Washington State Senate Republican Caucus is hiring a Hybrid Network/System Administrator

Clark County is hiring a Hybrid Network/System Administrator to join our team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Traffic Division of Public Works to manage, secure, and optimize our traffic network and server infrastructure. Your primary focus will be enhancing performance, maintaining reliability, and providing expert support for traffic signals, railroad crossings, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

What You'll Do

• Supervise network and server infrastructure performance, perform analysis, and find solutions to resolve issues.
• Monitor systems and network for security risks and ensure IT security standards are met across all traffic-related infrastructure.
• Participate in ensuring security by implementing standard methodologies in infrastructure security.
• Provide responsive, transparent support to ensure an outstanding customer service experience.
• Collaborate with members of the IT team, Public Works Traffic team, vendors, and management of both departments.
• Detect, diagnose, and report related problems to applicable software and hardware vendors and secure, install, and test vendor-supplied fixes.
• Create supporting documentation for network and servers using industry-wide standards.
• Install, configure, and manage network infrastructure including routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Perform optimizing and securing efforts across the network.
• Research network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain server hardware and virtual workloads.
• Perform system monitoring and analysis and performance tuning.
• Conduct work requiring substantial independent judgment and devise innovative approaches to unique problems.
• Develop conclusions and make recommendations on a wide variety of complex issues.
• Serve as a resource to other professional employees.

What We're Looking For

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in information technology, computer science, or a related field.
• Five years of increasing responsibility in a professional or technical subject area of network administration or systems administration.
• A valid motor vehicle operator’s license will be required depending on the job functions.
• Must reside in OR or WA. No Exceptions.
• Employment contingent upon passing a state and federal criminal history background investigation.
• Superb organizational and time-management skills, and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to consistently handle and follow through with multiple projects, tasks, and business processes while meeting task timelines.
• Strong orientation towards ownership of projects and assignments by being proactive, communicative, and making process improvement suggestions.
• Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with the ability to work well in a collaborative setting.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in pressure situations.
• Strong customer service orientation with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Applicant must be an excellent collaborator and teammate.

Nice to Have

• 5 years or more of experience designing, deploying, and implementing core route/switch and/or data center networks and experience as a system administrator.
• Preferred certification as CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and strongly preferred CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification.
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certification from Microsoft for Windows Server 2012 - 2025.
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP), VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) or VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) certifications from VMware.
• Cisco Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K experience strongly desired.
• Understanding of WAN/LAN and transport technologies (Ethernet, DMVPN, and MPLS).
• Proficiency with LAN switching concepts and protocols, hands-on experience with Spanning Tree and Trunking between network components and virtual hosts.
• Knowledge of IP communication and routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP).
• Experience with logical design models (L2/L3, VPC, VDC, Datacenter Zones, Spanning tree, VFR, VTP, VLANs, physical cabling).
• Working technical knowledge of network control protocols (QOS, PfR, PoE, NTP, DHCP), network management protocols (CDP, FTP, TFTP, SNMP) and security protocols (SSH, HTTPS, AAA, IPSec, TustSec).
• Sophisticated technical knowledge of virtual servers and SAN technologies; in-depth understanding of enterprise applications, hardware; monitoring and maintenance of systems.
• Ability to take care of user accounts, permissions, access rights, and storage allocations.
• Offer technical support and diagnose any hardware and software problems related to server and storage devices.
• Previous public sector experience is a bonus.

Technical Stack

• Routers, switches, firewalls
• Cisco Nexus
• Windows Server
• VMware
• Virtual servers
• SAN technologies

Team & Environment

You will collaborate closely with the Traffic Division of Public Works and the IT team.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation: $8,402.00 - $11,762.00 per month
• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• Paid leave
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance and long-term disability
• Retirement
• Deferred compensation
• Training in the latest tools
• Opportunities for professional advancement

Work Mode

This is a hybrid position. You must reside in Oregon or Washington.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.