Network Administration Specialist Job Las Vegas area,Nevada USA,IT/Tech

Career Opportunity

The city of Las Vegas invites applications for Network Administration Specialist. This position implements, installs, maintains, and secures complex network and security hardware and software systems, as well as resolves network problems across a large network with multiple sites.

Supervision Received and Exercised

Receives direction from division and department management staff.

May act as a lead worker, exercising functional or technical supervision, including scheduling and assigning tasks, providing guidance, ensuring work is completed according to proper procedure, monitoring work progress, and reviewing results.

Type of Examination

A civil service examination will be conducted in accordance with the Civil Service Rules of the city of Las Vegas. The supplemental questions are the examination. Falsification of information may result in disqualification from recruitment or removal from a city position. Additional information will not be accepted after the closing date. The supplemental questions are weighted 100% for placement on an eligible list and must be worked on individually by the applicant only.

The supplemental questions of all qualified applicants will be reviewed for placement on an eligible list.

Eligible List

You must score 70% or higher on the examination to be placed on the eligible list. The eligible list will remain in effect for a period of 6 months from the date of certification and may be extended for a period of up to 2 years.

Selection Process

Final candidate selection will include list placement and may include a hiring interview (if applicable). Any individual offered employment will be required to pass a pre-employment drug test, complete background check, and may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform the physical requirements of the job. Some positions may require preliminary background checks. The purpose of this recruitment is to establish an eligible list for current and/ or future openings which may include part-time or full-time positions.

Essential

Functions

Ensures employees adhere to established work methods, techniques, and schedules, and comply with applicable city and department policies, procedures, standards and specifications; reviews needs with appropriate management staff; allocates resources accordingly.

Installs, maintains, configures, and secures network equipment including routers, switches, network management system, wireless systems, unified voice systems, and network communication systems.

Installs, maintains, and configures security devices and appliances including firewalls, IDS, IPS, and internet filtering systems.

Builds and secures network tunnels to external entities.

Provides technical support to city staff; responds to requests for service; troubleshoots and fixes network issues in a timely manner.

Develop and maintain documentation of the entire network.

Assists in planning and preparing for future IT network support needs. Participates in the procurement process, including researching materials, equipment and vendors, assisting with specifications, and requisitioning materials as needed. Evaluates the impact of new system and application software on network systems.

Works with vendors on implementations of new network systems.

Assists vendors in troubleshooting network problems when necessary.

Assists with developing and recommending updates to department programs, policies, standards and procedures; prepares performance statistics and reports.

Identifies and mitigates security risks; analyzes security reports for misuse of the network.

Monitors vendors to ensure that work is completed in accordance with specifications, city policies and regulations.

Performs administration duties including user account maintenance, performance monitoring, resource utilization monitoring, load balancing and performance tuning.

Develop network recovery procedures to minimize system downtime; provide technical support for maintaining system reliability and availability.

Provides technical training to other city staff.

Serves as liaison for the department with other departments, divisions, the public and outside agencies. Provides information…