Network Administrator

The District: 
Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) is a progressive, values-driven agency, with an international reputation for its leading-edge financial management practices, water recycling program, water use efficiency practices, water banking, urban runoff treatment, and energy generation and storage. Established in 1961 as a California Water District under the provisions of the California Water Code, IRWD is an independent special district serving central Orange County. IRWD provides high-quality drinking water, reliable sewage collection and treatment, ground-breaking recycled water programs, and environmentally sound urban runoff treatment to its customers. As an independent, not-for-profit public agency, IRWD is governed by a publicly elected five-member Board of Directors. The Board is responsible for the District's policies and decision-making. Day-to-day operations are supervised by the General Manager. Additional information can be found at the District's website:  www.IRWD.com.
 
IRWD Corporate Values 
Irvine Ranch Water District believes that its values drive the character, culture, and capacity of our organization. IRWD was built on values, and we weave them into the fabric of everything we do. Values are the ingredients in our recipe for both institutional and individual success. They are a code of conduct to promote positive outcomes for others and ourselves. They are more than words on a wall or a website. We live by them every day. We pledge to keep them relevant in an ever-changing world.

IRWD's employees enjoy working in a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment where they form strong bonds with fellow employees. To ensure effective communication and promote a collaborative team environment, employees report to work each day in the office or in the field, depending on their positions. 

The Position

Under general supervision, responsible for the installation, administration and support of business network infrastructure, cybersecurity, telephone and backup systems.

The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of networking concepts, protocols and infrastructure, hands-on experience with configuring and setting up new servers, patch management, supporting hyper converged system, ability to identify and solve problems, evaluate new hardware and software improvement network performance and the ability to communicate with non-technical users to understand their needs.

 

Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis until a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.  The deadline for the first review of applications is 11:59 PM on April 22, 2025.  Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit applications early.  Candidates who submit applications after the first review deadline are not guaranteed to be considered for this recruitment. This recruitment may close at any time without notice after the first review deadline. 

• Perform hardware support for network equipment, servers, backup systems and hybrid computing environments.
• Perform software and operating system support for network equipment, servers, backup systems, hybrid computing environments and cloud services.
• Perform scheduling and installation of network equipment, servers, backup systems, hybrid computing environments, cloud services and related software.
• Perform operating system level analysis and programming as required.
• Perform troubleshooting for of network equipment, servers, backup systems, hybrid computing environments, cloud services and related software as needed.
• Provide monitoring of business network infrastructure.
• Provide user assistance as required.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Comply with District work-related safety practices and attend relevant safety training.

Disaster Service Worker:  In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, Irvine Ranch Water District employees, in the event of a disaster, are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond accordingly.

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, or related field required.

Experience:
Three (3) years experience in information systems, enterprise networks and associated software products required.

Desirable:
Experience in VMware and Cisco administration and installation, Microsoft Windows Server, M365, firewall, enterprise backup, and Azure Active Directory system administration and installation, and SAN administration or hybrid computing installation.

Licenses and Certifications:

• A valid Class ‘C’ California Driver’s License.

• Cisco CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), VMware VCP (VMware Certified Professional), and/or Microsoft MSCE (Microsoft System Certified Engineer) desired.

Knowledge of:

• MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). 
• Keyboarding abilities sufficient to perform the job.

Ability to:

• Communicate effectively with all levels of office/field employees and management. 
• Represent the District in a professional manner when dealing with outside suppliers and customers. 
• Explain, demonstrate and clarify to others within well- established policies, procedures and standards.
• Follow specific instructions and respond to simple and difficult requests from others.  
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide and calculate percentages, decimals, and fractions.
• Use good personal judgment and discretion in performing all job functions.

Physical Requirements
Regularly required to sit, bend, stoop and stand. Occasionally required to lift up to 50 lbs.

Environmental Adaptability
Noise level is generally equivalent to typical office environment. Ability to work in an environment, which may expose employee to hazardous materials, and environment. Occasional visits to construction sites where noise level may be higher than typical office environment.


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Spark Hire: a one way video-interview, evaluating the candidates' ability to convey their training and experience.

Oral Interview Examination: will evaluate the candidates' experience, training, education, and abilities in relation to those factors which are essential for successful performance on the job. 

Communication regarding your application and/or status will be sent to the email address listed on your application.  Please check your email regularly throughout the recruitment process as you will not receive communications by any other method.
   
Equal Opportunity Employer
Irvine Ranch Water District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you consider yourself a person with a disability, you may contact the Human Resources Department for a reasonable accommodation.   

Salary : $100,984 - $143,416