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System Administrator for CKUT 90.3FM

Hours: 15 - 20 hours per week

Pay: $20 - 25$/hour (hours & wage to be determined based on availability & experience)

4 weeks of paid vacation per year, paid sick days, plus a paid Christmas break.

**Summary **

CKUT 90.3FM is a non-profit, campus-community radio station that provides alternative music, news and spoken word programming to the city of Montreal and surrounding areas, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. CKUT is not only on the FM dial, but also streams online and stores audio archives of its programming for three months. The station operates on a collectively managed, non-hierarchical decision-making structure.

CKUT currently hosts a streaming server (Icecast), automated audio archives, a VOIP network, networked-attached storage, an internal database of active volunteers and approximately twenty desktop workstations with networked printers. Additionally, the station’s website is hosted by a local web services provider (Réseau Koumbit).

Job Description

Install, maintain and upgrade server hardware and software;

Facilitate the ongoing development of audio archival and streaming systems;

Plan improvements and reduce the number of internally managed services;

Troubleshooting of emergency situations on the network;

Manage VOIP telephones and network;

Manage desktop computers and provide technical support to staff and volunteers;

Liaison with an external web developer to maintain CKUT’s website;

Maintain documentation regarding configurations, operations and troubleshooting procedures;

Participate in collective decision making;

Required Skills and Knowledge

Expertise in Linux operating systems;

Network equipment and services, such as DHCP, DNS, NFS, WIFI;

Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to work autonomously;

Ability to work constructively in a non-hierarchical collective;

Assets

Knowledge of Asterisk PBX;

Knowledge of scripting languages (Bash, Perl, Python, etc.);

Knowledge and experience with not-for-profits and collectively managed organizations;

Bilingualism (French & English, oral and written)