BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR BERKELEY
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.
As an employer, the City of Berkeley offers all the benefits of a career in the public sector while fostering diversity, creativity, and innovation. Join a team of high-caliber, experienced staff with a shared mission of serving the Berkeley community and promoting an accessible, safe, healthy, environmentally-sound and culturally-rich city.
JOB OPPORTUNITY
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 City's Digital Strategic Plan, the Berkeley Resilience Strategy, and other long-term goals. You'll 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, you'll join a dynamic team and serve as the 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 City's technology ecosystem operates efficiently, securely, and with the highest levels of performance.
See the full job class specification here:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/berkeley/classspecs/105949
MINIMUM 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 in computer science, mathematics, business or public administration, or a field related to the department to which assigned, and two (2) years of experience in developing and modifying microcomputer applications.
Experience in computer operations, data entry or control or in an office support position using computer techniques may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.
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)
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants must submit a completed application, resume, and responses to the supplemental questionnaire. Please note that while resumes are required, they 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 ada@berkeleyca.gov. Please allow 10 days for production of the material in an alternative format.
EXAM PROCESS
The exam process will include, but may not be limited to:
Tests may consist of any combination of written, oral or other exercises or assessment procedures that test content and may include, but are not necessarily limited to, typing, math, reading, writing and analytical skills; problem solving ability; computer and software proficiency, or any other job-related knowledge, skill, ability or qualification. The examination process and dates are subject to change. The City may, without notice, change or eliminate any assessment component as needs dictate. Applicants passing all examination phases will have their names placed on an employment eligible list that hiring departments will use to conduct final selection interviews.
Reasonable Accommodations: The City is committed to making reasonable accommodations in the examination process and in the work environment. Individuals requesting reasonable accommodations in the examination process must submit a request in writing to hr@berkeleyca.gov at the time of application.
PRE-EMPLOYMENT PROCESS
Candidates under final consideration for employment with the City will undergo an employment background/reference check that may include, but is not limited to: employment history, confirmation of educational credentials and degrees, licenses including driver's license, registrations, certificates, other credentials, 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.
