Information Technology Specialist

The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is seeking qualified candidates for Information Technology Specialist - Water & Wastewater Services Operations

THIS JOB ANNOUNCEMENT WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED AND MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME.

Benefits of Broward County Employment

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)

This is an advanced technical and process controls position involving the programming, maintenance and troubleshooting of water and wastewater process controls in the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems. The primary function of this position is to program and be responsible for the direction, definition, design, development, implementation, documentation and support of systems, software and equipment used in control systems, implementation of changes and improvements to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and Human Machine Interface (HMI) software that monitor and control raw water, potable water, wastewater, reuse water, chemicals and related facilities.

Plans, directs, inspects, tests, participates, schedules and coordinates with operations personnel and contractors the development and installation of new systems, process updates, and equipment replacement used in the SCADA systems.

General Description

Manages large scale information technology projects.

Works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

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 of experience in systems analysis, systems design and/or applications programming relevant to area of assignment including related project management or closely related experience.

Special Certifications and Licenses

None.

Preferences

• Master's Degree or higher degree with major coursework in Computer Science or closely related field
• Allen Bradley Control Logix Programmer Certification
• International Society of Automation (ISA) Certified Automation Professional (CAP) Certificate
• International Society of Automation (ISA) Cybersecurity Fundamentals Specialist Certification or equivalent Industrial Controls Systems Security certification
• At least (2) year of Network Experience
• At least (1) year of System Administrator experience including servers and startup
• International Society of Automation (ISA) Cybersecurity Expert Certificate

Duties and Responsibilities

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.

Provides high-level technical expertise and project management direction of multiple large scale information technology initiatives including technological research, analysis, design, development, and implementation of projects.

Reviews County-wide information technology strategic direction, recommends approaches for incorporation of the emerging technologies when appropriate, and implements the approved approach.

Reviews programming techniques and recommends information technology solutions, enhancement plans, and related cost-benefit comparisons.

Supervises professional and technical personnel in assigned work teams or sections.

Plans, organizes and implements approved emerging technologies.

Administers County-wide technological specialty functions.

Performs project management responsibilities…