First is a job posting for an IT systems consultant within the department’s public safety enterprise services team. The position involves designing, planning and installing information technology systems and analyzing the organization’s technology requirements, limitations and current capabilities to develop IT strategies that support the team’s long-term business goals.
Duties of the role, according to the job posting, include:
- Implement and integrate highly complex business systems, including the design and architecture of system interfaces, configuration management, documentation, administration, monitoring, troubleshooting and maintaining detailed plans for systems disaster recovery and testing.
- Plan and forecast budget needs for new hardware and software, including the retirement of existing systems.
- Make independent decisions with significant impact for procurement of technical solutions in their focus area.
- Develop, implement and ensure compliance of IT policies, standards and procedures.
- Consult on projects or lead project management of enterprise storage, systems implementations and development.
- Research and analyze the technology market and vendor products to determine the strategy that best meets IT business needs.
The monthly salary range for the position is $6,587 to $8,667, and the application deadline is Feb. 8.
Second is an IT network administrator position to support fixed-network equipment, including P25 simulcast, distributed antenna systems, tower lighting control systems, fire and EMS station alerting systems, radio and emergency notification, and paging systems located throughout the city and Travis County.
Duties of the role, according to the job posting, include:
- Implement, configure, manage, administer, maintain and monitor software and hardware for network, telephony and wireless technologies.
- Help define disaster recovery plans and network test plans.
- Assist in planning, forecasting, budgeting, procuring and implementing new network hardware and software.
- Coordinate the installation, configuration and maintenance of network components with customer departments and project teams.
- Monitor services provided by vendors to ensure service levels are met.
- Implement network security procedures and ensure compliance of all security policies.
The monthly salary range for the position is $5,190 to $6,475, and the application deadline is Feb. 7.
