Principal Network Systems Administrator - Fire Emergency

Principal Network Systems Administrator (Emergency)

The Los Angeles County Fire Department is recruiting qualified candidates to fill emergency Principal Network Systems Administrator vacancies related to the county’s response to windstorms and wildfires. Applicants meeting the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

• Performs network and server administration functions, including designing, configuring, installing, repairing, maintaining, and upgrading hardware, operating systems; as well as testing and optimizing complex network software and physical infrastructure.
• Designs and implements network security solutions, including system network access lists and host intrusion and prevention systems along with policy elements such as end user roles and groups, trust relationships, access rights, and directories.
• Analyzes network resource utilization, and solves complex system configuration and performance problems.
• Analyzes proposed procedures for network management, including resource allocation of centralized, decentralized and remote network services.
• Identifies and recommends appropriate changes to network infrastructure to improve performance, reliability and availability.
• Plans the deployment of hardware and software upgrades for network servers, gateways, and associated telecommunication devices.
• Analyzes and resolves complex network and operational problems.
• Leads the selection, development, and implementation process for network backup and recovery solutions.
• Leads the VLAN configuration process required to support the installation and maintenance of services over Internet Protocol (IP), such as audio, video, telephony and data.
• Coordinates and works with vendors to develop and implement solutions to specific problems or to meet specific objectives.
• Participates in the analysis, evaluation, and risk assessment tasks required for implementation of new applications, and system changes, such as vendor provided patches, service packs, network products, devices and network management solutions.
• Selects, designs, implements, and configures monitoring and alerting systems for networks, servers, and systems.
• May supervise lower level Network or technical personnel.
• May serve as a project manager.
• May lead a network administration team.
• May lead the effort to create Requests for Proposal, Requests for Quotation, and Requests for Information, and write technical requirements for the Statements of Work for services such as installation, configuration, data center upgrades, and security assessments.
• May enforce network security according to policies and procedures and documents information security processes.
• May lead the in‑depth support for information security incidents including internal violations, hacker attacks, viruses, and system access violations.
• May install, service, and move servers, networking devices, and related equipment.

Option I: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field, and four (4) years of progressively responsible, full‑time, paid experience in a centralized Information Technology organization planning, designing, installing and maintaining complex network infrastructure with a high‑availability environment.

Option II: Two (2) years of experience at the level of Senior Network Systems Administrator.

Option III: Five (5) years of progressively responsible, full‑time paid experience planning, designing, installing and maintaining complex network infrastructure in a centralized IT organization with a high‑availability environment.

You MUST meet the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

• To receive credit for your education, include a legible copy of your official diploma, official transcript, or letter/certificate from an accredited institution at the time of filing or within five (5) calendar days from application submission. The document should show the date the degree was conferred…