IT Engineer, Senior

Overview

What’s your purpose? Have you considered investing in your community? Pinal County is a beautiful place that needs passionate people who want to help others and make a difference in their lives. Public service is a rewarding career choice; not only does it offer a strong sense of purpose, but it also benefits you financially. We may not be the most competitive in salary, but we provide great value to our employees, including highly sought-after retirement plans, paid sabbaticals every five years, and very affordable benefit costs.

In the long run, Pinal County is an excellent choice to fulfill your passion and support your retirement!

Working at Pinal County is an investment in YOU. Apply today and find out why Pinal County is more than just a job. Read more about the position and see if it is a good match for you. We are growing so be sure to check out all of our other opportunities as well!

• Research, evaluate, recommend, install, maintain, and upgrade information technology solutions to ensure the desired performance.
• Analyze requirements, designs, and implements solutions for IT infrastructure security, integrity, reliability, and functionality of IT infrastructure solutions.
• Prepare specifications and operational procedures of these solutions as well as the selection, installation, testing, and acceptance of the components.
• Monitor performance of IT systems using management tools and assist in planning for system expansion and enhancements.
• Configure hardware and software to insure the desired performance of equipment.
• Maintain standards for installation and repair work with regard to the quality of materials, workmanship, and safety precautions exercised throughout the operation.
• Interact with co-workers and vendors to obtain and disseminate information, assign tasks, provide advice on projects, and coordinate activities.
• Work with other technicians to develop IT solutions.
• Test, implement, and maintain integration hardware and software between operating systems.
• Perform troubleshooting to isolate, diagnose, and resolve advanced IT problems.
• Research, recommend, implement, and monitor security for Pinal County IT networks.
• Perform Team Lead duties as required including but not limited to assigning tasks, training, technical support, and feedback on performance.
• Plan, track, report, and analyze team performance, track and measure response to incidents, performance measures, and assist as needed and assure proper documentation of changes to systems and applications.
• Maintain absolute confidentiality of work-related issues, customer records, and restricted County information.
• Perform other related duties as required.

• Associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience administering IT infrastructure systems.
• Or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience may substitute.

• Knowledge of managing VMs including: VMware, Nutanix, MS Hyper
  
  V, Extensive VMware experience, including vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, and vMotion.
• Experience with HP Nimble and Cohesity SAN storage. Group policy, active directory, domain controllers, DNS, and DHCP.
• Understanding of PKI infrastructure, certificate authority services, and certificate management.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, including hybrid cloud configurations, Azure AD, and Azure Site Recovery.
• Proficiency with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), including federation setup.
• Administer and configure F5 BIG-IP appliances, including LTM for load balancing, Virtual Servers, and traffic routing.
• Knowledge of project management principles, tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of Pinal County hardware, software, and infrastructure, including maintenance and integration issues.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure system development and systems integration in a public sector environment.
• Knowledge of database systems integration, system access, security guidelines, and quality assurance procedures.
• Skill in analyzing IT project issues, evaluating alternatives, and recommending methods for resolution of complex operational issues.
• Skill in assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands and effectively distributing workload.
• Ability to work independently in a technical environment with interlinked and changing priorities.
• Ability to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close IT projects.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is medium and requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The work also requires the ability to climb, crawl, crouch, finger, feel, grasp, handle, reach, perform repetitive motion, kneel, lift, pull, push, speak, hear, stand, stoop, walk, operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, and demonstrate visual and mental acuity.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed in a dynamic environment that requires the ability to be…