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Location: Cookeville, TN
Company: McKesson @ CRMC
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: Undergraduate Degree



Job Responsibilities
1.Monitor system performance of all Unix and other Operating System Servers (80 servers in all) 50% of time. 2. Monitor, create, manage all backups of servers 35% of time. 3. Create manage all user accounts to OS's and servers 15% of time. 4. Manage all operational duties 5% of time.
Job Requirements
Unix administration experience and systems admin clases Windows administration experience.
Uppers
Independence, can be done through telecommuting if needed, flexible hours.
Downers
lot's of responsibility, hours can be rough, such as call ins for break downs at night, being on call all hours.
Lifestyle
We have a casual dress code, work hours are normally flexible but can be any time of day or night depending on issues occurring, not much business travel, we have summer picknics and Christmas parties, occasional pizza parties to celebrate something. Normal work hours would be 8:00 to 4:30 with a half hour for lunch (which is flexible) and 2 15 min breaks durring the day.
Compensation
Base salary = $40,000. 401K is matched to 3% of income. Healthcare insurance, eye care insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, all available, company pays 1/2 of premiums. Bonuses awarded on performance in the form of stock options. Performance recognition at time with gift certificates to local restaurants.
Advice to Jobseekers
There will be many opportunities in this field. Specialization in particular OS's, for example, only Unix or only Windows, will become more predominant. Get experience on a wide variety of software OS's from different vendors as well as the hardware maintenance and support.

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