{"id":2760,"date":"2010-01-20T06:59:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T14:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/palblog.fxpal.com\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2010-01-19T16:02:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T00:02:42","slug":"summer-internship-in-virtualization-it-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fxpal.net\/?p=2760","title":{"rendered":"Summer Internship in Virtualization (IT Group)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is one in a series of posts advertising internship  positions    at FXPAL for the summer of 2010. A listing of all internship positions    currently posted is  available <a title=\"Internships | FXPAL Blog\" href=\"..\/?cat=156\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em>FXPAL&#8217;s information technology team is looking for an intern who can work with the team to help\u00a0evaluate and develop a number of virtualization technologies for deployment within the lab as well as\u00a0in select research prototypes.<\/p>\n<p>We currently have two projects, one to evaluate VMWare View Desktop Virtualization, and the other to develop user-facing VM Management &amp; Monitoring applications. (You can apply for one or for both positions.)<!--more--><strong>Project 1: <\/strong>Evaluate VMWare View Desktop Virtualization<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal: <\/strong>Deploy VMWare infrastructure in Lab on at least 2 blade servers.\u00a0 Deploy virtual desktop for at least 2 users \u2013 1 admin function and 1 research\/development function.\u00a0 Evaluate functionality on FXPAL\u2019s LAN, as a VPN client and as a disconnected client.\u00a0 Evaluate client user experience (video , sound, USB, CD\/DVD), network limitations\/impact, security and impact of encryption.\u00a0 Evaluate management tools including server to server migration, single image deployment, individual image deployment, ability to add virtual resources to a user\u2019s environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Required Skills: <\/strong>Could be undergraduate.\u00a0 OS installation and configuration: Windows, Linux, Mac. Basic understanding of IP networking, V-LANs, Routers &amp; Switching, VPN technologies (IPSEC and SSL).\u00a0 Knowledge of network monitoring tools, SNMP.\u00a0 Basic programming skills, C#, Java, HTML, DBMS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project 2: <\/strong>Develop user facing VM Management &amp; Monitoring Applications<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal: <\/strong>Provide FXPAL Researchers and Developers a means of self serving VM instances \u2013 with limitations, something similar to Amazon\u2019s AWS.\u00a0 Role based authentication to limit certain functions to certain users.\u00a0 Anticipated application functions: list my VMs, monitor my VMs, Power off\/on my VMs, Reboot, Force power off or reboot.\u00a0 Chart statistics for memory usage, processor utilization, network bandwidth, etc.\u00a0 Possibly extension of prior work that will be done to monitor VMs in select FXPAL research prototypes.\u00a0 (Note: Citrix does provide a management tool, but it doesn\u2019t do any authentication or role based control \u2013 that\u2019s a must for deployment for the Researchers).\u00a0 Architecture should be such that the virtualization technology underlying the solution is irrelevant to the end user.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills: <\/strong>Intermediate programming skills in Java, Groovy\/Grails, DBMS, HTML\/CSS.\u00a0 OS installation and configuration: Windows, Linux, Mac .\u00a0 Knowledge of virtualization technologies a plus, particularly Citrix.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to apply for this intern position the, please visit our <a title=\"Internships at FXPAL | fxpal.com\" href=\"http:\/\/fxpal.com\/?p=internships\" target=\"_blank\">web site<\/a>.<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/\/ < ![CDATA[ \/\/ < ![CDATA[ var addthis_pub = 'fxpal'; var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'twitter, email, favorites, digg, delicious, google, facebook, linkedin, more'; \/\/ --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one in a series of posts advertising internship positions at FXPAL for the summer of 2010. 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