Technology Generalist - Electronic Frontier Foundation

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit civil liberties organization based in San Francisco, is seeking a full-time Technology Generalist. This person will work with the other members of the EFF technology operations team to perform desktop support and server systems administration, manage web content on www.eff.org and other EFF sites, and generally to support EFF's staff in their mission to defend civil liberties online.

Although this is a junior position, there is room to grow your skills, responsibilities, and compensation at EFF.

Required Skills:

• Mac OS X troubleshooting and systems administration
• Linux/Unix shell scripting and command line experience
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Enthusiasm for learning new technology skills and teaching them to others

Nice To Have Skills:

• Experience with CiviCRM or other open source CRM platforms
• Experience with Drupal or other open source content management platforms
• Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Portfolio of open source project contributions
• Project management experience

EFF offers outstanding benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement account with employer contributions, housing expense assistance programs, student loan assistance, 14 paid holidays a year, 20 paid time off days a year, and more. Most importantly, EFF is an amazing place to work. Everyone is dedicated not only to protecting civil liberties online, but also to creating a supportive and fun culture in which to do a tremendous amount of high profile work.

If you think you’d like to be a part of our team, please send a cover letter and your resume with links to some samples of your work to techjobs@eff.org. Please send these materials in a non-proprietary format such as plain text, HTML, ODT or PDF. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

This is a full-time position based in EFF's office in San Francisco, CA. Inquiries about whether this job can be done remotely or part-time will not be answered. No phone calls please!

[Erik Hommel]

Distance makes it impractical for me, but tweeted :-)