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BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Network Administrator

Department of Technology and Innovation

Number of Positions: 1

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Salary : $85,524.00

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City’s collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) – BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 & 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS: Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled “Currently employed by the City of Chicago”

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled ‘payee/employee number’)

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on 09/25/2024

Under supervision, the class maintains, monitors, and supports the infrastructure environment including: the local-area networks (LANs), wide-area networks (WANs), network segments, intranets, telecommunications and other voice, video, and data communication systems, and performs related duties as required.

This class is assigned to the Technical Administration Information Technology Job Family which consists of positions that design, build, configure, test, deploy, upgrade, maintain and improve technology products, platforms, and solutions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

· Installs, configures, maintains, deploys networks/telecom and related utilities and hardware and releasing new technologies

· Develops enhanced production monitoring and additional capability

· Defines improvements for increased system reliability and performance

· Gathers data pertaining to customer needs, and uses the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate network requirements

· Works with IT Engineers to understand technical requirements

· Provides feedback and recommendations on requirements based on health check results

· Develops new alerts and monitoring techniques

· Assists in managing technical changes, verifying testing results, and monitoring technical standards compliance and deployment

· Establishes WAN, LAN, and WLAN device profiles, device environments, directories, and security for networks being installed

· Sets up and configures the network by installing the hardware and configuring the files or databases, hosts, routers, and network configuration servers

· Reviews facilities bandwidth requirements and system interdependencies

· Adjusts bandwidth on routine basis and provides input to capacity planning activities

· Expands networks, as needed, by setting up a new network and connecting it to the existing network

· Monitors and tunes server operating systems to achieve optimum performance levels

· Recommends performance metrics

· Identifies ways tasks can be automated

· Analyzes data from monitoring activities and assists in defining comprehensive, system wide improvements

· May plan and schedule installations and upgrades

Additional duties may be required for this position

Location: 2 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60602

Days: Monday-Friday

Hours: 8:00am-4:00pm

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Associate’s degree in Computer or Information Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Database Administration or a directly related field OR two (2) years of work experience in the design, installation, maintenance, and engineering support of LAN/WAN/WLAN network systems

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the interview will be selected. Interviewed bid applicants possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the interview will be selected in seniority order according to the collective bargaining agreement. The interviewed non-bidder candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the interview will be selected.

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here. (https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dhr/provdrs/emp.html)

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago in an Equal Employment Opportunity and Military Friendly Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor