Network Specialist

Agency Dept of Insurance Division Administration Job Classification Title Network Specialist (NS) Position Number  Grade DT10 About Us The mission of the North Carolina Department of Insurance is to promote a stable insurance market through unbiased regulation and to protect the lives and property of every citizen in all 100 counties while fostering superior, user-friendly service, courtesy, and respect. Our agency licenses insurance agents, adjusters, bail bondsmen and more, along with investigating fraud matters involving insurance consumers and any entity or individual regulated by the Department.

In an ever-changing environment, it is the vision of the Department of Insurance to maintain the stabilization of the insurance industry in order to provide more products, competitive prices and consumer protection.

Salary Recruitment Range:

-$87,617-$102,000 Salary Grade: DT10 The posting will close at 11:59 p.m. the night before the closing date. This position currently qualifies for a hybrid telework option with routine office and up to one remote workday per week. The NC Department of Insurance trusts our employees to be self-motivated and successful in hybrid/remote roles. Telework options are subject to change at the discretion of management.

Primary Purpose of the Position:
As a member of the Network Team, this individual will provide technical leadership in the day-to-day administration of the local area networking, server administration, network account management, software distribution, and network security management. The role of Network Specialist is a key position working within the Network Team and is focused primarily on Windows and Linux Server and Active Directory systems administration, overall infrastructure engineering, and administration within the Information Systems Division.

This role has primary responsibility for planning, configuring, supporting, and continuous performance tuning of complex infrastructure systems inclusive of servers, networks, security platforms, and LAN resources. Additional responsibilities include supporting users for remote access via VPN, firewalls, switches, wireless access points, content filtering, network access control, and data protection through DLP and enterprise backup systems.

The operating environment is an Azure hybrid LAN environment, using MS Windows and Linux Servers. Workstations are microcomputers running Windows 11. Standard applications include the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access) and other standardized and special use software. This role assists with the forecasting and planning of all enterprise service offerings including, but not limited to, networking infrastructure, server infrastructure, and overall network security.

Examples of duties include, planning, coordination, and implementation of Windows/Linux Server and Active Directory as well as Network operations for the department. Including the administration of network equipment and software, servers, data protection/backup (on-premises and cloud), and security systems including Cisco ISE and Cisco Firepower.

The position will implement and maintain network firewall policy and control management, identity and access management (on-premises and cloud), and domain policy management and provide hands‑on technical leadership in the day-to-day network administration tasks, including all networking equipment needed to support DOI’s LAN and Azure environments.

We are seeking a highly skilled IT infrastructure professional with strong expertise across enterprise networking, server environments, and modern virtualization platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep experience designing, implementing, and supporting complex infrastructure solutions, including servers, switches, firewalls, backup and recovery systems, patch management, and software distribution technologies.

Candidates should have strong working knowledge of virtualization platforms such as Nutanix and/or VMware, as well as comprehensive experience with Active Directory (forest/domain architecture, DC topology, security groups/OUs, GPOs,…