Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Alta College, Inc. (Alta) is the parent company of a system of higher education institutions including Westwood College, and Westwood College Online. With over 16,000 students currently enrolled in our programs, the company operates 18 campuses in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Texas and Virginia as well as Westwood College Online - a part of Westwood College - Denver North.
Since its inception, Alta Colleges, Inc. has helped launch the careers of over 20,000 graduates and we currently employ over 3,000 full time employees, including 1,200 full and adjunct instructors.
Westwood College was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1953. For many years the school was known as Denver Institute of Technology, offering diploma and degree programs in a variety of technical fields. Since then, Alta has expanded Westwood College's offerings by leveraging its proven approach of career-focused education to reach a wider array of students.
Westwood College in Houston provides hands-on, career-focused instruction to students in the growing fields of Business, Design, Computer & Information Technology, Industrial Services, and Healthcare.
Westwood’s role is to deliver quality academic programs that provide students with actual skills that employers need and require. Its organizational values are predicated on producing results while remaining focused upon accountability, entrepreneurship, quality delivery, continuous improvement, and adding value to customers, employees, and shareholders.
DEPARTMENT:
Computer Network Engineering
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Teach course in Linux system administration, including strong skills and experience in the following areas:
· Installation of RHEL, Fedora Core 6, UNIX or SUSE Linux
· Networking and operating Linux with other systems
· Performing Linux system administration
· Linux networking and security administration
· Hardware redundancy and fault tolerance
· Configuration of the Linux shell and utilities
· Troubleshooting Linux
· Managing system resources, system logging, backing up system data, controlling processes, and the printing system
· Creating scripts and automated procedures
· Shell programming
· Creating and editing of files
PREFERRED:
Linux System Administration Certification
REQUIREMENTS:
o Master’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Networking or a minimum of 18 advanced hours with a concentration in network engineering with a master’s degree
o Teaching or training experience in Linux or Unix
o Four plus years related industry experience for the above skills in job description
o Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
PREFERRED: Experience in a proprietary field.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Our Company is committed to serving a diverse multicultural body of students in an atmosphere that promotes pride, respect and teamwork. To our campuses and campus communities, we commit to recruit an experienced and qualified faculty and staff who are reflective of the infinitely varied human talent available. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or family status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
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