MASTER IT PROFESSIONAL 2 - SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION

***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

Job Summary

This position is part of the Secretary of State’s IT Division, located in either the Carson City or Las Vegas office. It serves as a senior technical lead within the Systems Administration team and is responsible for enterprise-level infrastructure design, implementation, and optimization. The role encompasses advanced systems architecture, administration, and operational oversight for mission-critical environments. The position requires deep expertise across multiple technology domains, including server infrastructure (Windows/Linux), virtualization, storage systems, and network architecture. The incumbent will design and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, develop long-range infrastructure roadmaps, and ensure compliance with State IT regulations and agency continuity requirements. Responsibilities include evaluating emerging technologies, implementing automated maintenance workflows, and leading complex deployments and migrations with zero-impact transitions. Beyond internal infrastructure management, the role demands proficiency in advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis using tools such as SIEM, Wireshark, and forensic utilities. As a technical lead, this position will oversee statewide infrastructure projects, conduct cost/benefit analyses, and coordinate with vendors and cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery and compliance. Strong documentation and knowledge management skills are essential, including authoring architecture diagrams, SOPs, and recovery playbooks. The ideal candidate should demonstrate expertise in systems architecture, network design, operational security, and performance management. A Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification is required to apply for this role and must be maintained throughout employment. Additional nationally recognized certifications in cloud or virtualization technologies are highly desirable. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Master Information Technology (IT) Professionals provide the highest level of professional IT expertise in an agency in one or more functional areas such as information systems project management, quality assurance, database administration, network administration, systems administration, applications analysis and development, or information security.

Essential Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and six years of progressively responsible professional IT experience, three years of which were at the advanced journey level in a pertinent specialty area such as information systems project management, quality assurance, systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, or information security; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Job Duties

Positions in this series are assigned duties and projects deemed vital to the agency mission. Duties are associated with major long-term projects, which significantly impact the agency’s business processes. Without the successful completion of those duties and projects, there would be significant disruption to agency operations and reduced levels of service to the citizens of the State, reduced levels of public safety, and/or substantial loss of revenue to the State.

Incumbents function as individual contributors who possess advanced level experience and specialized skills, and provide technical expertise in one or more of the following areas:

Information systems project management including responsibility for specialized projects of significant size, scope, and impact to agency operations. Duties include serving as the project leader; planning, organizing and directing project activities; conducting cost/benefit analyses; resolving design conflicts; data administration; resource allocation; contract negotiation; timeline development; critical path tracking; justifying the need for additional resources; and coordination with other work units within and outside the organization.

Quality assurance including total oversight of one or more major IT projects from inception through procurement. Duties include ensuring deliverables meet technical and/or contract requirements within time and fiscal constraints, and in accordance with established standards of quality; analysis of system life-cycles and growth projections; developing test plan checklists and auditing project activities and processes; preparing comprehensive reports regarding project progress; and meeting with agency administrators, project committees, vendors, external contractors and others to resolve schedule and cost issues and report progress. Duties require a comprehensive understanding of technical issues regarding application design including system development methodology, computer interface, data warehousing techniques, and legal and regulatory requirements.

Systems administration including the selection, analysis, maintenance, and modification of computer, communications, mainframe, and server hardware, operating systems, and auxiliary software packages required to support various information systems, and back-up and recovery of the agency’s software and data. Duties include long-range planning for both hardware and software products; conducting detailed alternative analyses, cost/benefit analyses, and determining end-user requirements; and implementation of planning strategies, departmental policies and standards to ensure short and long-term goals and objectives are achieved within fiscal and other resource limitations.

Network administration including planning, designing, implementing, performance tuning, troubleshooting and administering multi-protocol, geographically dispersed networks including local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) switches, routers, multiplexers and campus switches, and integrated WAN services. Duties also involve integration of WAN topologies.

Database administration including agency data modeling, database configuration, performance tuning, and backup and recovery of data; develop and implement standards and procedures to convert, transfer, and interface data within and between databases; maintenance of data dictionaries, repositories, and related software; control and authorized sharing of information with multiple users within and/or outside the organization; and technical consultation regarding application development and utility executions within various database environments.

Applications analysis and development including the analysis, design, development, maintenance, and modification of information systems and applications. Duties include consulting with management to determine agency needs and system requirements, constructing and programming systems, integrating new implementations with existing hardware and software, conducting detailed alternative analyses, cost/benefit analyses, and determining end-user requirements. Duties require advanced level communication with a variety of audiences such as end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others.

Information security including security administration, operation, and oversight of information systems and data within the realm of information security responsibility. Incumbents work with management and technical staff to develop a comprehensive information security program for integrated IT systems within the agency and are responsible for six or more of the following ten security domain areas:

• Access control - centralized / decentralized / remote / federated

• Application/system development security - validation / verification / guidelines

• Continuity of operations/disaster recovery planning - business recovery

• Cryptography - transport / storage / authentication / non-repudiation

• Information security management - awareness / policies / risk management / procedural standards

• Operational security (OPSEC) - threats / hostile code / techniques

• Physical technical security - access systems / structural / environmental controls

• Security architecture and models - methods / security operational standards

• Security law, investigation and ethics - cyber crime / incident response / security regulation

• Telecommunications/network security - enclave / monitoring / virtual private network / firewall / prevention

Incumbents may train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of subordinate staff and/or serve as a project leader as assigned.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Incumbents are technical experts in a specific IT area in which they have received the highest level of specialized training and certification from a nationally recognized/accredited organization. This training enables them to provide technical expertise beyond that which is provided by an IT Professional IV or III. Incumbents report to a manager or supervisor who may be at the same or lower grade level.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.

Detailed knowledge of: various systems software products and their interrelationships; performance monitoring principles and related software products; vendor procedures for applying maintenance and temporary fixes; planning, development, and implementation of backup and recovery techniques and procedures for all data and applications software; administration of large complex networks to include wide area, campus, multi-agency or statewide multi-protocol networks.

Ability to: apply advanced level knowledge and skills to projects and assignments deemed critical to the agency's mission; analyze and resolve complex issues and problems which directly impact the agency's services to the public, collection of revenue, and/or public safety; provide the highest level of technical consultation and training to the agency in developing, enhancing, implementing, and modifying information systems which support the agency’s business processes.

Recruiter Contact Information: Susan Fowler - sfowler@admin.nv.gov

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.

Please send direct Inquiries or correspondence to the recruiter listed on this announcement.

Benefits include:

• Health Insurance: Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance programs for employees and their dependents/family are offered through the Public Employees’ Benefits Program (PEBP) .
  
• Vacation: Accrual of three weeks of annual leave each year.
  
• Sick Leave: Accrual of three weeks of sick leave each year.
  
• Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.
  
• Retirement: Participation in the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) . Employees do not contribute to Social Security but will contribute to PERS if their position is at 50% or more full-time equivalency. For more information on how PERS service may impact Social Security benefits, visit the SSA publication .
  
• Deferred Compensation: The State offers a voluntary Deferred Compensation Program .
  
• No Nevada state income tax.
  
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Eligible due to public sector employment.
  
• Longevity Payments Eligibility: Employees who have received a performance rating of “standard” or better and have completed eight (8) or more years of continuous service are eligible for longevity pay.
  

Additional benefits may apply to employees covered under a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), depending on their designated bargaining unit. For more information, visit the Labor Relations Unit (LRU) .

For more details about your rights and responsibilities as a State of Nevada employee, please review the State of Nevada Employee Handbook (PDF) .

*** State Holidays The holiday schedule for State employees is established by the Legislature.

The following are legal holidays:

January 1.............................................. New Year's Day

Third Monday in January.................. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

Third Monday in February................ Washington’s Birthday

Last Monday in May........................... Memorial Day

June 19................................................ Juneteenth Day

July 4.................................................... Independence Day

First Monday in September.............. Labor Day

Last Friday in October....................... Nevada Day

November 11........................................ Veterans' Day

Fourth Thursday in November........ Thanksgiving Day

Friday following the Fourth Thursday in November...................... Family Day

December 25........................................ Christmas Day

When January 1, June 19, July 4, November 11, or December 25 falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the observed legal holiday. If these days fall on Sunday, the following Monday is the observed holiday. Eligibility for holiday pay is covered by the provisions of NAC 284.255

Closing Date/Time: 4/22/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

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