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COMPUTER NETWORK SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

Recruitment #17-004414-0003

Introduction

OPEN TO ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS

This is a position specific recruitment. The resulting certified eligible list may be used to staff several current and future vacancies for this position/function only.

GRADE

19

LOCATION OF POSITION

Annapolis, MD

POSITION DUTIES

This is a technical supervisory position within the Enterprise Systems Unit of the Information Technology Division. The incumbent of this position will supervise a team of specialists and administer the implementation and customization of operating system, communications, and security software for the Comptroller of Maryland's networked server and storage systems. The incumbent of this position also serves as a technical lead in disaster recovery planning for LAN-based client/server hardware and software for the Comptroller's Distributed Platform.

PLEASE NOTE: ITD is responsible for the 24x7x365 support for ADC mainframe, distributed systems, and networks. All ITD employees are available for on-call support. As such, this position is required to occasionally work an off-hour schedule, weekdays prior to 7:30 a.m. and / or after 5:00 p.m., weekends, and holidays.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor's degree in computer information technology, management information systems, or other information technology related field, to include course work in local or wide area computer networks, from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Three years of experience planning, integrating and maintaining software and hardware for local or wide area computer networks.

Notes:

  1. Candidates may substitute completion of high school or high school equivalency certificate and eighteen months of experience converting data from project specifications by preparing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools; planning, installing and maintaining data communications network lines and devices; or evaluating, implementing and maintaining computer hardware and software for the required education.
  2. Candidates may substitute completion of high school or high school equivalency certificate and fifteen credit hours from an accredited college or university in systems analysis and applications programming using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the required education.
  3. Candidates may substitute completion of high school or high school equivalency certificate and completion of a certification program in Network Administration, such as Certified Novell Administrator (CNA), Microsoft Certified Product Specialist NT 4.0 Administrator equivalent certification program for the required education.                                            OR                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  4. Candidates may substitute experience in one of the following areas on a year-for-year basis for a high school education: operating computer systems, scheduling, controlling input and output or maintaining backups or data storage, processing data on computer systems, evaluating, implementing and maintaining computer hardware and software or converting data from project specifications by developing programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools.
  5. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Network Analyst classifications or Network Integration and Management specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

** For education obtained outside of the U.S., you will be required to provide proof of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service. If you possess a degree obtained outside of the United States, please submit a detailed, course-by-course evaluation report from one of the U.S. equivalency evaluating members identified at http://www.naces.org/members.html.  

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience supervising, coordinating, assigning and evaluating the work of technical personnel supporting distributed computer systems.
  • Experience providing technical support for an enterprise server farm consisting of 450+ Intel-based and virtual servers in a Windows 2012 Server networked environment.
  • On the job experience setting up, configuring and installing servers in a Microsoft Windows Server local area network environment including virtual devices..
  • Experience planning, designing and developing improvements and new or advanced distributed computing systems, local area networks, Internet, Intranet and/or Extranet network environments.
  • Experience developing and documenting procedures and practices for the operation of servers and/or local area network infrastructure.
  • Experience developing and documenting conceptual and detailed designs for servers, network storage, and LAN infrastructure.
  • Experience functioning as project manager for server and/or distributed systems implementations.
  • Experience supporting the following server-based distributed systems software
    • Microsoft 2012 Server
    • Microsoft System Center/System Center Configuration Manager
    • Microsoft SQL Database Server
    • Enterprise E-Mail System
    • Enterprise Anti-Virus/Spam Control Software
    • Network Backup Software
  • Possession of a Certificate of Excellence as a Microsoft Certified Professional Systems Engineer

EXAMINATION PROCESS

Only applicants who meet the minimum and selective qualifications for this recruitment will be considered for this opportunity. The examination will consist of a rating of your education, training and experience. It is essential that you submit complete and accurate information on your application in order to determine if you meet the qualifications as specified above. Due to the nature of this list, all qualified applicants are placed on an unranked list of candidates and will remain active on this list for at least one year.  

Qualifying applicants are subject to an oral interview. Prior to appointment, the employee must successfully undergo a comprehensive background investigation including a review of criminal, MVA and tax records; and determination of legal authorization to work in the United States or under the United States Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Upon initial appointment OR promotion to a position in the State Personnel Management System, an employee is required to serve an initial six month probationary period. This probationary period may be extended an additional six months under certain circumstances at the discretion of the appointing authority.

BENEFITS

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

Veterans

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply. If you are seeking veteran's preference, please submit a copy of your DD-214.

Attachments

The preferred method for submitting additional information is to upload it directly into your online account. Please remove references to the first 5 digits of your SSN and your DOB on all attachments by deleting, redacting or blacking that information out with a marker.

Faxes/Email

The online application process is STRONGLY preferred. If you choose fax or email as the option to submit your application and/or required additional information, you must include the following information on each page you submit:

  1. First and Last Name
  2. Recruitment Number (located at the top of the bulletin)
  3. The last 4 digits of your SS#

Fax: 410-974-5249 – This fax number is for Comptroller of Maryland recruitment efforts only.

Email: joshinrongboye@comp.state.md.us.

For Further Questions

If you are having difficulty with your user account or have general questions about this online application system, please contact the MD Department of Budget and Management, Recruitment and Examination Division at 410-767-4850 or Application.Help@maryland.gov.

If you have questions about this particular recruitment, please contact the Comptroller of MD, Office of Human Resources at joshinrongboye@comp.state.md.us.

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by calling: (410) 260-6622 or MD TTY Relay Service 1-800-735-2258.

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.

 As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.




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