Law Enforcement IT Systems Administrator; Grade 16

Position: Law Enforcement IT Systems Administrator (Grade 16)
Job Summary This position is advertised from the minimum to the maximum hourly rate. Salary will be determined based on education and experience at the time of offer.
** Applications are sought on behalf of the Sheriff's Office in Yuma County. Yuma County Human Resources does not review any applications submitted for this position. All applications are forwarded to Sheriff's Office in Yuma County
** NATURE OF WORK:

Under general supervision, performs technical work of considerable difficulty in managing, maintaining, and optimizing technological systems within the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office; responsible for administering systems, to include mission-critical public safety applications, defining technical requirements, databases, and security needs; this position has office specific responsibility.

Nature of Work(Illustrative Only) Provides technical support, designs, installs, configures, maintains, and performs system integration; executes key projects to advance technological capabilities in all workforce and public-facing delivery channels; installs, operates, maintains, and administers Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 operating systems and associated roles and features; administers and supports Microsoft Active Directory, Azure, M365 Ecosystem, Public Safety Applications, Virtualized Infrastructure, Systems & Data Backup Solutions;

manages Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP; implements and monitors systems environment, access, security, functionality, and utilization; resolves traffic, security, and access issues; assures optimum system performance, integrity, and maximum uptime; initiates proactive steps to improve service delivery performance when necessary; performs expedited root cause analysis and escalates the issue to the appropriate teams when necessary; researches and analyzes system-related problems in functional areas by evaluating workflows, interviewing employees, or investigating work practices;

troubleshoots and resolves complex hardware, software, and network issues across virtualized and physical environments; designs, installs, configures, and deploys servers within the development, staging, production, and disaster recovery infrastructures; defines and documents best practices and support procedures; participates in system hardware migration and upgrade projects; conducts system needs assessment and requirements definition; performs feasibility studies and cost-benefit analysis; prepares and produces project proposals and reviews vendor contracts;

develops technical manuals and documentation, tracks and documents all work in a service desk system; tests and deploys system security patches and service packs; ensures adherence to IT security policies, particularly around data backups, patching, and network security; conducts regular system audits to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities; performs security benchmarks and provides recommendations; communicates project expectations and status to all team members and stakeholders, including business representatives, partners, clients, and implementation team members;

participates and occasionally leads regularly scheduled team meetings to identify installation issues and lead team members with problem resolutions; provides regular reports pertaining to system health, backup status, and resolving incidents or issues; performs regular backup tests and data recovery simulations and ensure readiness for unexpected outages; domains name registry/purchase and SSL certificate purchase/maintenance; troubleshoots low to mid-tier types of databases;

maintains information and data confidentially; serves in an on-call capacity in case of system(s) failure and/or other critical technical issues; regular and reliable attendance is…