[TriLUG] OT: Job and request for help!

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

I agree somewhat with Scott on this.  I did see J2EE server admin listed, 
but I doubt that's on most people's intial search terms.  I expect most 
people are looking for "systems administrator" rather than "J2EE".

It also sounds like a platypus job.  You have web server administration, 
J2EE administration, and such.  You also have Content Management System 
development and "Design and architect highly available application 
infrastructure solutions".  Just reading the description, I see a hybrid 
(or, as previously said, platypus) position that requires some or all of
* sysadmin
* systems architect
* software developer

Possibly the position title should be changed to "Systems Engineer" rather 
than "Solutions Engineer", assuming this is not solely a sysadmin job.

Also:
1. I see the same skills mentioned in several places (I saw Splunk at 
least twice, and I might have seen J2EE three times).  You might want to 
focus on combining the skill sets into one concise list.
2. Likewise, I see much verbiage about who does what, where, with whom.  I 
think some concision here is also good.

Finally:
I don't know how widely you have posted this job req outside of the UNC 
web site.  If you have only posted to the UNC web site, your target 
audience is, by definition, those folks who are combing the UNC employment 
pages looking for work.  If you want to diversify your audience, posting 
it to TriLUG might be a start, but it also helps to post it to places like 
Moster, Dice, Indeed, etc.

William Sutton

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016, Scott Miller via TriLUG wrote:

> To be quite honest, no part of that posting sounds or looks like a
> Linux sysadmin job. 'Solutions Engineer?'
>
> The word 'Linux' does not even appear anywhere in the listing.
>
> 1. Rename the job title to Linux Sysadmin, or similar.
>
> 2. Remove the bits about a 'Computer Science' degree. That is for a
> software developer who write code for a living, not one who is an
> admin.
>
> Just state a four year degree is desired, or equivalent work experience is ok.
>
> 3. Ideally state exactly what Linux distro/OS will be used. At the
> very least put the word Linux in there somewhere.
>
> Then you will see applicants.
>
> Cheers,
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