Web Administrator – Technology Engineer

For more information on the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, please visit http://bit.sd.gov/.

The Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT) is seeking a Web Administrator to join a team supporting, maintaining and architecting all areas relating to South Dakota’s web servers.

Responsibilities include:

• communicate with technical and non-technical clients and translate their needs, ideas, or suggestions into logical solutions to business problems;
• analyze and resolve information system errors;
• use and apply standard principals, theories, and concepts of computer programming and design;
• ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment;
• ability to work effectively as both a team member and alone with minimal supervision;
• maintain reliable Windows 2008-2012 web farms for production, test and development environments;
• troubleshoot and resolve production problems in a timely manner;
• automate systems installation, maintenance and monitoring tasks;
• create and update documentation of the computing environment;
• interface with other BIT departments and divisions on web related topics and issues.

Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a fingerprint-based background check before beginning employment. State and federal criminal history records will be identified. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

Incumbent will report to the Manager of Technical Administration. Degree in computer science, networking or a related field and several years of experience is preferred. Technology engineering level assignment will be determined by the education and experience of the incumbent.

Knowledge of:

• managing server farms running .NET and COM+ application for E-commerce systems infrastructure;
• PCI Security standards compliance;
• Windows Active Directory, DNS and NTFS;
• HTTP, SSL, TCP/IP, FTP and SFTP protocols;
• media server and streaming media administration;
• Business Objects Enterprise system administration;
• F5 BIG-IP load balancers;
• forensic analysis, from acquiring forensic images to evidence analysis;
• general cyber security concepts and emerging threats.

Ability to:

• support a mission-critical environment of 50+ servers / 2000 applications using Microsoft Windows 2008/2012, .NET Platform and IIS Web Server;
• coordinate and support cross-departmental projects involving systems, networking and development staff;
• write PowerShell and other Windows scripts for automation in a mission critical environment;
• communicate clearly;
• solve problems and articulate issues for a wide variety of audiences;
• Security related desirables: (1) Daily web log analysis and follow up of any possible signs of compromise; (2) Security assessments (commonly known as application security scans using tools like Netsparker, AppScanner, Burp, Kali Linux toolset and others); (3) Development of custom "hacking" tools for testing applications with the Python programming language.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE ELIGIBLE

The State of South Dakota offers paid employee health insurance plus ten paid holidays, generous vacation leave accrual, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information visit http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus/workbenefits.aspx.