IT PROFESSIONAL 4 - NETWORK ADMINISTRATION

State-of-Nevad; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nevada Department of Transportation in Carson City, NV is seeking an IT Professional 4 - Network Administration to lead and supervise the OT/ITS networks and team. You will oversee network planning, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance to ensure high availability of critical transportation systems.

You’ll guide staff and contractors, review designs, coordinate with IT and partner agencies, and advocate best practices while driving technical improvements and project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with five years of IT experience in network/systems administration.
• Experience supervising staff or contractors and coordinating with multiple agencies.
• Strong knowledge of OT/ITS networks and network security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain architecture, operations, and work activity documentation.
• Stay current on technology trends, security practices, and policies.
• Assist in resource allocation, expenditure tracking, and grant requirements.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Contractor supervision

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or closely related field

Tools

Routers & switches

Firewalls

VPNs

Job description

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is hiring for an IT Professional 4 - Network Administration in Carson City, NV. NDOT’s Traffic Operations Division as a Network Team Supervisor leading the operation, reliability, and advancement of the agency’s OT/ITS communication networks. In this role, you will supervise complex network planning, design, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance to ensure critical transportation systems remain connected and maintain peak uptime. You’ll guide staff and contractors, review technical designs, oversee installations, and ensure network interoperability across IT, district and agency partners. You will champion industry best practices, support asset management processes, and drive adoption of new technologies that strengthen statewide transportation operations. This position also leads project coordination, contributes to procurement and contracting activities, and represents the division in committees and technical panels. Ideal candidates bring strong leadership, technical expertise, and a commitment to NDOT’s mission, proactively reporting progress, resolving challenges, and aligning team priorities with departmental goals. The candidate selected for this position must have experience administering OT/ITS networks, including planning, configuration, and maintenance. Ability to design and review complex network infrastructure and supervise contractors. Skilled in coordinating with IT, regional offices, and partner agencies. Strong communication, project reporting, and cross agency collaboration abilities. ***Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Please note that this position is on-site and does not offer remote work options. The Job Duties section listed in this announcement reflects the Statewide Class Specifications for all positions and do not fully correlate with the specific duties of this position***.

Information Technology (IT) Professionals analyze, develop, implement, maintain, and modify computer operations, systems, networks, databases, applications, and/or information security. Incumbents may perform duties in one or more IT specialization areas depending on the needs of the agency. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience relevant to the duties of the position which may include systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, two years of which were at the advanced journey level or in a supervisory or project management capacity; OR Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience which may include systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, relevant to the duties of the position, two years of which were at the journey level in information security; OR two years of relevant experience as an IT Professional III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Conduct detailed alternative analyses and determine end-user requirements through consultation with end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others.

• Maintain documentation related to the assigned IT specialization’s architecture, operations, and other records of work activities as required.
• Maintain current knowledge of technological trends and advancements in the IT field as well as security management practices, laws, policies, and ethics.
• Participate in recommending and justifying resource allocations and expenditure decisions, tracking, and recording expenditures, preparing purchase requests, and writing technical requirements for grant proposals.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Under administrative direction, incumbents either: 1) perform duties described at this level and supervise at least one IT Professional III or II or Master IT Professional; or 2) perform duties described at this level within the Enterprise IT Services (EITS) Division for enterprise- level IT systems utilized by multiple departments; or 3) perform IT project management a preponderance of the time to include serving as the project leader; planning, organizing, and directing project activities; resolving design conflicts; data administration; resource allocation; contract negotiation; timeline development; critical path tracking; justifying the need for additional resources; and coordinating activities with other work units within and outside the organization as assigned; or 4) perform Information Security duties described at this level with at least 70% of the daily activities devoted solely to information security; or 5) perform technology planning and consultation duties within EITS. Technology planning and consultation duties include providing and/or performing: initial contact with agencies to assess their needs and develop their information technology plans; technical support for the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and software and hardware evaluations; guidance and technical assistance in completing appropriate Information Technology (IT) budget request forms; recommendations for feasible and cost effective technical solutions to customer agencies and reviewing agency IT project requests; research, information, testing and training for IT related issues to ensure viable, cost effective technology implementation; and enterprise-wide planning, policy and research.

This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.

Network Administration:

• Detailed knowledge of: the methodology for implementing distributed applications; network authentication; data storage networks; network security design and implementation; network communications hardware such as routers, switches, and firewalls; systems integration, hardware, and data communications; virtual private networks and virtual LANs; network performance trending and network utilization; data processing systems; network design and architecture.
• Working knowledge of: network file and application servers, project management, directory services integration, intrusion detection/prevention systems logs, data encryption methodologies.
• General knowledge of: supervisory practices if applicable to the assignment.
• Ability to: configure and deploy firewalls, routers, and switches; present network design recommendations to management; implement network design changes; provide technical training, direction, and leadership; plan, organize, and direct projects; provide communications protocol analysis for large applications; design and configure virtual private networks; interpret authentication logs.