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Job Title: Information Systems Administrator Closing Date/Time: Continuous Salary: $34.94 - $42.48 Hourly $2,795.54 - $3,398.31 Biweekly $6,057.00 - $7,363.00 Monthly $72,684.00 - $88,356.00 Annually Job Type: Full-Time Location: Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California FLSA: Non-exempt position, eligible for overtime compensation.   Print Job Information | Apply     Description  Benefits  Supplemental Questions   This is Merged Promotional & Open Competitive Recruitment Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately as this recruitment will be open until filled, and may close at any time without notice. An Eligibility List is currently being extablished to fill one vacancy in the Network Services Department. This is 12 month per year position scheduled to work 40 hours per week. This list will also be utilized to fill any vacancies that occur during the one year life of the Eligibility List, which may include permanent, part-time and temporary positions. Positions in this classification perform complex, highly specialized and technical activities to analyze, develop, configure, and administer information systems, and network services to ensure the operation, performance, and maintenance of mission-critical enterprise. Selections Process: A training and experience evaluation. All application material will be reviewed and approximately the top 10 people, who meet the minimum requirements and are best qualified based on the application materials submitted, will be invited to participate in an oral interview and a technical project. The technical project will be evaluated during the oral interview. The oral interview will be worth 100% of the final score. Candidates must be successful on the oral interview with a score of 70.00 or better for their name to appear on the eligibility list. The names of the successful finalists will be placed on an eligibility list in rank order according to score, and the first three finalists will be invited to return for a final selection interview.Santa Monica College reserves the right to modify the above stated examination components and weights prior to the administration of any examination. In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Santa Monica College requires that all new employees provide documentation to establish both work authorization and identity.  Examples of Duties: Performs operating systems administration that involves maintenance and improvement of systems operation and performance including system installation, configuration, upgrade, customization, and patching of the major system/network migration and/or new services projects Performs server and network administration tasks including configuration and support of servers, network services, printer services, drivers, client’s administration, and other peripherals maintenance Ensures system security and integrity including various level of systems administration and management of user groups and accounts Develops, implements, and maintains system backup/recovery plans, network security standards and administration tasks Provides problem analysis support to diagnose and remedy problems in operating procedures, computer hardware, system software, network, and system application programs Develops and documents system maintenance logs, system performance reports, operational procedures, change control, and system recovery plans Monitors and tunes system performance utilizing scripts and vendor tools Evaluates present system capacity against projected future needs; plans and recommends system and internetworking equipment solutions and improvements Manages client department projects providing technical, procedural and analytical assistance related to systems and network administration Analyzes, develops, and codes server and operation systems services related scripts Performs other related duties as requested or assigned. Examples of essential duties are descriptive and not restrictive in nature and are generally listed in descending order of importance.  Minimum Qualifications: Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, Data Communications or closely-related field from an accredited university or college. Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of recent progressively responsible information technology experience in system and network administration in a complex, large scale (1500 nodes on the LAN/WAN network), high availability client/server computing environment. Experience working in a multi-tiers internet/intranet computing environment or database server environment is desirable. Education/Experience Equivalency: Experience and/or education of the same kind, level or amount as required in the minimum qualifications may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. Licensure and/or Certification: Microsoft Certified System Engineer is desirable. (MCSE)  Supplemental Information: MERIT SYSTEM Santa Monica College is a Merit System employer committed to the following principles: 1) Hiring and promoting employees on the basis of ability through competitive selection; 2) Fair compensation on the basis of like pay for like work; 3) Retaining employees on the basis of performance; 4) Training for high quality performance; 5) Assuring fair treatment of employees without illegal discrimination; 6) Protecting employees against political coercion; and 7) Providing for due process in the event of disciplinary action APPLICATION PROCEDURE Official SMC application forms and related materials must be completed for each examination. A separate application must be submitted for each position applied for. Resumes may be submitted for any position, but resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a District application. The Personnel Commission may obtain confidential employment references from current and previous employers. If they do not want their current employer contacted, applicants must indicate “NO” on Page 3 of the application. Within approximately two weeks after the closing date, applicants will be notified regarding the status of their application. Applicants requiring special application, testing, or interview arrangements due to a disability, should notify the Personnel Commission office at the time of application submission. The District does not return materials submitted. SELECTION PROCEDURE Examinations may consist of a written or performance test, an evaluation of training and experience, an oral examination or interview, or other tests determined by the Personnel Commission office. Additional credit is added in entry-level examinations to the composite passing score of qualified veterans for war service (5 points) and disabled veterans (10 points) upon presentation of proof of veteran status at the time of application. Requests for reconsideration of questions contained in written examinations must be made in writing on the day the test is administered. Applicants selected for an oral interview will be notified in writing of the time and place of the interview. Interviews are conducted by a Qualification Appraisal Interview Panel. Travel costs related to the examination/ interview will be borne by the applicant. Final test results are mailed within approximately 15 days after the examination/interview. Requests to review scores must be made during the five day review period following notification results. ELIGIBILITY LIST Candidates who attain a passing score on each part of the examination will be placed in rank order on the Eligibility List. The Eligibility List is available for review by exam candidates for a five-day review period following notification. Unless otherwise indicated, Eligibility Lists are established for a period of one year. Eligibile’s names will generally remain on the List until they are hired, decline three interview opportunities, or make themselves unavailable. Unless otherwise stated on the Job Bulletin, when a Promotional and Open-Competitive List is established, the Promotional List will be used first. Final selection will be made from the appropriate Re-employment or Transfer List, if any, and from the top three ranks of Eligibles that are “ready and willing” to accept the vacant position. It is the candidate’s responsibility to notify the Personnel Commission office of any address and/or phone number changes. Eligibles will be certified only for the locations and shifts they indicated on the availability statement completed at the interview. An Eligible may change their availability by notifying the Personnel Commission office. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS All offers of employment are conditional, based upon the successful completion of: 1) Fingerprinting/Conviction Clearance: State law requires that all employees be fingerprinted to check for, or verify, conviction records. Costs for fingerprinting will be borne by the applicant. All candidates with a conviction record for any offense, other than minor traffic violations, must file a Conviction Record Statement with their application. Conviction records will be fully investigated. A record of conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant, but failure to list all convictions may result in disqualification or dismissal; 2) TB Test: All persons selected must successfully pass a tuberculin skin test or chest x-ray; 3) Eligibility to Work: Upon hire, each new employee must complete an I-9 Form and present supporting documents establishing proof of identity and employment eligibility as outlined in the Immigration Reform and Control Act. PROBATION PERIOD Permanent Classified Employees, other than management, law enforcement and confidential personnel, become permanent upon successful completion of six months (130 days) of work. SALARY AND BENEFITS Beginning Salary: Generally, new employees start at step A on the salary schedule. If there is a limited candidate pool, a new permanent Classified Employee may request a higher salary placement based on his/her training and experience that greatly exceeds the minimum qualifications. The maximum initial placement is on Step 3 of the salary schedule. Advanced salary placement must be requested at the time of offer and is subject to verification of qualifying training and experience. Vacation and Sick Leave: Regular non-management employees receive vacation and sick leave at the rate of one day per month each. Vacation is increased after 4, 8 and 12 years of employment to a maximum of 22 days per year. Longevity increments of 5% are granted at the completion of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service. Holidays: Employees receive 17 paid holidays per year. Benefits: Permanent full-time employees receive fully-paid medical, dental, and vision-care coverage. Benefits for permanent part-time employees are prorated according to the number of hours worked per week. CSEA UNION MEMBERSHIP New permanent Classified Employees are required to either join the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter 36 or pay a service fee as provided for in the CSEA/District contract. New employees requesting a religious exemption are required to pay an equal amount to an approved charitable organization in lieu of a service fee.