Employment

Work with Us at DECS

DECS provides IT services and support for the faculty, staff, students and guests of the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. To learn more about DECS, see our About DECS page.

Our department is made up of a group of highly-skilled full time staff, graduate assistants and undergraduate students. Our department's success depends extensively upon the quality of our employees. If you are a highly motivated individual desiring work in a modern, fast-paced and evolving IT department, see below for more information about possible job opportunities.

Full-Time Employee Positions

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIST — MSU College of Engineering is seeking a systems and programming professional. The job requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, business, or a related information technology field; one to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in operating and information systems; UNIX, LINUX, Windows, BSD, Apple OSX; experience implementing and enforcing security practices and policies; experience with authentication methods and practices, network and system hardware and integration; experience with distributed services and resources; systems and application programming experience in PHP, Perl, UNIX/LINUX/Win scripting; administrative/production experience with Active Directory, Kerberos, LDAP, SharePoint, Zimbra and terminal services; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

In summary, the incumbent will provide network, desktop, mobile, and remote administrative support for the technology infrastructure (servers, resources, and users) in the College of Engineering; will organize, plan, and participate in the development and support of evolving information systems; provides quick and simple solutions in a complex environment; will migrate and/or coordinate the migration of application systems from test to quality assured production environments; researches, plans, and evaluates current/future operating system technologies; maintains current large scale installation of heterogeneous workstations and servers; prepares for and implements major OS upgrades; performance monitoring and tuning; advises and assists researchers on security issues/procedures and implements security measures for research, specialized labs, and travel.

This is an off-date position funded for one year from date of hire.

To apply, visit the MSU Human Resources website at jobs.msu.edu and refer to posting number 5682. The closing date for applications is January 31, 2012.

MSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Student Employee Positions

IT Support Student (01/2012)

The Division of Engineering Computing Services (DECS) is looking for highly-motivated students to help run our Support Office.  Applicants must be reliable, willing to work independently and in a group environment, and possess favorable communication skills. Students must be willing to work 15-20 hours per week during the semester.

Job requirements include:

• prior computer troubleshooting experience
• proficiency in Windows XP/Vista/7 and PC hardware is required
• experience with Mac OSX, Linux/UNIX, and computer networking
• familiarity with digital/printed media production and creation

Job duties and responsibilities include:

• installing and troubleshooting computers, peripheral hardware, printers, software, and network equipment
• staffing the user help desk
• answering phones
• poster printing and lamination

Please send resume, references and class schedule to:

decs-staff-support@egr.msu.edu

Division of Engineering Computing Services Michigan State University is an equal opportunity employer