Network Specialist

The Position

Are you an ambitious, detail-oriented information technology (IT) professional ready to take the next step forward in your career? The Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS) is eager to welcome a Network Specialist 2 to the team. In this advanced technical administrator role, you will be responsible for the installation, configuring, and maintenance of a network environment. If you thrive in a challenging and fast paced environment, we invite you to apply!

The Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS) serves over 500,000 active and retired public‑school employees through its defined benefit and defined contribution plans. The agency has nearly 350 employees who serve at varying capacities including customer service representatives, benefits processers, accountants, and investment and information technology professionals.

As a Network Specialist 2, you will work with routers, switches, firewalls, wireless network infrastructure, network circuits for picture archiving and communication systems (PACs), as well as various cloud environments, Commonwealth MAN, and our business partner connections. Your work is performed in a distributed system environment and involves independent management of administrative and operational functions of PSERS' network and server infrastructure.

You will be responsible for directing the overall complex project needs for collaboration and communication in determining the necessity for the involvement of various technical teams (across all areas of IT), ensuring each team completes assigned tasks as planned and according to schedule. You will also have the opportunity to work with technical staff from various agencies or external entities to complete assigned tasks.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 60‑minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary: in some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of experience as a Network Specialist 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Four years of information technology experience that includes one year of technical experience in network operation or network maintenance; or
• Two years of information technology experience that includes one year of technical experience in network operation or network maintenance, and an associate's degree in any information technology field; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of technical experience in network operation or network maintenance.

• This particular position also requires possession of an active CCNA-Enterprise (Cisco Certified Network Administrator) certificate OR possession of two years of full‑time professional experience installing, configuring, administering, or troubleshooting Cisco switches, routers, and firewalls.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information…