Senior Information Systems Specialist

Berkeley California is a small city with a big reputation. At just ten square miles of land and seven square miles of water Berkeley is famous around the globe as a center for academic achievement scientific exploration free speech and the arts and home to over 50 parks a top-ranked university and the largest public marina in the San Francisco Bay.

The City of Berkeley invites you to apply for the position of Senior Information Systems Specialist in the Department of Information Technology! In this role you will support a variety of initiatives in connection with the Citys Digital Strategic Plan the Berkeley Resilience Strategy and other long-term goals. Youll partner with staff from various City departments to assess hardware and software needs and develop innovative and intuitive solutions.

As part of the IT Department youll join a dynamic team and serve as a technical authority in networking virtual server management Voice Over IP disaster recovery infrastructure and application security cloud virtualization Active Directory administration Office 365 apps and Intune Desktop and mobile device management. This position is at the forefront of ensuring the Citys technology ecosystem operates efficiently securely and with the highest levels of performance.

See the full job class specification here: QUALIFICATIONS

A typical way of gaining the knowledge skills and abilities for this position is:
Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college with major coursework preferably in information technology computer science network engineering mathematics business or public administration or a field related to the department to which assigned and two (2) years of experience in managing and supporting IT systems or network infrastructure. Experience in technical support managing networks or other relevant information technology work may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.

Must be able to travel to various locations within and outside the City of Berkeley to meet program needs and to fulfill the job responsibilities. When driving on City business the incumbent is required to maintain a valid California drivers license as well as a satisfactory driving record.

In addition to the qualifications mentioned above the ideal candidate will possess:

• Experience with Cisco routers and switches LAN/WAN MPLS VLANs and QOS in a large-scale infrastructure
• Virtual server management (including Nutanix and VMware Hyperconverged technologies)
• Disaster and Recovery (experience with DRAAS technologies like Rubrik/Cohesity)
• Security tools (experience with MFA ATP CrowdStrike VPNs WAFs and NACs)
• VOIP network support
• Cloud virtualization and storage (experience with Azure/AWS)
• Active Directory administration in a Hybrid AD/Azure environment O365 services including Email and Intune
• Next Generation Firewalls (experience with firewalls like Palo Alto and Fortinet)

Applications must be received by Monday June 22 at 5pm PT and must include a completed application and responses to the supplemental questionnaire. Please note that resumes are not a substitute for a completed application.

Applications are available in alternative formats (audio-format braille large print electronic text etc.) upon request to . Please allow 10 days for production of the material in an alternative format.

The exam process will include but may not be limited to:

• Application review for minimum qualifications (qualifying experience will be calculated based on the administrative review date)
• Written Exam (tentatively scheduled for the week of July 13 2026)

PRE-EMPLOYMENT PROCESS

Candidates under final consideration for employment with the City will undergo an employment background check that may include but is not limited to: confirmation of employment history educational credentials and degrees certificates registrations and licenses including drivers license; credit check; criminal history check; and Live Scan fingerprinting.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) EMPLOYER

The City of Berkeley is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All employment actions shall be administered regardless of race color national origin ancestry religion age physical or mental disability or medical condition sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation genetic information marital status pregnancy political affiliation veterans status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER

All City employees are required to provide services as Disaster Service Workers in the event of an emergency/disaster.