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City of Sunnyvale ยท 1 week ago
Principal Network and Systems Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
8+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Supervises assigned IT staff; provides mentorship, guidance, and direction; prepares and delivers evaluations of assigned staff.
Plan, prioritize, assign, supervise, and review the work of assigned staff.
Participate in the selection of staff; provide or coordinate staff training; motivate staff and manage effective teams.
Assists in the development and implementation of department and unit goals, objectives, policies, and procedures and correspondingly aligns to goals of assigned staff.
Oversees the planning, design, installation, and supports data center activities and systems of data, voice, radio and video network infrastructures, IT equipment, servers, storage, and applications to achieve optimum performance and security.
Communicates effectively with internal clients and vendors to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
Performs structured and complex analyses, designs and develops integrated information flow.
Completes own service requests in a timely manner and provides support to end users, assigns service requests, incidents, and problem tickets to team members.
Ensures team contributions to the department's performance/service metrics. Defines standards of appropriate usage and performance of systems accordingly.
Researches, designs, develops security and integrity of infrastructure and client device systems to ensure protection from inappropriate access or destruction to include disaster recovery and business continuity.
Develops and executes preventive maintenance programs identifying weaknesses of the current system to determine critical server/storage or network issues, including cybersecurity.
Develops contract specifications, coordinates services, and monitors terms and agreements provided by vendors and independent contractors.
Recommends, evaluates, and monitors the acquisition and operational cost of network and server-related items to obtain the best results, meet budget guidelines, and ensure system compatibility.
Manages and monitors tasks related to projects or system implementations.
Coaches, mentors, and trains other city staff through both formal and informal training programs.
Oversees, develops, and maintains technical system documentation and develops and provides training programs and materials to end-users and other technical staff. Ensures completion of technical documentation by subordinates.
Develops and executes project plans based on standard Project Management guidelines and leads or participates in projects according to the plan, to include carrying out the IT Strategic Plan (ITSP).
Evaluates operations and activities of assigned responsibilities; recommends improvements and modifications; prepares various reports on operations and activities.
Participate in budget preparation and administration for projects, operations, or technology investments; monitor and control expenditures.
Qualification
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Required
A Technology Certificate from an accredited college or trade school in information technology, computer and information research science, computer engineering, computer information systems, network architecture, network and computer systems administration, telecommunications administrations, electronic engineering technology, technology project management or closely related field AND eight years of experience in any two of the focus areas; OR
An Associate's degree or have completed 60 semester or 90 quarter units at an accredited college or university in systems administration, network systems administration, business information systems, computer science, information technology or closely related field AND eight years of experience in any two of the focus areas; OR
A Bachelor's degree or four years of full-time post-secondary education from an accredited college or university with concentration in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, engineering, or closely related field; AND seven years of experience in any two of the focus areas OR
At least two of Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE), NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer (NCIE), Palo Alto Networks (PAN) Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certificate, VMWare Certified Professional (VCP), Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Engineer (MCSE) certification AND eight years of experience in any two of the focus areas
Preferred
A Master's of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Public Administration, Business Administration or related field may be substituted for one year of experience.
Public sector employment experience.
Proven track record of implementing new network or server solutions within an organization and/or successfully maintaining a complex network.
Proven track record of motivating teams and providing supervision to high-performing teams.
Possession and maintenance of Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certificate.
Possession and maintenance of VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) certificate.
Possession of NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer (NCIE) certificate.
Possession of NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) certificate.
Possession of Palo Alto Networks Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) certificate.
Possession and maintenance of Palo Alto Networks Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) certificate.
Possession and maintenance of Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certificate.
Possession and maintenance of Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certificate.
Possession and maintenance of Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Server Infrastructure level.
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Benefits
Eligible for overtime pay
Retiree medical benefit
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Pension
11 paid Holidays, plus 30 hours of Floating Holidays (Prorated based on date of hire)
Paid Time Off (PTO) accruals
Generous medical contribution towards medical, dental, and vision
Potential hybrid schedule after probationary period
Onsite gym
Company
City of Sunnyvale
City of Sunnyvale is a local municipality that offers education, economic development, business planning, and public safety services
501-1,000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Barbara Fukumoto
Founder, Leader Sunnyvale Cool
Bryan E. Berdeen
WPC Operations Manager - CPO
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