What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT System Administration - Entry position at State of Washington?
About the Agency & Division:
The WSP actively supports Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the workplace, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The WSP strives to create and foster an inclusive culture inspiring everyone to be their authentic selves, speak openly, and be courageous. The WSP continues to focus on equitable hiring, training, and promotional practices and policies through innovative recruitment and retention solutions. Partnering with our communities helps the WSP provide the best in public safety services now and into the future.
The Information Technology Division (ITD) exists to leverage technology to enhance and sustain business processes, public safety infrastructure, and statewide emergency communications to facilitate the accomplishment of all agency goals. This position supports criminal history (WASIS) and crime information (WACIC) related systems and applications to provide critical data to law enforcement, criminal justice agencies, and public audiences. The criminal justice information supported by the W3 team provides crucial information for both officer and public safety concerns. The WAJIS systems and applications supported by this position include all WATCH systems, the OWSOR (Offender Watch Interface) system, the PIIES online portal, the ABIS system, the AOC EDispo interface, and coordination with the ACCESS support team for WACIC related interfaces including OMNIXX and the State Switch.
Our new teammate will be able to:
- Responsible for daily monitoring of the system, following the monitoring guides.
- Responsible for ensuring daily extraction processes were successful.
- Responsible for following guides to resend any errored fingerprint transactions.
- Report any system issues found to a senior employee, and learn about the resolution – guided by the senior employee(s).
- Code, debug, and verify low level SQL code in existing reports to meet changing business needs.
- Code, debug, and verify low level SQL queries to provide data extracts to support system maintenance.
- Use routine queries to monitor the system.
- Use routine queries to perform data extracts.
- Maintain SQL files uploaded to the GIT for up-to-date versioning and report GIT conflicts for resolution.
- Perform tasks in relation to requirements gathering, support, and communication under the direction of senior System Administrators.
- Assist in testing new implementations installed by the vendor and Infrastructure Operations teams for issues In coordination with Business Analysts.
- Attend meetings with stakeholders accompanied by a senior System Administrators to better understand the connections and effect of changes on the system.
- Follow routine procedures for system change notifications.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field. Experience in application support or systems management in an enterprise environment may substitute year for year for education.
- Experience using SQL or programming languages.
Why work for the Washington State Patrol?
- A healthy life/work balance by offering flexible schedules and telework options for most positions.
- An Infants at Work Program that is based on the long-term health values of infant-parent bonding and breastfeeding newborns.
- Continuous growth and development opportunities.
- Opportunities to serve your community and make an impact through meaningful work.
- Employment opportunities that recognize military veterans and/or military spouse per Governor Executive Order 19-01.
- Qualification for the Public Loan Forgiveness Program.
NOTE: This is not a full-time telework position. Candidates must be able and willing to work in the office and commute to here. A hybrid work schedule may be available after training and/or probationary period has been successfully completed.
Applicants claiming veterans preference must attach a copy of their DD214 (SSN must be blacked out). If you do not provide the required documentation, the veterans preference will not be awarded. Please click here to determine your eligibility.
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WSP Policy 1.04.020 - WSP does not engage in, or assist with, civil immigration enforcement, therefore; In no stage of the hiring process will the immigration status of family members of the candidate be investigated by the Washington State Patrol.
Questions?
Please contact Aleesha Brown at (360) 704-2312 or via e-mail at aleesha.brown@wsp.wa.gov. Check us out on: WSP’s Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn
Salary : $70,692 - $95,112
