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Upcoming events

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Monday 3rd Nov
Presentation by Network Rail 6:15pm. Sign up at http://aber.prospects.ac.uk

Tues 4th and Weds 5th Nov
Mock Assessment Centre and Speed Interview practice. Sign up at http://aber.prospects.ac.uk

Tues 4th Nov
Intro to Psychometric Testing by PWC. 6.15pm. Sign up at http://aber.prospects.ac.uk

Friday 7th Nov
National Graduate Recruitment Fair in Birmingham
Cost £10, but you get £8 back. Sign up for a place on the Aber Uni bus at the Careers office in the Student Union building. Meet many different employers under one roof and explore all your career options. See the 5 minute video at http://www.careerplayer.com/tips-and-advice/general-advice/career-fairs/

Speed Events – Assessment Centre and Speed Interviews

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Mock assessment centre and mock speed interviews and feedback from 5 different employers (including Network Rail and PWC). Further information to follow as soon as it is confirmed. Sign up at the Careers Service in the Student Union building (or email careers@aber.ac.uk)

Where/when: Tuesday 4 November 2014 Medrus Mawr (upstairs in Penbryn), or Wednesday 5 November 2014 Main common room, Llanbadarn

National Graduate Recruitment Fair in Birmingham

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Friday 7th Nov: National Graduate Recruitment Fair in Birmingham

Cost is £10, but you get £8 back when you arrive. Sign up for a place on the Aber Uni bus to travel there and back at the Careers office in the Student Union building. Meet many different employers under one roof and explore all your career options. See the 5 minute video at http://www.careerplayer.com/tips-and-advice/general-advice/career-fairs/

Graduate Role: Sys Admin and Data Messaging Middleware at GM in Ireland

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We’ve been asked to let you know about the following job vacancies for General Motors in Ireland:

High Performance Computing System Administrators
http://gradireland.com/graduate-jobs/jobs/245168

Data Messaging Middleware Specialist
http://gradireland.com/graduate-jobs/jobs/245170

They are still recruiting for both vacancies, despite the “content expired ” message on the Data Messaging Middleware Specialist vacancy.

Ideally, candidates would have the following competencies, which may require focus at postgraduate level:

Data Integration role:

  • Basic experience with WebSphere MQ administration
  • A basic understanding of current IT technologies such as Structured Query Language (SQL), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Java, and XML Path language (XPath)

HPC role:

Knowledge of Linux operating systems
Preferred Qualifications (not required to have all):

  • SuSe Linux administration basics
  • Job scheduling basics using s/w tools like: LSF, Grid Engine, etc
  • Hardware concepts (Components in a Server)
  • Storage concepts : IO optimization
  • Infiniband network concepts
  • Scripting languages like ksh, and Java for batch programming. For example:
    • ksh scripts to monitor system parameters
    • Knowledge in writing non-GUI Java programs to automate or run routine system related tasks