Supervising Data Center Technician

SALARY DETAILS

$40.44 - $49.53 Hourly

Open
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December 11, 2025

Close
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January 9, 2025

We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education, focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to thrive in college, career and life.

LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710 square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers in our city.

LAUSD EMPLOYEES: Please be advised that all LAUSD employees must sign in to the Global Protect Virtual Private Network (VPN) in order to submit an application from an external network outside of an LAUSD location. For assistance with installing the Global Protect virtual network, please contact Information Technology Services at  or  or via their page (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).

The District's Information Technology Division (ITD) has 600+ staff members, including programmers, network engineers, project managers, and administrative staff - all of whom provide support to the schools and LAUSD's business/functional units in a professional, forward-thinking, and challenging environment. Technologies supported range from personal systems to enterprise-wide systems and applications.

Insurance
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Paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.

Retirement
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Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).

Vacation
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Full-time employees earn up to two weeks of paid vacation to start. Three weeks after five years of year-round paid service.

Paid Holidays
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Up to 13 days.

• Supervises and coordinates the flow of computer input in order to ensure economical and efficient use of computers and related equipment.
• Monitors and conducts initial analysis on network activities and selected systems components using various monitoring programs such as Nagios, Cricket, Aruba, BMC, and Watch List.
• Gathers information, analyzes, and initially tries to correct problem with the Airwave wireless devices for CCTP or works with vendor to correct the problem.
• Monitors and analyzes problems that may arise in the District’s Data Center, Disaster Recovery Data Center, and Out-of-State Data Center.
• Coordinates activities and is responsible for meeting production-schedule commitments.
• Analyzes operations requirements of computer software and schedules, and coordinates progress to ensure that critical deadlines are met.
• Coordinates the solution of program-oriented computer problems with applications and software programming personnel.
• Participates in the selection, training, and performance evaluation of data center personnel. Assists in diagnosing operational problems and advises on corrective actions.
• Supervises the maintenance of records of machine usage and equipment, program, and software systems malfunctions. Coordinates with other sections in balancing and maintaining schedules.
• Logs and tracks incident requests for service changes to assets and inventory for the Data Center and node sites.
• Establishes and revises maintenance-inspection schedules, contacts maintenance service personnel regarding machine operation problems.
• Prepares and supervises the preparation of detailed procedures for computer operations and keeps procedures manuals current.
• Analyzes current and proposed computer operations for feasibility and efficiency and makes changes or recommendations.
• Reschedules shift operations to maximize work load efficiency. Monitors and reports on school issues with routers, switches, servers, and T-1 lines.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

PROMOTIONAL STATUS IS REQUIRED
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You must be a current or retired…