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Personnel Board of Jefferson County · 1 day ago

Network Systems Administrator I

Greater Birmingham, Alabama Area

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$64K/yr - $123K/yr

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County is seeking a Network Systems Administrator I to provide network and systems solutions that facilitate workflow processes. This role involves developing specialized networks, monitoring system performance, managing IT projects, and providing training to end users.

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Responsibilities

Administers network applications, operating systems, and network equipment by reviewing, monitoring, and testing networking components to ensure efficient performance and to make recommendations for any needed hardware or software changes

Manages network security by developing, planning, coordinating, and implementing measures, standards, and procedures to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computer networks in order to ensure network data is available to authorized users and not tampered with or degraded during data uploads or storage and to protect network hardware and software

Monitors network security against malware attacks such as viruses (e.g., worms, trojans) spyware, and ransomware by performing security assessments using various software tools, protocols, tests, and system monitoring in order to identify actual and potential network threats and vulnerabilities and to determine network security solutions

Diagnoses network and system components (e.g., server routers, switches, Networking Operating System, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) by performing system tests and evaluating performance results using various troubleshooting tools (e.g., Ping, ICMP, Traceroute, Ipconfig) in order to resolve network connectivity and performance issues

Manages division projects (e.g., hardware installations, network upgrades, virtualization rollouts, business analytics, and data management) by laying out project planning, execution, monitoring, and completion in order to mitigate technical system/application issues

Prepares requests for proposals and bid specifications for the jurisdiction or department(s) by reviewing current network and systems infrastructure, network and system’s needs, and budget information in order to obtain bids from vendors for networking services, products, or support

Reviews contracts and bids from vendors by comparing the services, products, and support offered to the specified needs outlined in the request for proposals and bid specifications in order to make a recommendation to the Infrastructure Manager and CIO to ensure contract work, services, or equipment standards are meet

Administers systems applications and datacenter operations including, servers (virtual and physical), data storage systems, datacenter backup and recovery systems, and ensures that all other support systems are operational in a 24/7 environment by monitoring, installing, or upgrading computer components and software applications in order to ensure system uptime and performance

Engages in activities designed to ensure professional development, awareness of developments in the field, and knowledge of relevant practices, rules, laws, policies, and/or guidelines

Qualification

Network administrationVirtualization technologyVoIP infrastructureMicrosoft CertificationCisco CertificationActive DirectoryBackupRecoveryTechnical certificationsProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Driver's license

Experience administering network systems (e.g., designing, setting up, troubleshooting, and maintaining networks; installing, configuring, and upgrading network components; VOIP configuration) in an enterprise environment

Driver's license

Experience with virtualization technology (e.g., VMWare, Citrix, HyperV)

Driver's license

Experience administering enterprise Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) infrastructure