IT Professional 4-Application Development

***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

The Department of Business and Industry is recruiting to fill an IT Professional 4 within the Directors Office in Carson City. Were looking for a candidate with proven experience in IT leadership or team management roles; strong knowledge of application development (.NET Framework C# SQL Server Python); familiarity with SaaS implementation data migration and integration practices; solid understanding of project management methodologies (Agile Waterfall etc.); excellent communication collaboration and problem-solving skills; and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results under tight deadlines.

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in computer science management information systems or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience relevant to the duties of the position which may include systems administration network administration database administration applications analysis and development and/or information security two years of which were at the advanced journey level or in a supervisory or project management capacity; OR Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in computer science management information systems or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience which may include systems administration network administration database administration applications analysis and development and/or information security relevant to the duties of the position two years of which were at the journey level in information security; OR two years of relevant experience as an IT Professional III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Conduct detailed alternative analyses and determine end-user requirements through consultation with end-users technicians vendors management and others.

Maintain documentation related to the assigned IT specializations architecture operations and other records of work activities as required.

Maintain current knowledge of technological trends and advancements in the IT field as well as security management practices laws policies and ethics.

Participate in recommending and justifying resource allocations and expenditure decisions tracking and recording expenditures preparing purchase requests and writing technical requirements for grant proposals.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under administrative direction incumbents either: 1) perform duties described at this level and supervise at least one IT Professional III or II or Master IT Professional; or 2) perform duties described at this level within the Enterprise IT Services (EITS) Division for enterprise- level IT systems utilized by multiple departments; or 3) perform IT project management a preponderance of the time to include serving as the project leader; planning organizing and directing project activities; resolving design conflicts; data administration; resource allocation; contract negotiation; timeline development; critical path tracking; justifying the need for additional resources; and coordinating activities with other work units within and outside the organization as assigned; or 4) perform Information Security duties described at this level with at least 70% of the daily activities devoted solely to information security; or 5) perform technology planning and consultation duties within EITS. Technology planning and consultation duties include providing and/or performing: initial contact with agencies to assess their needs and develop their information technology plans; technical support for the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and software and hardware evaluations; guidance and technical assistance in completing appropriate Information Technology (IT) budget request forms; recommendations for feasible and cost effective technical solutions to customer agencies and reviewing agency IT project requests; research information testing and training for IT related issues to ensure viable cost effective technology implementation; and enterprise-wide planning policy and research.

This job specification lists the major knowledge skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge skills and abilities from a previous level.

Systems Administration:
Detailed knowledge of: principles of designing test procedures; principles practices and procedures required to design analyze and maintain software; principles tools and techniques as applied to writing and modifying programs; systems programming languages and techniques.

Working knowledge of: capacity planning techniques; performance monitoring principles and related software products; telecommunication technology and related systems software; various systems software products and their interrelationships; vendor procedures for applying maintenance and temporary fixes.

General knowledge of: supervisory principles and techniques if applicable to the assignment.

Ability to: analyze and diagnose operational hardware and software problems occurring in a computer environment; anticipate and plan for future information system technologies; assign work to and coordinate and train subordinate personnel; develop and prioritize task lists and resolve problems; develop technical specifications for bid requests and analyze vendor responses; implement statewide multi-departmental operating systems; provide high-level technical consultation and training.

Skill in: developing specialized programs for other programmers; improving the performance of complex computer systems.

Network Administration:
Detailed knowledge of: the methodology for implementing distributed applications; network authentication; data storage networks; network security design and implementation; network communications hardware such as routers switches and firewalls; systems integration hardware and data communications; virtual private networks and virtual LANs; network performance trending and network utilization; data processing systems; network design and architecture.

Working knowledge of:network file and application servers project management directory services integration intrusion detection/prevention systems logs data encryption methodologies.

General knowledge of:supervisory practices if applicable to the assignment.

Ability to: configure and deploy firewalls routers and switches; present network design recommendations to management; implement network design changes; provide technical training direction and leadership; plan organize and direct projects; provide communications protocol analysis for large applications; design and configure virtual private networks; interpret authentication logs.

Database Administration:
Detailed knowledge of: database and operating system performance tuning and monitoring; database backup and recovery scenarios and methodologies; software installation configuration and maintenance; structured query language.

Ability to: analyze and recommend the purchase/lease of client server applications database products and development and integration tools; provide effective and responsive customer service in a computing environment directly supporting business operations; design code and debug stored procedures and functions; lead the architecture design and implementation of new database applications.

Applications Analysis and Development:
Detailed knowledge of: access methods and file structures; at least one formal systems design methodology; principles of designing test procedures; principles practices and procedures required to develop design and implement information system-based solutions in a wide range of problem domains; strengths and limitations of several general-purpose programming languages (in software-oriented positions).

Working knowledge of: project control techniques including cost estimating and resource scheduling.

General knowledge of: a network topology and protocol; computer platforms capabilities and support software; supervisory principles and techniques if applicable to the assignment; telecommunications principles and support software.

Ability to: assign work to and coordinate and train subordinate personnel; extract logical commonalities among classes of problems; select appropriate data structures and algorithms to achieve efficient problem representation and resolution; translate data structures and algorithms.

Skill in: problem solving analysis and synthesis.

Information Security:
Working knowledge of:current principles theories practices and procedures related to information security management; five of the ten information security domains; general-purpose security controls; current information security trends and technologies; strategic planning and project management at the division/work unit level; policy development and implementation; methods and techniques used to safeguard against accidental or unauthorized modification destruction or disclosure of data to meet security needs; interagency business practices and principles.

Ability to: identify complex information security risks vulnerabilities and problems; select the best course of mitigation actions for security issues; assess the security and/or vulnerability of information assets to assist in developing a risk assessment of multiple security domains; assess costs and present alternatives for the assigned area of responsibility; analyze data solve problems and make appropriate decisions within five of the ten domains; design appropriate solutions to complex security problems.

Recruiter Contact Information: Kara Carmonne-

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

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