Senior Information Systems Engineer – Networks Specialty – City and County of San Francisco – M[...]

Company Description

San Francisco is a vibrant and dynamic city, on the forefront of economic growth & innovation, urban development, arts & entertainment, as well as social issues & change. This rich tapestry of culture and ideas is sustained by our City's commitment to heighten the quality of life for the diverse population of San Franciscans and residents of the greater Bay Area. Our employees play an important role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping the future of San Francisco.

Application Opening: 5/25/2022
Application Reposted: 11/06/2023*
*Announcement reposted to reflect changes in the minimum qualifications.
Application Deadline: Continuous

How to Apply:
Applications for Senior Information Systems Engineer - Networks Specialty are only accepted through an online process. Visit to begin the application process. Select “Apply Now” at the top of the job ad and follow instructions on the screen.

Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter.

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records.

Job Description

Under general supervision, assists in analyzing, planning, implementing, maintaining, troubleshooting and enhancing large complex systems or networks consisting of a combination that may include mainframes, mini-computers, LANS, WANs and the physical and logical components that integrate these systems together as an enterprise networking backbone.

The 1043 Senior Networks Engineer is the advanced journey level in the Engineer series. The class is distinguished from the journey level by the complexity and size of the systems or network supported. It is also distinguished from the Journey level by the amount of discretion exercised over technical issues, problems and resolutions, and that it possesses a significant level of specialized technical and functional expertise beyond that expected at the Journey level. This level is distinguished from the Principal level in that Senior level exercises no or limited supervisory responsibilities or the lower technical leadership displayed.

Essential Duties:

1. Establishes networking environment by installing, configuring, testing and documenting the equipment/network systems according to the design and specifications.
2. Leads the performance of day-to-day networking tasks to ensure network reliability, availability and serviceability within minimal interruption.
3. Provides technical support, responds to work orders and tickets from the users, analyzes and solves reported network problems.
4. Leads in the configuration of firewall security settings to access permissions groups for individuals and sets up provisions for incoming data.
5. Leads network technology upgrade or expansion projects, including installation of hardware, software and integration testing, as well as coordinating these activities without disturbing function of other systems.
6. Leads in the development and production of complex documentation for installation, network topology and troubleshooting of communications hardware or software.

*This position may include additional duties as assigned.*

Qualifications

Education:
An associate degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or a closely-related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units.

Experience:
Three (3) years of experience analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing and/or maintaining the components of an enterprise network.

Substitution:
Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years).

Verification:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.

Note: Any applicant whose application is deemed not qualified may reapply after 1 month upon successfully meeting the minimum qualifications for the given specialty area.

Additional Department Specific Requirements

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Additional Information

Supplemental Questionnaire:
Applicants are required to complete a Supplemental Questionnaire as part of the online application process.

Tech Engineer – Networks Core Exam (Weight: 100%):
Candidates self-certifying meeting the Minimum Qualifications will be invited to participate in the online Tech Engineer – Networks Core Exam.

Note: A passing score must be achieved on all examination components in order to be placed on the Eligible List.

Eligible List/Score Report:
A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created, and used for certification purposes only.