Systems Architect/CIO

** TekRecruiter

has been asked
to recruit a Systems Architect/CIO to join the team
of a local government organization. This is a Full Time
position in their West Palm Beach location.**

NATURE OF WORK

This
is advanced technical and analytical work with responsibilities for technical
consulting on various projects. Consulting tasks will include aspects of the planning, design,
documentation and implementation of any component of a project which include networks,
servers, database, application and package software. The responsibilities of this position will
also include the operational support of servers, databases, networks and
package software as needed. Operational
support includes design, testing, systems administration, network
administration and database administration, problem diagnosis, performance and
tuning, software upgrades and business recovery.

An
employee in this position has full access to all server operating systems,
program products, recovery and system utilities. The employee is responsible for analyzing and
recommending system software configurations for any/all existing
platforms. Independent judgment is
necessary to accomplish tasks and a high degree of coordination is maintained
with other administrators, analysts, operations personnel, vendors and
customers.

This
position reports to the Director of Support Services and is evaluated based on
quality of results obtained, conferences, feedback from customers and coworkers
and reports.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

· Performs
project coordination function for the evaluation, installation, monitoring,
debugging, audit and maintenance of software on variety of hardware platforms.

· Assumes
the role of project leader in many projects as directed by the Director of
Support Services and/or Executive Director.

· Plans,
documents and communicates all planned operating environment changes as a
result of project planning to minimize customer disruption.

· Assists
Agency Consultants in assessing the needs of the customer to determine the
suitability of specific hardware and software solutions.

· Confers
with vendors, other ISS personnel and customers to determine suitability of
server software products.

· Writes
user documentation as appropriate.

· Leads
the installation, implementation and testing of hardware and software upgrades
and enhancements when required.

· Prepares
specifications for software and hardware systems that will adhere with the
organizations technical standards and be interoperable with other applications
and servers.

· Responds
to emergency calls relating to performance, diagnosis of problems, repairing
problems or calling upon appropriate technicians.

· Diagnoses
operational problems and develops effective solutions.

· Monitors
data integrity and security of servers and software.

· Monitors
software products and tracks performance.

· Monitors
DASD and CPU utilization for effective capacity management.

EXAMPLES

OF WORK – CONT’D

· Evaluates
placement of data devices for the purpose of optimum server performance.

· Performs
sizing/timing routines for system configuration.

· Performs
quality reviews.

· Perform
related duties as required.

The work
examples described in this specification are intended only as an illustration
of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties
does not exclude them from job performance requirements if the work is similar,
related or a logical assignment to the job.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

· Thorough
knowledge of the characteristics, capabilities and limitations of hardware and
operating systems.

· Thorough
knowledge of the design and capabilities of system software.

· Thorough
knowledge of relational database design (logical and physical).

· Thorough
knowledge of office automation tools. Knowledge of open systems network
concepts.

· Knowledge
of the use of on-line systems used in central computer systems and system
utilities.

· Knowledge
of the use of performance measurement tools, on-line monitors and application
debugging tools.

· Knowledge
in background application maintenance and development.

· Ability
to independently learn system software.

· Ability
to independently diagnose problems and create implementation plans based on
system software documentation.

· Ability
to plan, document, install and effectively implement complex software
configurations across various computing platforms.

· Ability
to diagnose server system/operational problems and develop effective solutions.

· Ability
to monitor server performance in an existing environment as well as new
environments.

· Ability
to express oneself clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.

· Ability
to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels.

MINIMUM

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s
Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in computer
science, engineering, statistics or any closely related field; plus, eight (8)
years of experience in information systems with work experience in server
administration, database administration, network administration and desktop
administration; or any satisfactory combination of equivalent training and
experience.

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