The Florida State University Physics Department IT group is a small, three-person team supporting a department whose IT needs span everything from standard office and classroom support to custom hardware builds, computational clusters, and specialized research instrumentation. The work is varied, the environment is collaborative, and no two weeks look the same.
This position serves as an IT generalist for the research, teaching, and administrative missions of the Physics Department. Using strong skills in Linux/Unix office & research environments, provides computer support (hardware & software) for faculty, staff, students, and post-docs. Develops, installs, and supports Linux clusters including computational clusters. Assembles, installs, diagnoses and repairs computer systems at the component level. Performs preventive maintenance, hardware upgrades & software updates. Implements networking and security solutions for Linux, Macs and Windows workstations. Performs routine backups of systems and user-data.
Supports the department's network infrastructure by identifying infected computers and resolving PC/workstation security matters. Supports server functions like DHCP, LDAP, routing, firewalls, clustering, email, wiki and web services. Installs and oversees the network security software on computers. Provides software support for all operating systems including Linux (Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, and openSUSE), macOS, and Windows, including drivers/utilities, office productivity suites/apps. Supports the installation of physics instructional-laboratories' apps/utilities, data visualization software, data acquisition software, symbolic mathematical packages, and programming languages. Installs and supports printing and copying functions on Windows/Macs/Linux workstations to various printers and copiers. Maintains records and documentation as needed. Scrubs data off old PCs before repurposing/surplus.
