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Mendel's state-of-the-art gene discovery and plant growth facilities are situated in the San Francisco Bay area. We offer an exciting and challenging scientific environment plus an attractive package of salary, stock options, and benefits, including a 401(k) plan. EOE.

Current openings

• Jr. System Administrator (Hayward, CA)
• Plant Care Assistant (Hayward, CA)

This is a full-time position in the IT and Communications group: a small team responsible for the IT infrastructure supporting all scientific research and business functions. We need an IT generalist with a solid understanding of all aspects of an IT infrastructure, needed to support a highly customized environment.

Ideally we are looking for someone with not necessarily many years of industry experience, but a solid understanding of a comprehensive set of IT disciplines. This is mainly due to the very custom nature of our IT infrastructure, requiring that members of the IT group have an ability to quickly become familiar with systems unlikely to be found elsewhere in a similar arrangement.

Your primary responsibility is to sustain our excellent uptime record by taking on the following tasks:

• Install, monitor and maintain a variety of mission-critical Linux and Windows servers.
• Assist migrations from old servers with minimal interruption to services.
• Participate in providing IT support to all staff, including scientists, developers and others.
• Work with the Sr. System Administrator and Systems Engineer to resolve issues that concern the whole network.
• Participate in development of lab automation systems involving networked lab equipment.
• Curate resources on the internal web in HTML and Wiki format.
• Maintain a well organized server room and documentation collection.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related area, and 0-2 years of industry experience
• Experience with flavors of UNIX, especially Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Experience with flavors of Windows, especially Windows Server 2008 R2
• Good working knowledge of TCP/IP networking and core services (web (Apache, IIS), Active Directory and/or LDAP, DNS, file sharing (NFS, SMB), etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Authorization to work in the U.S.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience with storage technologies (RAID, NAS, etc.)
• Experience with systems management and monitoring solutions
• Ability to automate tasks using scripts (Perl, Python or shell; not to mention MS Power Shell)
• Familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory and OpenLDAP
• Familiarity with Citrix XenDesktop (and similar) virtualization technologies
• Knowledge of iSCSI SAN technology
• Experience working with an HP ProCurve network and CheckPoint firewalls

To apply for this job via e-mail, please follow these instructions carefully:

1. Do not send attachments or HTML-formatted mail;
2. Send plain-text ASCII mail with your c.v. or resume, and a cover letter in the body of the e-mail;
3. You may include relevant URLs in your e-mail;
4. Send your application to job169@mendelbio.com

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Mendel Biotechnology, Inc., invites applications for entry level, Part/Full Time Plant Care Assistant positions. The successful applicant will participate in caring for and growing experimental plant materials. Duties include pot filling, watering, staking, bagging, harvesting, processing seeds and all preparatory and clean-up steps involved. Participation in Integrated Pest Management Program including monitoring pests, application of beneficial insects, and occasional pesticide application is required.

Applicants must be responsible, reliable, able to work independently and with a group, able to lift 50 to 70 lbs., and have a keen attention to details. Experience in Pest Management is desirable.

Applications, including the names, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses of at least 2 references should be submitted to job72@mendelbio.com

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