Job Posting

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: An employee in this class is responsible for providing specialized technical and systems programming work in designing, implementing and supporting Ulster County's local area and wide area network systems.  An employee in this class is under the direct supervision of the Assistant Director of Information Services (Technical Support) and the general supervision of the Director of Information Services with wide leeway allowed for the exercise of independent judgment in work details.  Supervision may be exercised over other Information Services Department Personnel as directed by the Director of IS or the Assistant Director of IS (Technical Support).  Does related work as required.

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Thorough knowledge of the components, operation, maintenance and repair of network equipment; thorough knowledge of data communications and basic electronics terminology; good knowledge of server based operating systems and specialized enterprise wide applications; demonstrated skill in providing technical and systems programming support as well as troubleshooting skills for a variety of LAN and WAN based operating systems; ability to be flexible in scheduled work hours to meet the needs of the department; ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with other computer workers, such as programmers and managers, outside vendors on equipment and related programs, and end users and other staff who may have no computer background; ability to think logically; ability to provide technical assistance; ability to carry out moderately difficult oral and written directions; ability to supervise, assign and review the work of others; ability to work independently; ability to prepare technical documents; ability to get along well with others; tact and courtesy; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Either:

A.      Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Management Information Systems or a closely related field; and, one (1) year of full-time paid, or its part-time equivalent, verifiable experience in a position which involved responsibility for providing maintenance and support of local area and wide area operating networks in a data center equivalent to that of Ulster County in size, scope and complexity; OR

B.        Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Management Information Systems or a closely related field; and, three (3) years of full-time paid, or its part-time equivalent, verifiable experience in a position which involved responsibility for providing maintenance and support of local area and wide area operating networks in a data center equivalent to that of Ulster County in size, scope and complexity; OR

C.      An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of A and B above. 

NOTE #1:  When applying, you must supply sufficient information to support your claim that the size, scope and complexity of the agency from which you obtained your experience is equal to that of Ulster County.

NOTE #2:  For the purposes of defining local area and wide area operating networks, experience in the following areas will be considered:  Windows Server 2003 and 2008 servers, Cisco-based Wide Area Networks, VMWare and Citrix XenApp, Symantec Backup Exec, Endpoint Protection and Altiris/Client Management Suite.

NOTE #3:  Certification from a network training program that is vendor-approved may be substituted for one year of the above stated experience for the Bachelor’s Degree level qualification only.

IF COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IS INDICATED, TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED AND SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO ALL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED.  A CANDIDATE LACKING THE REQUIRED TRANSCRIPTS WILL RECEIVE A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL PENDING THE RECEIPT OF TRANSCRIPTS.

Special Requirement for appointment to Ulster County positions: In accordance with Ulster County Legislative Local Law Number 14 of 2007 or by other State and Federal Statutes, candidates for employment to all Ulster County positions must obtain clearance for appointment from the Department of Criminal Justice System or other mandated Federal and State regulatory authority based upon fingerprinting and a criminal history background check. This position will require a criminal background check and a candidate will be required to complete and sign a Criminal Background Investigation Release Form.  Upon a conditional employment offer, a candidate will be required to be fingerprinted accordingly.

ULSTER COUNTY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER