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Current employees: Please apply through the employee portal to be considered for this opportunity. Pay Range: $59.19 - $72.85 Hourly Department: Department of County Assets (DCA) Job Type: Regular Represented Exemption Status: United States of America (Non-Exempt) Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified): May 27, 2025 The Opportunity: Overview This work matters... Are you someone passionate about building and maintaining the reliable IT infrastructure that an entire organization depends on? As a Systems Administrator Senior, you will provide essential support for strategic enterprise operating systems, software, and hardware. This involves performing complex analysis, installation, testing, and maintenance, leveraging your skills to ensure these systems run with maximum efficiency and provide optimal uptime. Your technical expertise will be vital across various assignments, contributing directly to the organization's smooth functioning. Essential Job Functions: • Strategic Enterprise Solutions • You will serve as a key team member in planning our enterprise systems, recommending, designing, building, and implementing solutions across hardware, software, and cloud platforms like Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). This involves collaborating closely with customers, vendors, and internal teams, evaluating future needs, recommending innovative technologies, and developing efficient work processes. A significant part of this is mentoring junior staff, documenting processes and staying ahead of industry trends. • Providing Advanced Technical Expertise & Analysis • You will be the go-to senior technical expert, providing high-level (Level 3) support and in-depth analysis for our strategic enterprise systems, including servers, cloud and Hybrid-cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS). This involves complex troubleshooting using diagnostic tools, automating tasks through scripting, managing system administration activities, and assisting with backup and recovery efforts. You'll be vital in analyzing and implementing system modifications and utilizing change control systems to ensure system health, performance and accuracy of our CMDB. • Ensuring a Secure Systems Environment • Security is paramount to protecting County data and services. You will design, implement, and manage secure environments for data, systems, and processes, working closely with the IT Security Team Manager. This includes implementing security policies, utilizing threat detection and log analysis tools (Splunk, Tenable, Crowdstrike, Defender), and maintaining data integrity through robust backup and recovery standards (Netapp Snapmirror/SRM, VEEAM). • Leading and Contributing to Technical Projects • You will manage technical projects, overseeing budgeting, purchasing, and potentially project teams, following established standards. This involves estimating work, guiding testing and development, and actively participating in various application and infrastructure projects, sometimes stepping into a project team lead role. • Developing Clear Technical Documentation • Sharing knowledge is key to our collective success. You will create and maintain essential technical documentation, including wikis, manuals and procedures for complex systems, ensuring information is current and accessible. You will also have opportunities to review documentation produced by colleagues, contributing to a culture of clear communication and transparency. Multnomah County offers an exceptional benefits package, including employer-funded retirement savings; health and dental insurance at very low cost to full-time employees and their dependents; paid parental leave; wellness programs; a focus on work-life balance; and much more. Find more details on our website . This position also is eligible for overtime pay. Our Commitment to Safety, Trust and Belonging: Multnomah County is committed to developing, nurturing and continually improving workforce equity by identifying and addressing the structural and policy barriers to equal employment opportunity faced by our employees and communities. County employees across the organization have stepped forward to develop a strategic plan and help create a workplace where everyone can reach their full potential. Learn more by reading our Workforce Equity Strategic Plan and exploring our Core Competencies for all County employees. To Qualify We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific about how your background is relevant. Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills*: • Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree (additional relevant experience can substitute for education) AND • Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in wide area network design, management and advanced diagnostics. • The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check to receive Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) authorization and access. • The specific knowledge, skills and abilities listed below Specific knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) required for this role: • Advanced ability to install, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Windows operating systems, Server 2012 through Server 2025 Windows Virtualization technologies (VMware and Hyper-V). • Advanced knowledge of IaaS Administration in AWS and Azure Database and languages. • Advanced ability to install, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Unix and Linux Operating Systems. • Working ability to perform Administration of Active Directory in a large organization with multiple domains. • Working knowledge to perform Job Scheduling and File Transfer Automation. • Working knowledge of database architecture Scripting languages such as: VBScript, Unix shell, PowerShell. • Working knowledge and ability to perform Shared Storage System Management (SAN and NAS) • Transferable skills: Your transferable skills are any skills you have gained through education, work experience (including the military) or life experiences that are relevant for this position. Be sure to describe any transferable skills on your application and clearly explain how they apply to this position. Screening and Evaluation The Application Packet: • A completed online application. • A resume and Cover Letter covering relevant experience and education. Please be sure your resume includes the following for each employer: name of employer, location, dates of employment, your title, a brief summary of your responsibilities, the number of employees under your supervision. Note: The application, resume and cover letter should demonstrate your work experience/skills and how it is related to those shown in the Overview and To Qualify sections of the job announcement. Please be thorough, as these materials will be scored and determine your eligibility for an interview. The Selection Process: For details about how we typically screen applications, review our overview of the selection process page. We expect to evaluate candidates for this recruitment as follows: • Initial review of minimum qualifications: We may do an additional preferred review and/or send out additional supplemental questions to identify those highest qualified. • Technical Exam: Allow up to two hours to complete. Some completed online and some in person. • Consideration of top candidates: We will consider qualified candidates in order of rank and score from the list of eligible candidates. This may include panel interview(s), a hiring interview, and/or additional testing to determine the best candidates for a position. • Background check and reference checks: All finalists must pass a thorough criminal records check and reference check. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This recruitment may be used to fill full-time, part-time, temporary, limited duration and on-call positions. Work Place and Schedule: Type of Position: This is an hourly, AFSCME Local 88 union-represented position and is eligible for overtime. Location: This position is located in the Multnomah Building, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd. See above for information about teleworking. Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm. There is some flexibility with the start and end times. Routine Telework: This position is designated as “routine telework,” meaning you will be working remotely (from home); a hybrid schedule also is available. As with all routine telework positions, employees may be required to come into the office on occasion. The designation of Routine Telework may be subject to change at a future time. All employees must reside in Oregon or Washington; the county cannot support ongoing telework from other locations. We are unable to sponsor work visas, including H-1B, F-1 OPT, or STEM OPT. Serving the Public, Even During Disasters Everyday, Multnomah County staff work together to serve as a safety net for our communities. During a disaster, this safety net becomes even more critical. All County employees have a role in serving the public during inclement weather, natural disaster, or other types of community emergency response. During these emergency responses, while typically there begins with a call for volunteers, county employees may ultimately be reassigned from their current position to a role in the emergency response in order to support the critical needs presented by our communities. For more information, please visit the Disaster Service Worker Information page. Diversity and Inclusion: At Multnomah County, we don't just accept difference; we value it and support it to create a culture of dignity and respect for our employees. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran or protected veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The EEO Know Your Rights poster is available for your reference. Multnomah County is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We request priority protected veteran referrals. Veterans’ Preference: Under Oregon Law, qualifying veterans may apply for veterans’ preference. Review our veterans’ preference page for details about eligibility and how to apply. Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act: We gladly provide reasonable accommodation to anyone whose specific disability prevents them from completing an application or participating in this recruitment process. Please contact the recruiter below in advance to request assistance. Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may contact the recruiter through the Telecommunications Relay Service by dialing 711. Questions? Recruiter: Allison Conkling Email: allison.conkling@multco.us Phone: +1 (503) 2604572 Application information may be used throughout the entire selection process. This process is subject to change without notice. Disclaimer: This announcement is intended as a general descriptive recruitment guide and is subject to change. It does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract. Job Profile: 6412 - Systems Administrator Senior

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