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Senior Network Systems Analyst-Network Team

Salary

$104,870.76 - $128,025.60 Annually

Location

Nevada City, CA

Job Type

Full Time

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

2025-0137

Department

Information Systems

Opening Date

07/18/2025

Closing Date

8/3/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

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+ Benefits

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Definition and Class Characteristics

INTERVIEWS ARE BEING HELD ON AUGUST 12 & 14, 2025

Nevada County is seeking to hire an experienced Senior Network Systems Analyst to work on our Network Team!

Nevada County is nestled in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, about an hour outside Sacramento and two hours from the San Francisco Bay Area. County employees enjoy a variety of activities from mountain biking and backpacking to painting, swimming, music, and working with animals. Full-time employees are provided with a competitive benefits package!

The Nevada County Information Systems (IS) Team values collaboration and innovation in support of our mission to provide excellent technology to all County departments and strives to align with our agency core values of Integrity, Service, and Commitment -https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/47733/2023-IGS-Behavior-and-Culture-Values

Members of the IS team are encouraged to maintain a strong work-life balance and generally have the opportunity to participate in flexible scheduling and part-time telework options.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the award-winning Nevada County Information Systems Team as a Senior Network Systems Analyst (NSA). This position supports the enterprise vision of excellent community services by implementing and maintaining dependable, stable, and secure network systems.

In this hands-on supervisory role, the Senior NSA will lead a small team in administering and architecting the technology network and core infrastructure for all county departments and programs. Responsibilities include implementing and maintaining dependable, stable, and secure network systems across multiple locations, supporting primary and backup data centers, and ensuring connectivity to cloud hosting environments.

The Senior Network Systems Analyst collaborates and partners with members of other technical areas such as Applications, Desktop, Server, and Security to plan and implement projects and maintenance. The Senior NSA is a key partner in diagnostics, problem solve, maintenance, and design. This position is also responsible for continuous improvement in the area of responsibility and provides recommendations for future upgrades and replacement needs to maintain a supportable and secure infrastructure.

The ideal Team Member possesses strong customer service skills and technical capability, with a willingness to grow and learn. Continuous training will be provided. Strong candidates demonstrate strength in:

+ Customer service

+ Documentation and presentation for non-technical audiences

+ Mentoring abilities with a desire to teach and learn from team members

+ Management and prioritization of team projects and individual projects

+ Troubleshooting and network administration skills

+ Breadth of knowledge across technology areas

Qualified candidates possess current knowledge in many of these areas:

+ Cybersecurity practices

+ CVE monitoring and mitigation and/or patching

+ Next Generation Firewall configuration and administration, including but not limited to:

+ Site-to-Site and/or Client based VPN

+ Authentication and Encryption standard methodologies

+ Network segmentation (E-W and N-S traffic controls)

+ Understanding of OSI model and advanced troubleshooting experience

+ Layer 1 principles

+ Fiber, copper, and wireless Point-to-Point connections

+ Layer 2 and 3 switching concepts

+ VLANs, VXLAN, IP Routing, BGP, OSPF, QoS, VoIP

+ Layers 4 through 7 principles

+ Solid grasp of TCP/UDP, broadcast/multicast

+ VPN, IPSec, GRE, SSL

+ Network Monitoring

+ Enterprise Wireless

+ VoIP and Telephony

+ SSL Certificates for network devices

+ IOT device management (ie. cameras, door controls, industrial controls, video conference rooms)

Nevada County Information Systems is an award-winning department in innovation and collaboration including placing in the top 4 of National Digital Counties for the last 10 years.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who may have a disability will be treated fairly throughout the interview and hiring process. The position is fully benefited. The County of Nevada offers a competitive benefit package. The compensation package includes:

+ CalPERS retirement plan, a defined benefit plan,

+ Medical—several choices of HMO and PPO plans

+ Dental—a “best in the business” dental plan

+ Vision—includes annual eye exams and annual frame allowance

+ Life Insurance—equal to $50,000 with an option to purchase additional, supplementary life insurance at group rates

+ Flexible Spending Account—set aside, on a pre-tax basis, up to the IRS maximum for eligible health-related expenses

So, why Nevada County? Our leadership values employee development and engagement, promotes open and transparent communication, strives to be a hard-working organization, and recognizes personal contributions and growth!

The position is fully-benefited. The County of Nevada offers an extensive benefit package which is valued at 50% of your pay (meaning, consider the value of your benefits as half again what your pay is).

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

To review the entire job spec, pleaseclick here (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mynevadacounty/classspecs/1158842?keywords=senior%20network&pagetype=classSpecifications) .

Benefits Guide

TheBenefits Guide (https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/492/Benefits) is a comprehensive document for employees of the County of Nevada. Information contained in this summary of benefits is not a binding document. Refer to specific unitsummaries and agreements (MOUs) (https://nevadacountyca.gov/475/Memoranda-of-Understanding-MOUs) for additional benefit information.

Health Insurance

The County sponsored plan is the PERS Gold PPO, but you can also choose plans from providers such as Anthem, Blue Shield, and PORAC (if you are a member) to suit your needs.

Health Insurance Plans

+ Anthem Blue Cross Select HMO

+ Anthem Blue Cross Traditional HMO

+ Blue Shield CalPERS Access+ HMO

+ Blue Shield Trio HMO

+ Kaiser HMO

+ PERS Gold PPO (County sponsored plan)

+ PERS Platinum PPO

+ PORAC (Available to PORAC members only)

Flexible Spending Accounts

The County offers employees the option to contribute to a pre-tax medical FSA and dependent Care FSA.

Life Insurance

Voya is the County's life insurance provider. We offer the following products through Voya:

+ Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment

+ Basic Term Life

+ Optional Accidental Death and Dismemberment plans

+ Optional Dependent Term Life

+ Optional Term Life

Dental & Vision Insurance

Nevada County employees can opt to receive dental and vision insurance without opting for health insurance coverage as well. This will give employees more flexibility to match their choice of insurance plans to their specific needs. Ameritas Dental is the dental provider offered through Nevada County and Ameritas VSP Vision Care is our vision care provider.

Retirement

The County is a member of the CalPERS retirement system and also provides the opportunity for voluntary contributions to a 457 deferred compensation account through Nationwide by way of pre-tax and Roth payroll deductions.

CalPERS Miscellaneous Tiers: Tier 1 (Classic-former employee originally hired on or before 12/13/12 and are returning to Nevada County) 2.7% @ 55 Tier 2 (Hired by a CalPERS employer between 12/14/12-12/31/12 and coming to Nevada County with less than 6 months between separation from former CalPERS employer and hire date with Nevada County) 2%@60 Tier 3 (Hired by first CalPERS employer on or after 1/1/13 or having a break in service of more than six months between another CalPERS employer and Nevada County) 2%@62

CalPERS Safety tiers: Tier 1 (Classic-former employees originally hired on or before 12/13/12 and are returning to Nevada County) 3% @ 50. Tier 2 (Hired by a CalPERS employer between 7/2411-12/31/12 and coming to Nevada County with less than 6-months between separation from former CalPERS employer and hire date with Nevada County) 3% @ 55. Tier 3 (Hired by any CalPERS employer on or after 1/1/13) 2.7% @ 57. We encourage you to visit the CalPERS home page,www.calpers.ca.gov, to search related information about the retirement plans noted here so that you fully understand what your retirement formula means to you.

NEVADA COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Any information on this page or documents and links are subject to change without notice.

Nevada County Human Resources Department

950 Maidu Avenue, Nevada City, CA 95959 (530) 265-7010 option 2

[email protected]

www.nevadacountyca.gov

01

Which of the following best describes your level of education?

+ High School or GED

+ Some College-less than 60 credits

+ Some College-60 or more credits-no degree conferred

+ Associates Degree

+ Bachelor's Degree

+ Master's Degree

02

Please let us know the subject area of your college education.

+ Computer Science

+ Information Systems

+ Related Field

03

If you selected, "Related Field" please share the subject area.

04

Did your college coursework include techniques of systems analysis or similar?

+ Yes

+ No

05

This position requires journey level experience performing network user support at a level equivalent to Nevada County's classification of Network Systems Analyst II. Please select which best fits your experience.

+ None

+ Less than 1 year of experience

+ 1 year

+ 2 years

+ 3 or more years of experience

06

Please detail your experience configuring and leveraging the capability of enterprise Next Generation firewalls. Include brand and models.

07

Please provide brief examples about your experience administering enterprise networking equipment (routers, switches, and Wi-Fi).

08

Provide brief examples of your experience with packet-tracing and diagnostics, VPN, Multifactor Authentication.

09

Please share your experience configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting advanced IP routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, BGP, or others. Give examples of environments you have supported using these protocols.

10

Do you have other network experience other than what was listed in the job posting? If so, please elaborate. Include dates, duration, and details concerning your experience.

11

Describe your experience configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Site-to-Site VPNs. What technologies and vendors have you worked with, and have you encountered any challenges ensuring stability, performance, or security in these VPN connections?

12

Please provide a synopsis of your experience developing project plans and leading technical projects while collaborating with your leadership, team, vendors, and consultants to achieve a goal.

13

Describe some best practices you follow for security hardening of network infrastructure (such as firewalls, switches, routers, and wireless networks) and share an example of a time you applied these practices to strengthen a network’s security posture.

14

Have you administered or operated a VoIP system/solution in the last 10 years? If so, what makes/models and level of administration did you perform?

15

What types of professional and personal growth are you seeking through employment with the County of Nevada?

Required Question

Employer

County of Nevada

Address

950 Maidu Avenue

Nevada City, California, 95959

Phone

530 265 7010

Website

https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/

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