Telecommunications Administrator

Salary: $49.88 - $60.69 Hourly
Location : Service Center, Administration, Issaquah, WA
Job Type: Full-Time Exempt
Job Number: 2026-00169
Department: Information Technology Services
Division: IT Infrastructure
Opening Date: 07/30/2026
Closing Date: 8/6/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Union Represented: Yes


General Position Summary
Job Number: 2026-00169

The King County Library System is seeking a Telecommunications Administrator (Official Title: IT Infrastructure Administrator) to support all phone, paging, emergency alert, and related systems.
As the Telecommunications Administrator, you will have the opportunity to:

• Support a phone system modernization effort that impacts 1000+ library staff working across 50+ locations
• Launch and support a Mobile Device Management implementation
• Collaborate with a talented IT team dedicated to supporting our communities

This is a perfect position for you if are an experienced IT telecommunications professional with a drive to serve the public.

Applicants must attach a current resume and cover letter which addresses why they are interested in the position and how they meet the qualifications listed

About King County Library System (KCLS) : KCLS has a vision of a world where knowledge allows diverse communities to prosper and grow. In order to support this vision, we create opportunities through meaningful connections by acting as the knowledge sharing center for over 1.5 million diverse patrons, providing an unparalleled collection of library materials, resources, technology, services, and programs.

Approximately 1,000 engaged and passionate staff provide service in 50 community library locations and patron engagement using direct outreach, programs, and virtual assistance. Our service area includes cities, towns, tribal lands, and unincorporated districts of King County, with the exception of the city of Seattle.

From a 2021-2022 comprehensive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Assessment Demographics and Language Report, of the more than 1.5 million residents who live within the KCLS service area, almost half identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). Moreover, roughly one-third of the KCLS community speaks a language other than English as their first language.

The King County Library System values the diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and cultures of all qualified individuals. We seek applicants that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply, including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other people of color), immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQIA+, individuals with disabilities, veterans, etc.

KCLS welcomes reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities as an opportunity to assist qualified individuals to participate in the job application or interview process and/or perform the essential functions of the position upon hire.


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KCLS ensures equal opportunities and consideration for all job applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. KCLS does not tolerate discrimination or harassment during any stage of employment, including in recruiting, hiring, promotion, termination, leave of absence, compensation, or training.
Examples of Duties

Essential Duties:
The items listed in this section are the key duties and responsibilities for this job and do not represent an exhaustive list. Our organization is dynamic and therefore duties may change based on business necessity; however, any new duties will remain within the scope of the job.

• Oversees day-to-day activities of KCLS's infrastructure technologies, to ensure that the overall infrastructure is well-maintained and operating smoothly.
• Performs regular check-ups, manages updates, and diagnoses and fixes issues.
• Participates in the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all infrastructure technologies.
• Plans KCLS-wide infrastructure changes and coordinates change management including configuration, documentation, communications, and maintenance.
• Follows standard operating procedures and measures performance vs. key performance indicators.
• Develops statistical tools and measurement criteria as directed.
• Consults and advises on existing or emerging infrastructure technology products regarding the feasibility, standardization of, and financial impact to the organization.
• Supports the organization to configure and implement labor compliance and policy matters related to KCLS's infrastructure.
• Demonstrates the feasibility of system configuration through development of proof of concepts or implementing test systems.
• Tracks security issues compromising KCLS's infrastructure and identifies intrusions into the KCLS system.
• Defines and maintains documented procedures for the effective installation, configuration, operations, and management of infrastructure technologies.
• Partners with ITS team members, other stakeholder departments, and business users to perform assessments, analyze and troubleshoot complex issues and develop improvements to KCLS's network and computer system hardware, software, and related systems ecosystem to meet KCLS business requirements.
• Ensures infrastructure technologies and new integrations meet all requirements and specifications and are compliant with KCLS policies, procedures, and standards as well as data protection laws.

User Admin, Systems, Network

• Implements and supports system hardware, operating systems, software systems, core network infrastructure, and storage systems.
• Ensures site reliability within clusters/virtual machine's and SolarWinds monitoring critical infrastructure.
• Facilitates capacity planning, monitoring, and managing resources within the Data Center environment.
• Maintains user and systems account management of Microsoft Windows infrastructure, including on premise applications along with the integration with cloud-based applications such as Office 365 and Web HelpDesk.
• Manages systems login access, permissions, account management and maintenance for all Microsoft 365 products access, licensing, and security, including troubleshooting access and permissions for all staff. Oversees C200 tokens and management.
• Network lead on construction projects that include reviews of wring designs and installation, determination network equipment such as routers switches and Access Points in coordination with outside vendors.

Telephony

• Designs, configures, stages, and implements Cisco switching and VOIP infrastructure across multiple enterprise environments and team member locations, both remotely and on-site.
• Manages cell service (voice and data) with various service providers for KCLS team members.
• Manages announcements and paging system.

Secondary Duties:

• Reviews service billings for all KCLS, ensuring invoice accuracy, resolving issues, and timely payment.
• Supports Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Requests for Quotes (RFQs) and purchase requests for various infrastructure projects.
• Leads the design of user-friendly processes, guidelines, and documentation, reviewing software and vendor documentation to ensure feature functionality requirements are delivered.
• Contributes to ITS team member meetings and planning sessions.
• Trains software users.
• Participates in, facilitates. And/or leads assigned committees.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Core Competencies

Organizational Competencies

Customer Focus
Primarily focused on customer needs, able to deliver high quality, value added services. Constantly strives to find new ways to increase customer satisfaction and understanding, foster equitable services, and forge meaningful connections.


Valuing Diversity
Manages relationships with all kinds and classes of people inclusively and equitably; respects, values, and encourages the unique dimension each employee adds to the organization and each member of the community brings to the whole. Seeks opportunities to learn about differences.


Ethics, Values and Judgement
Exercises best judgment, trustworthiness, and professional standards of conduct; consistently demonstrates organization's values, moral principles, and accountability through behavior, character, and action. Defends intellectual freedom and confidentiality.
Professional and Technical Knowledge
Demonstrates proficiency in professional and technical skills and/or knowledge in position-related areas; purposely keeps up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise, in order to better foster personal success and connections for others.

Job Specific Competencies

Work Quality
Inspires and strives for excellence in all aspects of work including setting high standards of performance for self and others; ensures that results are complete and accurate; exhibits attention to detail.


Accountability
Holds self, direct reports, and others accountable for achieving intended outcomes; follows up and monitors progress to ensure that things stay on track; models organizational values and norms.


Organizing and Planning
Establishes courses of action for self, can influence others to ensure that work is efficient, appropriately sensitive to real restraints on time and resources. Willing to take a risk.


Managing Change
Embraces organizational changes and their rationale, models behavior needed during improvements in organization's effectiveness, competitiveness, and public service delivery; manages own reactions and supports others in the process.
Desired Minimum Qualification

Education/Experience:
The items listed below are the minimum requirements for the job and are relevant to this position. The organization values both work experience and education and realizes that individuals take different paths to acquire knowledge.

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, information systems, or business.
• Five to eight (5-8) years of progressively responsible work experience in large, centralized work environment, including voice and data communications and systems.
• 2 years of experience in network configuration and administration using Microsoft and Cisco technologies preferred.
• 2 years of experience working with telecommunication vendors and related services preferred.
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties and responsibilities of the classification will be considered.

Knowledge and Skills

• Evaluates systems performance and troubleshoots problems.
• Demonstrated listening and communications skills with diverse populations and team members and wide and varied customer base.
• Clearly, succinctly, and effectively communicates ideas verbally and in writing.
• Makes independent decisions using critical thinking.
• Responds to changes to priorities in a proactive manner.
• Productive in an environment with many interruptions.
• Works under pressure from deadlines and changing priorities.

Physical Demands & Work Environment


Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job the employee will:

• Constantly sit and seldom walk and stand.
• Constantly use hands/fingers for frequent keyboarding which may be repetitive up to occasionally.
• Frequently will reach up to the chest level with hands and arms.
• Occasionally lift to 10 pounds and seldom up to 35 pounds.
• Seldom push/pull carts using light force.
• Extensive PC monitor work is required.

Work Environment:

• Work is performed in a typical office environment.
• Work may include a varied schedule to include evenings and weekend.
• Incumbent may be permitted hybrid work schedule upon request.

General Benefits Summary
Paid Time off
It is the policy of KCLS to grant to all part-time and full-time employees:

• Annual Leave (Vacation).
• Sick Leave
• Holidays - KCLS celebrates twelve (12) holidays each year and one (1) floating holiday. Part-time employees are eligible for holiday pay if they are scheduled to work on the day the holiday falls on.

Medical/Dental Insurance Benefits
Our health insurance plans with Kaiser/Premera/Delta Dental are offered at low premium rates to all employees working 20 or more hours per week. Employees may also purchase benefits for dependents and domestic partners.


Retirement - Public Employee Retirement System (PERS)
Employees working 20 hours per week or more are automatically enrolled in the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) program. Both KCLS and the employee contribute toward PERS retirement benefits.


Flexible and Dependent Care Spending Accounts and Health Saving Account
Employees working 20 hours per week or more can set aside a portion of their salary on a pre-tax basis to pay for family medical and dependent care needs. KCLS provides an annual employer contribution to Health Saving Account when the employee is enrolled in a high deductible health plan.

Life and Accidental Death & Disability, Long Term Disability Insurance
All the employees working 20 hours per week or more qualify for the group term life and AD& D insurance benefits equal to one times their annual salary. Employees working 40 hours per week receive long-term disability insurance.


Optional/Voluntary Benefits
Employees working 20 hours per week or more are eligible to participate in the following voluntary benefits:

• Supplemental Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Nationwide Pet Insurance
• Allstate Identity Theft Protection
• Student Loan Refinance

Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan (available to all KCLS Employees)

• 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan - You can supplement any other retirement benefits you may have by setting aside pre-tax dollars in this retirement savings account.

Other Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - This employer-sponsored program is a confidential service that can provide referrals to counseling, financial, legal, child care/elder care services.
• Ride-Wise - KCLS encourages you to "leave the car at home" and seek other ways to commute to work. All employees are eligible for reimbursement of 50% of your tax-free ORCA transit pass and van pool. The Guaranteed Ride Home program is also available for staff.
• Tuition Assistance - KCLS encourages employees to pursue college, associate and graduate degrees and certificate programs where such education and knowledge bring value to KCLS. Tuition assistance, as funding permits, is available to all employees.

01


Please fill out both the application and this questionnaire completely. Any false or incompleteanswers (such as "see resume" or "see application") may result in you not having an opportunity to interview. Do you agree to answer each of these questions truthfully, and do you understandthat your answers will be compared to the information on your application?

• Yes
• No

02


Are you a current KCLS employee?

• Yes
• No

03


Can you (with or without reasonable accommodation) perform the physical requirements of this position as described in the job posting?

• Yes
• No

04


How many years of experience do you have as a telecommunications system administrator?

• No experience
• Less than 1 year
• 2-4 years
• 4-6 years
• More than 6 years

05


How many years of experience do you have as a Microsoft 365 administrator?

• No experience
• Less than 1 year
• 1-2 years
• 2-4 years of experience
• 4-6 years
• More than 6 years

06


Describe the phone systems you've administered, including the specific platforms, topology, and roughly how many users or extensions. What were the pros and cons of each?
07


Have you been part of a phone system migration or major upgrade? If so, describe your role and what you'd do differently next time.
08


As indicated in the posting, applicants are asked to attach a cover letter and current resume detailing your relevant work experience, education, and training as it relates to the position. Have you done this?

• Yes - I have attached my resume and cover letter.
• No - I understand my application is considered incomplete without the required materials.

09


The King County Library System works to offer library materials that represent a wide range of community interests. This is one of the foundations of our policy of intellectual freedom, the idea that each and every patron has the right to choose the materials that interest them. Given this policy of Intellectual Freedom would you both allow and support the fact that patrons have the right to choose what they wish to see, to hear, or to read at the library?

• Yes
• No

10


The screening process at KCLS includes application review, interviews, and references. If selected to proceed after interviews, I acknowledge that KCLS may reach out to my listed references without notifying me beforehand.

• Yes

11


Where did you hear about this job opportunity? Please select all that apply.

• KCLS Social Media (Facebook or Twitter)
• American Library Association (ALA)
• Washington Library Association (WLA)
• Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA)
• Seattle Public Libraries (SPL)
• Sno-Isle Libraries
• Pierce County Libraries
• LinkedIn
• Indeed.com
• Career Fair (In-Person)
• Government Jobs (public sector job site)
• Referral from KCLS Staff Member
• Job Interest Email Notification
• Other

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