- Hourly / - BiWeekly /
- Monthly / $95,991.00-$154,928.00 Yearly
SKILLED SERVICE BARGAINING
UNIT: G
When
functioning at the Lead level:
Assigns,
reviews, and approves the work of lower level DoIT Network Engineers;
Trains
lower level DoIT Network Engineers;
Defines
appropriate levels of system availability based on critical system functions
and ensures that system requirements identify appropriate disaster recovery and
continuity of operations requirements to include any appropriate
fail-over/alternate site requirements, backup requirements, and material
supportability requirements for system recover/restoration;
Collaborates
with engineers or software developers to select appropriate design solutions or
ensure the compatibility of system components;
Communicates
with staff or clients to understand specific system requirements;
Evaluates
existing systems to determine effectiveness and suggest changes to meet
organizational requirements;
Employs
secure configuration management processes;
Ensures
that acquired or developed system(s) and architecture(s) are consistent with
organization’s cybersecurity architecture guidelines;
Provides
advice on project costs, design concepts, or design changes;
Prepares
detailed functional specifications that document the solution development
process;
Provides
technical guidance or support for the development or troubleshooting of
systems;
Analyzes
user needs and requirements to plan solutions;
Captures
and integrates essential system capabilities or business functions required for
partial or full system restoration after a catastrophic failure event;
Develops
solution architecture or system components required to meet user needs;
Plans
implementation strategy to ensure that enterprise components can be integrated
and aligned;
Translates
proposed capabilities into technical requirements;
Documents
how the implementation of a new system or new interface between systems impacts
the current and target environment including but not limited to security
posture;
Prepares
tradeoff studies and evaluations for vendor equipment;
Responsible
for the design and implementation of large data communications or
telecommunications networks;
Performs
hardware/software analyses to provide comparative data of performance
characteristics and suitability within the existing systems environment;
Recommends
network design changes/enhancements for improved system availability and
performance;
Performs
other related duties.
When
functioning at the Advanced level:
Functions
as a technical expert in network design, configuration, installation, and
troubleshooting;
Supports
System Architect in the deployment of trails, proofs of concept, or new
technology deployments prior to fully operationalizing;
Serves as
Project lead on large scale deployments of network technologies and across
multiple areas;
Performs
other related duties.
Knowledge
of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security
methodologies;
Knowledge
of physical and logical network devices and infrastructure to include hubs,
switches, routers, firewalls, etc.;
Knowledge
of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk);
Knowledge
of organization's evaluation and validation requirements;
Knowledge
of installation, integration, and optimization of system components;
Knowledge
of industry-standard and organizationally accepted analysis principles and
methods;
Knowledge
of network access, identity, and access management;
Knowledge
of the systems engineering processes;
Knowledge
of network systems management principles, models, methods (e.g., end-to-end
systems performance monitoring), and tools;
Knowledge
of network design processes, to include understanding of security objectives,
operational objectives, and trade-offs;
Knowledge
of line-of-business programs, their respective missions, and the role of
information technology;
Skill in
applying and incorporating information technologies into proposed solutions;
Skill in
designing the integration of hardware and software solutions;
Skill in
delivering solutions and achieving outcomes via Information Technology;
Ability
to analyze organizational needs, architect business solutions, and
monitor/administer systems/software to optimize performance;
Ability
to use acquired institutional knowledge to achieve organizational efficiencies;
Ability
to build architectures and frameworks;
Ability to set up a physical or logical sub-network that separates
an internal local area network (LAN) from other untrusted networks.
Experience:
Eight years of experience designing and implementing complex data communications or
telecommunications networks.
Notes:
1. Candidates may substitute a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or other information technology related field of study to include coursework in database management systems for up to four years of the required experience.
2. Candidates may substitute additional graduate education at an accredited college or university, at the rate of thirty credit hours for each year of the required experience.
3. Candidates may substitute the U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in Database Administration classifications or Database Administration specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year for year basis for the required experience and education.
Employees in this classification may be subject to call-in 24 hours a day and, therefore, may be required to provide the employing agency with a telephone number where the employee can be reached. Employees may be furnished with a pager or cell phone.
Applicants for this classification may handle sensitive data. This will require a full scope background investigation prior to appointment. A criminal conviction may be grounds for rejection of the applicant.
Employees may occasionally be required to travel to field locations and must have access to an automobile in the event a state vehicle cannot be provided. Standard mileage allowance will be paid for use of a privately owned vehicle.
This is a Skilled Service classification in the State Personnel Management System. All positions in this classification are Skilled Service positions. Some positions in Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.
This classification is assigned to Bargaining Unit G, Engineering, Scientific and Administrative Professionals classes. As provided by the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining. Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.
July 1, 2021