System Administrator

Salary: $83,075.20 - $116,292.80 Annually
Location : Technology Services - Minden, NV
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 25/26-00147
Department: Technology Services
Division: Information Systems
Opening Date: 05/21/2026
Closing Date: 6/20/2026 4:00 PM Pacific


DESCRIPTION
**Applications are reviewed on a regular basis. The posting may close prior to the listed closing date, and h iring may occur early in the recruiting process. Individuals are encouraged to apply immediately. **
Douglas County is seeking a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a technically challenging environment and is committed to maintaining resilient, secure networks, while delivering excellent customer service. The Systems Administrator plays a critical role in supporting and securing our organization's technology.
Primary Objectives
General


Collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential in developing and enforcing policies and procedures that enhance overall system security. Contribute expertise to strategic planning, capacity management, and IT initiatives to support organizational goals; performing related work as apparent or assigned.
Systems


Responsible for managing and overseeing systems, applications and related security operations. Leads the design, implementation, and maintenance of systems to ensure security and reliability. Provide project leadership, ensuring that IT resources are maintained with integrity and efficiency. Additionally, monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement necessary upgrades and patches to safeguard against vulnerabilities.
Supervision Exercised

None

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
General

1. Assists management with technology planning, evaluates new technology. Assists in acquisition and recommends system modifications for improvement.
2. Pulls and terminates network cables, punches cables into patch panels, ensuring proper alignment and strong connections. Tests installations with cable testers to verify performance and troubleshoots connectivity issues using diagnostic tools.
3. Implements and enforces security policies and procedures, manages access controls and conducts security audits.
4. Maintains detailed documentation of systems, functions, dependencies and detailed software configurations. Responsible for documenting changes.
5. Mentors team members to promote skill development and continuous improvement.
6. Works closely with other departments to integrate IT solutions, supports new technology implementations, and ensures seamless connectivity across the organization.
7. Conducts all work in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, customer requirements, compliance requirements and best practices.
8. Plans and executes upgrades, patches, and regular maintenance to ensure the systems and infrastructure is up-to-date and secure from potential vulnerabilities.
9. Represents the County with dignity, integrity, and a spirit of cooperation in all relationships with staff and the public.
10. Contributes effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities.

Systems

1. Administer, configure, and monitor the County's security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection and response systems, virtual private networks, access controls, data security easures, and endpoint security solutions, to safeguard sensitive data and assets against both internal and external cyber threats.
2. Design, configure, deploy, and manage systems and application solutions to ensure reliable operations for internal departments, external partners, and remote users.
3. Continuously monitor the performance of systems and applications, identify and resolve any bottlenecks, security issues, or resource constraints to ensure optimal data flow and system efficiency.
4. Diagnose and resolve software & application issues, outages and performance problems. Conduct root-cause analysis and implement the necessary fixes.
5. Oversee identity management, user access and permissions. Ensure the proper configuration to regulate access to systems and applications.
6. Administer issuance, renewal, and revocation of digital certificates to ensure secure and compliant management of encryption protocols and authentication processes.
7. Install, program, maintain and troubleshoot on-premise and cloud systems to provide applications and services.
8. Deliver hands-on technical support for system-related concerns, assisting in diagnosing and resolving issues related to systems, applications and software solutions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Position requires a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in enterprise system administration or network architecture, strategic planning, project management, or cybersecurity; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

CERTIFICATIONS

• None

WORKING CONDITIONS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WORKING CONDITIONS

The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands, physical agility, sensory requirements, and environmental exposures required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force.
• Work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands, reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions; frequently requires pushing or pulling; occasionally requires standing, walking, climbing or balancing, kneeling or crawling and tasting or smelling.
• Work requires close vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to receive detailed information through oral communication and/or to make fine distinctions in sound.
• Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, use of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arms length, operating machinery, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities.
• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
• Work frequently requires working near moving mechanical parts; occasionally requires exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to the risk of electrical shock.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
2. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background/screening.
3. Douglas County participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each applicant's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. All candidates who are offered employment must complete Section 1 of the Form I-9 along with the required proof of their right to work in the United States and proof of their identity prior to starting employment. Please be prepared to provide required documentation as soon as possible after the job offer is made.
4. This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions expected of the incumbent. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.

Douglas County provides benefits to full-time employees. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees working 20-29 hours per week. Part-time employees working 19 hours or less, as well as on-call employees, are not eligible for benefits.


No Nevada State income tax.

Retirement - Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada (PERS)
Douglas County contributes 36.75% of an eligible regular member and 50% of an eligible Police and Fire member's salary for retirement.


Deferred Compensation Plans - Employees have the option to participate in a deferred compensation program through , which is funded by the employee.


Employee Perks

• Vacation : Accrued at the rate of 4.6154 hours per pay period, or 120 hours per year (increase with years of service).
• Sick Leave : Earned at the rate of 3.6923 hours per pay period, or 96 hours per year.
• Holidays : 12 paid holidays per year.
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Annual Gym Membership
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Programs

Health Insurance
As a Douglas County employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with several medical plan options, plus dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability insurance. Benefits start on the first of the month after a 30-day waiting period. To learn more about our health insurance and employee benefits, please visit our


Compensation
Douglas County uses a Pay for Performance compensation system, where employees receive annual performance evaluations and may be eligible for merit-based salary increases. Qualified employees can earn up to a 3% merit increase on their anniversary date, and may also receive an annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) during the first pay period of each fiscal year, based on the Consumer Price Index, up to a maximum of 5%. In addition, eligible employees who demonstrate exceptional, above-and-beyond performance may receive further compensation through the County's Recognition of Excellence Program.
01


What is your highest level of completed education?

• High School or GED
• Vocational Certification
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree or Higher
• None of the Above

02


If you indicated a degree above, what was the major?

• Information Technology
• Computer Science
• Management Information Systems
• Cybersecurity
• Closely Related Field
• None of the Above
• No Degree

03


If you selected "Closely Related Field" please indicate what the major was.
04


How many years of experience do you possess in enterprise system administration or network architecture, strategic planning, project management and/or cybersecurity?

• No experience
• Less than 1 year
• 1 year
• 2 years
• 3 years
• 4 years
• 5 years
• 6 years
• 7 or more years

05


What is your level of proficiency using Microsoft and Office 365?

• No experience
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Expert

06


Briefly describe your experience, if any, of managing Microsoft Entra, local AD or comparable cloud based IAM solutions.
07


Briefly describe your experience, if any, of managing Microsoft Intune or comparable MDM solutions.
08


Briefly describe your experience, if any, of administering core Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint Online.
09


What is your level of proficiency with enterprise hypervisors and virtualization platforms?

• No experience
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Expert

10


Briefly describe your experience, if any, using VMware vSphere 8.0 or comparable hypervisors, including handling host cluster management, high availability configurations, and version migrations or security patching at scale.
11


What is your level of proficiency with enterprise backup and disaster recovery platforms?

• No experience
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Expert

12


Briefly describe your experience, if any, with designing and managing data protection strategies, including backup management for virtualized systems, databases, and cloud platforms.
13


Briefly describe your experience, if any, with maintaining technical documentation, describing tools and methods used to keep documentation current and accessible.
14


Briefly describe your experience, if any, with Microsoft SQL or comparable enterprise database solutions. Including: user management, performance optimization, migration, on premise and in cloud.
15


Briefly describe your experience, if any, of managing Certificate Authorities, including issuing, renewing, and revoking digital certificates to ensure secure encryption protocols.
16


Briefly describe your experience, if any, in working with enterprise networking and cybersecurity solutions.
17


Douglas County requires applicants to list all work history from your most current employment to 10 years back. If relevant experience is over 10 years please list it on your application. ***Writing "See Resume" on the application in place of completing your information is not acceptable.***Have you listed your current employment through 10 years of work history on your application in addition to listing any relevant experience that exceeds 10 years?

• Yes, I have listed all work history from most current to 10 years back.
• I do not have 10 years of work history, but I have included all employment history.
• I have relevant experience that exceeds 10 years, and I have included the experience on my application.
• No, I have not listed all work history from most current to 10 years back.

18


Are you able to perform the primary duties and responsibilities of the job listed on the job description with or without a reasonable accommodation?

• Yes
• No

19


Douglas County employees are required to uphold the County's Values and are evaluated based upon these Values. MISSION STATEMENT Working together with integrity and accountability, the Douglas County team is dedicated to providing essential and cost-effective public services fostering a safe, healthy, scenic, and vibrant community for the enjoyment of our residents and visitors. VALUES STATEMENT Integrity - We demonstrate honest and ethical conduct through our actions. Accountability - We accept responsibility for our actions. Customer Service - We deliver efficient and effective service with an attitude of respect and fairness. Leadership - We establish the tone and direction for success motivating and inspiring others to accomplish a shared vision. Communication - We ensure open dialogue through proactive listening and sharing of information throughout the organization and the community. Teamwork - We work together to achieve shared goals.Respect - We will treat all citizens, employees, and visitors with respect.Do you understand Douglas County's Mission and Values Statement and will you be able to uphold them if hired?

• Yes
• No

Required Question