NCC Job Opening - Junior Hostmaster

[Carol Orange <]

            RIPE: Coordinating the Internet in Europe.



Due to the continuing explosive growth of the European Internet 
there is an immediate opening at the RIPE NCC for a full time


               J u n i o r   H o s t m a s t e r



Every host directly connected to the Internet needs an address.  
RIPE NCC hostmasters play a key role in the distribution of the 
Internet address space throughout Europe.


Duties

The general duties NCC hostmasters comprise:

   - to handle all address space related requests
   - to help maintain the databases the RIPE NCC keeps
   - to propose new activities, where needed
   - to report to the Registration Services manager


The specific duties of the junior hostmaster are:

   - to allocate address space to local Internet registries
   - to support local registries where needed
   - to assign address space
   - to review assignments made by other registries
   - to answer address space related queries
   - to refer non-routine requests to appropriate senior staff


Almost all communications with customers and other organisations 
involved in Internet address space assignment is via the Internet 
itself.  The position provides an excellent opportunity to work 
at the very heart of the European Internet industry.


Qualifications

   Essential

   - willingness to learn quickly about the Internet environment
   - ability to perform administrative tasks reliably
   - good knowledge of written and spoken English
   - good communication skills
   - ability to learn and use Unix and X-windows based computer tools

   Desirable

   - work experience in an international environment
   - work experience in an administrative environment
   - previous exposure to the Internet
   - basic experience with Unix and X-windows based computer tools

The position is suitable both for those with administrative
skills willing to learn about the Internet and to recent
graduates with Internet experience willing to do
administrative work. Female applicants and applicants from
all European countries are explicitly encouraged to apply.  
Depending on their ambitions and abilities junior hostmasters 
can eventually be promoted to senior positions at the NCC.


R I P E

RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation
open to all European Internet service providers.  The
objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative
and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan-
European IP network.  RIPE does not operate a network of its
own.

RIPE has been functioning since 1989.  Currently more than
350 organisations participate in the work.  The result of the
RIPE coordination effort is that the individual end-user is
presented with a uniform IP service irrespective of the 
particular network his or her workstation is attached to.  
In December 1995, there were 2206360 hosts registered 
on the networks coordinated by RIPE.  


R I P E   N C C

The RIPE Network Coordination Centre supports RIPE activities 
which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the 
participating organisations.  In addition to supporting RIPE 
activities in general the NCC provides the following services 
to network operators:


        o NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATABASE
          containing information about address space, routing,
          DNS domains and contact persons

        o REGIONAL INTERNET REGISTRY
          a clearing house distributing IP address space

        o RIPE INTERNET ROUTING REGISTRY

        o RIPE DOCUMENT STORE

        o RIPE INTERACTIVE INFORMATION SERVICE


A detailed description of these activities can be found in the 
RIPE NCC Activity Plan (document ripe-133).  This document can 
be obtained from the RIPE document store.

The RIPE NCC is currently staffed as follows:

 one NCC manager
 one business manager
 one registration services manager
 five junior hostmasters (some part time)
 two network engineers
 two administrative staff

The NCC is funded by all Internet service providers in Europe 
who operate local Internet registries. NCC staff are formally 
employed by TERENA.


TERENA

TERENA is the European Association of research networking
organisations and their users.  TERENA has been created by a
merger of the RARE and EARN associations. TERENA carries out
technical activities and provides a platform for discussion
and education to encourage the development of a high-quality
computer networking infrastructure for the European research
community.


Conditions

RIPE NCC personnel is employed by the TERENA association under 
their standard employment conditions.  The salary will depend 
on qualifications and experience.  Costs of relocation to the 
Netherlands will be met.  The appointment will be for one year 
with a possible extension.


Location

The RIPE NCC is located at the Scientific Center 
Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam.  The offices are situated 
at NIKHEF, the Dutch National Institute for Nuclear Physics 
and High Energy Physics.


Further Information

For further information about the RIPE NCC, please see the
RIPE document store at

                    http://www.ripe.net/
                    ftp://ftp.ripe.net/
                 gopher://gopher.ripe.net/
                  telnet://info.ripe.net/


For more information about this position please contact:

Mirjam Kuehne
Manager Registration Services
RIPE NCC
Kruislaan 409
NL-1098 SJ  Amsterdam
Netherlands

Tel.: +31 20 592 5065

<Mirjam.Kuehne@localhost


How to Apply

Applications, including a CV and references should be submitted 
in confidence to the address above and should be received no later 
than Wednesday, April 17, 1996.