS (Sakai) System Support Position at Pomona College*

Salary: $63,000 to $72,000, Dependent Upon Qualifications
Regular, full-time, 12 month position

Pomona College is looking for a talented individual to join our service
oriented department of Information Technology Services as a Senior Academic
Technology Specialist:  Learning Management Systems.  This position has
primary responsibility for the support and administration of the Learning
Management System (LMS) used by the member institutions of the Claremont
University Consortium (currently Sakai).  This position provides software
application systems administration and systems administration services
focused on the operation, maintenance and improvement of the consortial
Learning Management System; provides administrative support for the
Learning Management System (LMS), mostly focused on tier 3 level support;
works with the LMS vendor as technical liaison to maintain the LMS and
manage the upgrade/patch process; plans and implements tools to monitor
production systems in support of LMS applications and services; performs
performance tuning and troubleshooting of the LMS system; builds and
maintains test systems to support application evaluation, troubleshooting
and testing; collects and assesses requirements and translates them into
technical implementation plans; documents server topographies, information
systems, process flows, data flows for the LMS system; designs and develops
automated approaches to systems management and maintenance.

The ideal candidate will have: a Bachelor's degree, a minimum of 4 years
intechnical system support responsibilities in a higher education
environment; a minimum of 2 years experience with the administration and
support of a learning management system (Sakai preferred); an employment
history or educational background that reflects proficiency with various
software systems including LINUX, SQL and Apache; extensive professional
experience with Java and/or Javascript best practices and professional
experience developing web-applications with Java and related technologies;
exemplary communication and interpersonal skills that enable effective
leadership, team membership and proactive initiative.

Review of applications will begin 15 May 2012 and the position will remain
open until filled.  Please send cover letter, résumé, salary history, and
list of references to Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 150 E. Eighth
St. Claremont, CA 91711. Documents may also be submitted via email at
staffjobs at pomona.edu or by fax at (909) 607-1726.
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