Project Manager, Systems Administrator, IT Project Manager

Overview

The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is seeking qualified candidates for a Project Manager (Information Systems Supervisor).

• High Deductible Health Plan – bi-weekly premiums:
  Single $10.90 / Family $80.79
• Includes a County Funded Health Savings Account of up to $2400 Annually
• Consumer Driven Health Plan – bi-weekly premiums:
  Single $82.58 / Family $286.79
• Florida Retirement System (FRS) – Pension or Investment Plan
• 457 Deferred Compensation employee match
• Eleven (11) paid holidays each year
• Vacation (Paid Time Off) = 2 weeks per year
• Up to 40 hours of Job Basis Leave for eligible positions
• Tuition Reimbursement (Up to 2K annually)

Broward County Regional Communications is seeking a skilled and experienced Project Manager to oversee and coordinate all project management activities related to the design, development, and construction of a new Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). This includes the seamless relocation of active 911 and radio dispatch services from an existing site to the new facility. The Project Manager will ensure the successful fulfillment of requirements from the Operational teams, E911 team, Radio team, and Regional Public Safety Applications team while maintaining operational continuity.

Familiarity with telephony, electrical systems, HVAC, and other PSAP-related technologies is essential. The role involves managing budgets, schedules, procurement, vendor relationships, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication to deliver the project on time, within scope, and within budget.

General Description

Installs, configures, manages, monitors, and maintains the County network, security, and remote access infrastructure. Works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.

• Requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science or closely related field. (One year of relevant experience may be substituted for each year of required education.)
• Requires four (4) years experience in systems analysis, systems design and/or programming experience relevant to area of assignment including six (6) months lead work/supervisory experience.

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• Experience:
  
  Minimum 5 years of project management experience, preferably in public safety communications, technology infrastructure, or large-scale relocations.
• Certifications:
  
  PMP (Project Management Professional) certification preferred
• Expertise in deployment of telephony, radio communications, data networks, electrical systems, HVAC, and applications.
• Experience planning and executing relocations of mission-critical services with minimal downtime.
• Proficient in project management software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera).
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of call center operational standards and best practices.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements for public safety communication systems.
• Ability to work flexible hours and travel to project sites as needed.

• Troubleshoots, updates, and grants or denies network access to resources passing through county Firewall, Intrusion Prevention Systems, Network Access Controller, and Virtual Private Network; configures, installs, troubleshoots, and maintains physical network equipment such as networking switches, content switches, routers, firewalls, and wireless access points.
• Monitors network activity and network access trends, unauthorized access attempts, and anomalies; creates and updates network access policies and rules; programs software and script used to automate and streamline policy changes.
• Acts as a liaison with assigned agency s technical staff including testing and troubleshooting system problems; assists staff with creating/running reports; represents agency on projects related to the financial system.
• Reviews IT paperwork, approves leave, end user requests and other IT related work; manages projects and assists in IT related work including fiber replacement, eFax implementation, Office Suite upgrades, PC rollouts, Windows upgrades, UPS replacements, Wi-Fi projects, laptop and tablet upgrades, as well as other IT related projects.
• Performs administrative office duties including procurement of IT hardware and software, enters purchase orders, maintains files, maintains software licenses, works on disaster recovery and maintains yearly capital and operating budget.
• Performs Server Administration tasks working with user accounts, quarterly account audits, provides access to groups, shares, server resources, and monthly after hours on-call rotation every three months.
• Manages projects and advises senior management, supervisor, and staff…