Job Description

The Computer Systems Specialist will report to the Computer Committees in the Department of Statistics as well as Health Research and Policy. The candidate will be supervised by a Senior Research Scientist and assisted by student research assistants in the Departments. He/She will be responsible for providing Research Computing infrastructure, security, and application support to the Department of Statistics at Stanford. The computing environments will include Linux, Windows and Mac OS X systems. Scientific and publishing applications will need to be supported on the systems.

Position responsibilities include traditional Systems Administration tasks such as:

• Installing, maintaining and supporting software and hardware
• Ensuring systems are secure with appropriate, up-to-date patches and configured using best practices
• Ensuring that data backups occur regularly
• Maintaining user accounts
• Managing network issues
• Providing accurate and timely information on changes and problems and effectively communicating with members of the department

Qualifications

Experience working in a research and technical environment. Good oral and written communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills. Candidates with a bachelors or masters degree in the sciences are encouraged to apply. This position can be structured as a half-time appointment.

Stanford University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

The Departments

The Departments of Statistics and Health Research and Policy are leaders in the world. The computing environment is essential to achieving the mission of excellence both in research and teaching.