Exciting Student Placement
at Sun Microsystems !
This is for a year long placement for under graduates who reside in the
UK or EMEA starting July 2008. Note I am NOT on this alias so reply
direct to me please.
Description
The student will gain knowledge of Sun's hardware range, system
and application software. In addition he/she will benefit from
working within a highly experienced software/hardware team and indeed be
part of that team.
The position will be working in the two labs in the Camberley ( Surrey )
office for 1 year starting in July 2006. The successful candidate will
gain exposure to Sun's latest hardware and software offerings as they
are released.
Tasks undertaken by the student may include the following:
Installation, configuration (hardware and software) , tuning and system
administration of lab systems and project work in the lab. This will
enable the student to gain hands on experience and knowledge of Unix
hardware and associated system software.
Student Placement
There will be opportunities for students to undertake project work in
the lab. These may include ongoing planning and development or expansion
of the laboratory infrastructure.
Requirements
Willingness and ability to absorb a large amount of information
within a short timeframe.
Ability to co-operate and communicate effectively with other
people.
The candidate MUST have at least one years experience of using
Unix, for example Solaris, Linux or similar. The experience must
cover installing Unix and other administration tasks. This should
include network (LAN/Internet) setup, user administration, software
upgrades/patching and file system maintenance. You should grade yourself
as having a good theoretical and practical understanding of your
preferred Unix platform.
Experience or knowledge in the following technical areas would
be a distinct advantage:
Unix skills (user/administration) (essential)
Networking (essential)
Shell scripting (essential)
Experience of PC or Sun Hardware (essential)
Structured programming techniques (preferable)
Scripting languages (perl/tcl/php) (preferable)
Training in some of these areas will be given where required
We expect applicants to write us a covering letter to accompany their CV
explaining why their skills make them a suitable candidate. The letter
should also cover what they would expect to get out of the one year
working in Sun in this position.
Closing date November 30th 2007
Please send c.v.'s to
Rosemarie Cole (rosemarie.cole at sun.com)
Sun Microsystems Ltd
Guillemont Park(Sparc House)
Minley Road
Blackwater
Camberley
GU17 9QG
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Paul Humphreys
Sun Services Global Labs EMEA Manager
Phone: +44 1252-426028
Mobile email paul.humphreys at sun.itechtool.com
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