Employer: Los Angeles Unified School District
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay: 125,436–139,000 a year
We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education,
focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students
as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you...
will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting
the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal
of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to
thrive in college, career and life.
Benefits Insurance: District paid premiums for your choice of several medical,
dental, and vision for you and your dependents; and life insurance plans.
Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement
System (CalPERS).
Vacation: 24 days each year.
Paid Holidays: Up to13 days
Job Duties/Responsibilities The following list includes all the essential job duties/responsibilities of
this classification:
• Consults with technical and managerial personnel and with users and
recommends solutions to problems affecting District operations.
• Develops and specifies operational designs of a creative and innovative
nature for the development and maintenance of information and/orExtract Transform and Load (ETL) systems.
• Meets District objectives by formulating and developing systems
approaches involving advanced and innovative methodologies, concepts,and techniques.
• Recommends long-range development plans in specific areas of data
processing.
• Analyzes existing hardware products and software packages to
determine the feasibility of using existing products instead of developingnew systems.
• Prepares technical specifications to be used in proposal or quotation
requests.
• Develops and recommends technical policies.
• Evaluates new applications to determine their effect on existing
applications, production, and systems software.
• May develop mathematical models and database dictionaries of
complex information processing systems.
• May supervise other data processing personnel as assigned.
To see the complete job description for this position please visit us at
www.lausdjobs.org
Minimum Requirements Education:
Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s
degree, preferably with a major in computer science, information
systems, telecommunications, data processing, electrical engineering, or
industrial engineering. Graduate level courses in engineering, computer
science, and operations research are preferable. Qualifying experience
in addition to that required below may be substituted on a year-for-year
basis for the required education provided that the requirement of a high
school diploma or equivalent is met.
Experience:
Three years of experience in the installation, maintenance, and
modification of Linux and Microsoft operating system software. Two
years of this experience must have been as an operating system
professional with major responsibility in a large computerized installation
including professional level experience with Linux (Red Hat or SUSE) or
Microsoft is required. At least three years of experience with systems
generation, SAN storage systems, enterprise backup/restore systems,
dynamic storage and partition allocation processes, and dump analysis is
also preferable (this experience may be concurrent). Any of the
abovementioned experience must also include at least two years of
performance measurement and systems monitoring techniques, and
development of long-range plans for transition to new operating systems
or cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
Special:
A valid California driver license. Use of an automobile.
Special Note:
Operating Systems Specialist is a management classification.
Desirable Qualifications Knowledge of:
• Functions of information technology hardware, software, and services
• Operations research and statistical analysis
• Complex information technology operating and applications systems
• Communications hardware and software
• Data systems analysis and design
• Computer hardware and its capabilities including various Windows,
VMware, open systems, peripherals, and terminals
• Cloud based Infrastructure providers Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure,
Google Cloud
• Business and educational data processing applications
• Distributed processing techniques
• Mathematical modeling
• Various higher-level programming languages
• Basic IP addressing and subnet schemes
• Domain name, send mail, and firewall servers
• System virtualization software such as VMWare and Citrix Xen
• Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS),
Software as a Service (SaaS) and other related cloud technologiesAbility to:
• Write and orally express difficult concepts clearly and concisely
• Analyze the information needs, problems, and procedures of other
departments
• Analyze problems in computer operation, program logic, and
communications
• Evaluate and adapt new data processing techniques
• Prepare long-range plans
• Solve problems involving integration of advanced technology
developments
• Represent the District at technical meetings
• Analyze and diagnose malfunctions and perform required repairs of
computer operation, program logic, and communications
• Use the maintenance shell in repairing system defects and restoring
files and file systems
• Design and implement technical modifications
• Work effectively without supervision
• Maintain effective working relationships with District personnel
Employment Selection Process
The selection process for this position will tentatively consist of the
following: Technical Interview.
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approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your
spam/junk e-mail folder.
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APPLICATION?
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form" located to the left of the Quick Links.
To find out whether the application deadline has been extended, visit the
website at: http://www.lausdjobs.org .
The Los Angeles Unified School District intends that all qualified persons
shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion.
Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing
are available to individuals with disabilities. Please call (213) 241-3455
for more information.
Additional Posting Information Selection and promotion are based on a competitive employment
assessment process. Candidates who pass all parts of the assessment
process are placed on a hiring (eligibility) list based on their assessment
score. Hiring departments may make job offers to candidates on the top
three ranks of the hiring list. Eligibility typically lasts for 12 months. The
hiring list resulting from this assessment process may be used to fill open
positions in related job classifications.
Pay: $125,436.00 - $139,000.00 per year
Schedule:
• 8 hour shift
Work Location: In person
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