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APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$87,570.72 to
$131,711.04
PAY GRADE: 42
The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
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Information Technology (IT) Professionals analyze, develop, implement, maintain, and modify computer operations, systems, networks, databases, applications, and/or information security. Incumbents may perform duties in one or more IT specialization areas depending on the needs of the agency.
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.
Nevada Department of Wildlife is recruiting an IT Professional 4 in Las Vegas/ Reno. The position supervises two IT Technician 5 positions and one or more IT Professional 2 position(s) at the Department of Wildlife. This position is responsible to analyze, develop, implement, maintain and modify all aspects of the Department's IT infrastructure. This includes: local and wide area networks; physical and virtual servers; user account management; printer and print server management; desktop computer support, including deployment, maintenance, and help desk requests; software management; and mobile device management. The incumbent will also conduct detailed analyses and determine end-user requirements of computer-based solutions, including networking, servers, printers, desktop hardware, software and applications, mobile devices, and other aspects of the Department's IT infrastructure. The position is also responsible to recommend and justify allocations and expenditures, track and record expenditures, prepare purchase requests and prepare and manage budgets to support, maintain and modify the Department's IT infrastructure; and analyze, develop, implement, maintain and modify security policies and operations and maintain oversight of information systems and data within the area of information security, including specialized information security requirements for Law Enforcement. ***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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Bachelor's 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 Bachelor's 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. |
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Some positions require an applicant to undergo a background investigation prior to appointment. These positions will be identified at the time of recruitment. |
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Applicants for positions in this series may have a combination of complementary education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities that qualify for the class level and specialty being recruited. |
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Additional Informational Notes for Information Security positions:
International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc (ISC2) - Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) is equivalent to three years of experience.
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) - Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) is equivalent to two years of experience.
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) - Security Expert is equivalent to two years of experience.
Other nationally recognized information security certifications may be substituted for up to one year of experience.
Nevada Information Security Professional (NISP) or CISSP certification must be obtained within 12 months of appointment and maintained as a condition of continued employment. |
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Additional Informational Notes for IT Professional Trainee I positions:
At the IT Professional Trainee I, obtainment of an Associate Level Certification(s) issued by the appropriate institution(s), as approved by EITS, will allow for automatic progression to the IT Professional Trainee II level.
Some positions in this series have been identified as participating in the Nevada System of Higher Education's (NSHE) Apprenticeship Program and may require applicants to be either currently enrolled at an NSHE institution or have graduated from an NSHE institution within the last five years. These positions will be identified at the time of recruitment. |
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Pursuant to NRS 284.4066, this position has been identified as affecting public safety. Persons offered employment in this position must submit to a pre-employment screening for controlled substances. |
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Some positions are subject to call-out or call-back. |
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Some positions require statewide travel. |
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Some positions require work on evenings, weekends, and/or holidays. |
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A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items. |
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Do you have experience with Windows 11 operating system, including Windows Deployment Toolkit? |
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Do you have experience with Office 365, including software roll-out, training, troubleshooting and local and cloud functionality? |
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Do you have experience with Microsoft Defender and Altiris? |
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Do you have experience with Active Directory and managing Group Policy? |
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1) Please describe your experience with managing servers, including Microsoft Server 2019, 2022 Hyper-V and/or VMware.
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2) Please describe your experience networking multiple locations, including using and maintaining managed switches
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3) Please describe your experience with project management and deployment.
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4) Please describe your experience with IT security policies and procedures, including implementing and maintaining those policies in your organization
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5) What location are you willing to work in - Reno or Las Vegas?
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