Senior Systems Administrator

Please send all resumes to recruiting@entelos.com

Entelos, Inc., headquartered in Foster City, California, is a growing biotechnology company and the commercial leader in predictive biosimulation. The company carries out pharmaceutical research and development using its proprietary PhysioLab(r) biosimulation technology to significantly reduce the time, cost, and risk required to discover and develop new drugs. Much of this work is in collaboration with pharmaceutical and other biotechnology companies in the areas of metabolic and inflammatory diseases. Founded in 1996 with the mission to apply simulation and decision-support technologies to problems facing pharmaceutical R&D, Entelos has evolved into the foremost expert in creating and using predictive model systems of health and disease in drug discovery and development. The company employs life scientists with expertise spanning molecular biology to clinical medicine in fields related to metabolism, inflammation, and immunology and engineers with backgrounds in whole-system control dynamics, including chemical, electrical, mechanical, and aeronautical engineering.

Entelos is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator. The Systems Administrator will contribute to the cluster monitoring project.

Responsibilities:

* Provide the first level of support for internal clusters and provide expertise to customer support for external customer cluster * Define and cluster monitoring and management elements and communicate to the team * Formulate creative and innovative solutions to network and server utilization * Maintain awareness of the state of the art and emerging issues in server clusters and networking * Work with the Technology team to develop production software operational features * Develop and maintain the server and desktop network * Work closely with quality assurance engineers and developers during rollout cycles

Skill Requirements:

Must Haves:

* BA/BS degree with 4+ years of networking, Linux/Unix administration * Fluency in several of the following: C shell Bourne shell, Oracle/SQL, Perl, Python, LSF, cluster monitoring and management * LINUX experience * Ability to work with all levels of users * Good analytical and logical reasoning capabilities * Strong oral and written communication skills * Ability to work with both Software Development and QA Engineers * Team player and flexible attitude * Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently

Desired:

* Microsoft networking, desktop and server experience- Platform LSF software version 6.2 * Experience working with server hardware and running hardware diagnostics * Experience with Big Brother software, Cisco networking equipment including wireless and VPN * Experience with the following systems: Novell SUSE- SLES, NAS, SAN, VERITAS backup software, ORACLE * Proficient with performance monitoring and tuning of cluster hardware

Cindy Georgette

Staffing Consultant

Entelos, Inc.