Growing direct communications service bureau needs your help to keep our IT production resources running smoothly.

IT Operations is focused around high-integrity direct communications applications. These services are provided by laser imaging, direct mail and web services. This is provided by a Linux system grid and a fleet of centralized Xerox laser printing systems.

We are currently in two locations. The first is in the Greektown area of downtown Chicago. This facility is our headquarters with most activity located here. The computing grid consists of about 20 Linux systems. These systems include application servers, web servers, database servers and other appliance systems sharing various responsibilities such as DNS, email, etc.

The second larger location is in Bedford Park, Illinois. This facility is new to Sebis and is being developed to eventually take over many operations from the downtown facility.

This is a new position. Please be highly organized, have good writing skills and be an effective leader. Must be able to create new procedures and take them from an idea to full implementation. You will be a steward of all Sebis IT recourses, running any of our high-speed black and color Xerox laser systems in addition to supervising production operators.

Leadership Activities:

The current staffing level is 3 full-time operators in addition to this position.

-Consistently improve our documents, including procedures, best practices, department policies, etc.
-Provide scheduling, training and support to production operators.
-Provide affirmative and effective control and enforcement of production operations work practices and procedures.
-Review operators annually.
-Hire new operators. Discipline operators, if necessary.
-Provide performance metrics regarding productivity.
-Be an effective change manager as technologies, products and services shift.
-Be very process and procedure oriented.

Technical Activities:

The following is an outline of technical skills and activities essential to this position:
-Be very knowledgeable in Linux system administration including network administration. Provide accurate schedule management of yourself and the other operators. Arrange and post schedules. Assist and lead in the administration of the network. Be able to configure web servers, DNS, switches, firewalls, VPN,VOIP phone systems, security systems, access control systems and other systems as technologies and needs dictate. Administrate backups including regular testing and offsite storage of media.
-Administrate our NCOA Link system. This system requires weekly updates and occasional upgrades.
-Monitor network activity, administer and monitor intrusion alerts, failover of systems, etc.
-Create and administrate appliance Linux systems such as VOIP phones, camera surveillance and security systems.
-Administrate and update our grid of Linux systems.
-Be able to respond to occasional problems, power outages, production operator questions during your off hours.
-Possess solid knowledge of PC hardware.
-Have experience with high-speed laser imaging (black and/or color) or similar high-speed output devices.

You need to be located within 60 minutes of both locations. You can find additional information about our company and the services we provide at Experience: Manager, Linux, laser printers, Xerox, backups, RAID, firewall, Apache, Open Source, IT Operations, Network Administration, PC hardware, shell scripting, UNIX, wiring, VOIP, web servers, direct mail, web design, laser printing, supervision, networking, HTML To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here