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### Job Description and Duties Under the general supervision of the Chief Information Officer (CEA A), the Information Technology Specialist I is responsible for the administration, maintenance, and security of Microsoft server environments, Exchange messaging platforms, file and print services, and related infrastructure. The administrator ensures high availability, enforces security controls, and supports collaboration tools in alignment with organizational policies • *This advertisement will run until filled with the following cutoff dates for review of applications:** - **August 19, 2025** - **August 29, 2025** - **September 9, 2025** - **September 19, 2025** - **September 29, 2025** - **October 9, 2025** - **October 20, 2025** - **October 30, 2025** You will find additional information about the job in the **[Duty Statement](https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/FileDownload.aspx?aid=28650404&name=Duty-Statement-IT-Specialist-I-Security.pdf)**. ## Minimum Qualifications ### All classifications When using education to meet the general experience requirements listed in the minimum qualifications, education must include the specified information technology or closely related course work. Closely related course work refers to a course of study involving the study of computing, such as software engineering, computer engineering, Management Information Systems, Geographic Information System, and computing technology. ### Information Technology Specialist I Two years as an Information Technology Associate; **or** Four years of general information technology experience performing technical and/or analytical tasks for computer systems or services in any of the six domains or emerging information technology fields; **or** 120 semester units (or 180 quarter units) from an accredited college or university including at least 15 semester units (or 22.5 quarter units) of information technology or closely related course work; **or** Any equivalent combination of experience and education. When using education to meet minimum qualifications, education must include the specified IT or closely related course work ## Knowledge and Abilities ### Information Technology Specialist I All knowledge and abilities of the Information Technology Associate classification; and • *Knowledge of: **Information technology governance principles and guidelines to support decision making; complex and mission critical business processes and systems; principles, methods and procedures for designing, developing, optimizing, and integrating systems in accordance with best practices; system specifications design, documentation, and implementation methodologies and techniques. • *Ability to: **Formulate and recommend policies and procedures; perform effectively in a fast-paced environment with constantly changing priorities; establish and maintain project priorities; apply federal, state, department, and organizational policies and procedures to state information technology operations; apply systems life cycle management concepts used to plan, develop, implement, operate, and maintain information systems; positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interests of the organization; consider the business implications of the technology to the current and future business environment; communicate change impacts and change activities through various methods; conduct end-user training; collaborate closely with technical subject matter experts such as database administrators, network engineers, and server administrators to ensure systems are secure and meet compliance requirements; assess situation to determine the importance, urgency, and risks to the project and the organization; make decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization; provide quality and timely ad hoc project information to executives, project team members, and stakeholders; develop decision making documents; and assess and understand complex business processes and customer requirements to ensure new technologies, architectures, and security products will meet their needs.

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