SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING CONSULTANT (Systems Administrator) - 79011394

State of Florida • Largo, FL

11d

About The Position

The Division of Technology is dedicated to leveraging innovation, collaboration, and efficiency to empower progress, enhance digital infrastructure, and ensure technological advancements benefit society as a whole. The incumbent in this position is responsible for maintaining the network and telecommunications infrastructure environments. This position is responsible for the modification, monitoring and deployment of current and new network infrastructure equipment and related applications which may include routers, switches, wireless access points, console managers, UPS, PDU, load balancer, firewalls, VPN concentrators, NPM software, VoIP phones and others. This position is responsible for the day-to-day deployment, management, and troubleshooting of applications, servers, and various network devices.

Requirements

• Strong working knowledge of routing and switching configuration, firewalls, load balancers, access points, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, SMB, NPM, Cisco iOS, Juniper and other network systems and applications.
• Ability to install, manage and deploy new LAN, WAN, Wireless, VPN and VoIP networks, as well as PDUs, UPSs, and other network devices.
• Ability to conduct research and identify essential information, and to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop recommendations and solve problems.
• Ability to troubleshoot network connectivity issues and outages.
• Working experience with network switches, routers, wireless access points and other network equipment
• Working experience with telecommunications and collaboration systems
• At least three (3) years of working experience in the IT field
• Must be able to meet the requirements of Florida Statutes, Ch. 60L-32.0012 (2)(b) regarding On-Call status.

Nice To Haves

• An active network related certification (i.e., CompTIA Network+, Cisco CCNA, Juniper, Aruba, Meraki, etc.).
• Strong working knowledge of routing and switching configuration, firewalls, load balancers, access points, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VXLAN, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, SMB, Cisco iOS, Juniper and other network systems and applications.

Responsibilities

• Deploys, configures, and maintains new network equipment, appliances (physical and/or virtual), and related applications based on agency's needs.
• Performs maintenance of existing equipment, to include firmware and system upgrades and/or deployment of security patches.
• Maintains network closets and datacenter presence in a clean and organized manner.
• Performs site visits as necessary.
• Monitors agency’s network health and responds and resolves outages -to include remote connections.
• Reports outages or performance degradation of network and/or related equipment to manager.
• Maintains observability of connectivity to Service Provider(s).
• Assists in research and resolution of network issues as directed.
• Documents network maintenance procedures and records any changes.
• Perform config backups as needed.
• Enforces network security through the implementation of best practices and the guidance of the supervisor.
• Partners with the Information Security Team when needed.
• Creates and modifies any necessary ACLs, firewall rules, policies, and access control measures per given directive.
• Implements rules and tools that ensures separation of sensitive data as it travels the network (internally and/or externally).
• Supports assigned IT projects from inception to full completion.
• Performs research as needed and develops efficient plan(s) that help accomplish the desired goal(s).
• Utilizes proper time management and project follow-through.
• Conducts research and development as directed by Infrastructure managers to promote more efficient tools and processes.
• Implements technology changes as directed.
• Provides Tier 3 IT Infrastructure Support through the agency’s ticketing system.
• Provides On-Call support on a rotating schedule.
• Supports the back end of the agency's Phone System and all networking and VoIP related functions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• State of Florida retirement package: 3% employee contribution required.
• Nine annual paid holidays and one personal holiday
• Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid annual leave annually as a new employee with the State of Florida
• Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid sick leave annually.
• The State of Florida offers health insurance coverage (i.e. individual and family coverage) to eligible employees.
• The State of Florida provides a $25,000 life insurance policy to eligible employees.
• Additional supplemental insurance policies are available for dental, vision, hospital supplement, cancer, etc.
• Tax deferred medical and childcare reimbursement accounts are available.
• Tuition waiver program to attend an approved State of Florida College or University

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees