What We Need:
Ohio EPA Infrastructure Specialist 3

What We Do:
At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, our primary goal is to protect the environment and public health. We do this by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws.

What We Need YOU To Do:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest infrastructure specialist in our Office of IT Services located at our Central Office in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

Finally. You’re here!

In your new position, you will coordinate with DAS-managed firewall systems to maintain secure firewall and client rulesets. You will review and update network access controls as needed. You will interface with DAS, agency partners, and cloud providers to help manage DNS and firewall entries and you’ll diagnose issues to ensure accurate name resolution and reliable network traffic across the enterprise network.

You will install, maintain, configure, upgrade, and administer client and network hardware and software independently in support of business continuity, information security, telecommunications, and network connectivity where technical work requires specific knowledge to evaluate, select, adapt, and modify standard procedures. You will create documentation of procedures and maintenance of system configurations, network diagrams, and data-flow processes.

When it comes to cyber security duties, you will review and monitor enterprise security systems and take appropriate action and respond to alarms/alerts per agency policy and procedure. You will also monitor and review alerts from logging systems, investigate anomalies, support vulnerability management activities, and contribute to incident response procedures according to agency plans.

Here are those high points:

• Coordinate with DAS-managed firewall systems to maintain secure firewall.

• Review and update network access controls.

• Install, maintain, configure, upgrade, and administer client and network hardware and software.

• Create documentation of procedures and maintenance of system configurations, network diagrams, and data-flow processes.

• Review and monitor enterprise security systems and take appropriate action and respond to alarms/alerts per agency policy and procedure.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation)

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

• 60 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: evaluating effectiveness and risk of it processes, recommending changes in IT procedures to meet customer needs, and evaluating and/or researching hardware and/or software solutions and providing feedback to project team or higher-level staff including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

• OR completion of associate core program in computer science or information systems; AND 42 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: evaluating effectiveness and risk of it processes, recommending changes in IT procedures to meet customer needs, and evaluating and/or researching hardware and/or software solutions and providing feedback to project team or higher-level staff including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

• OR completion of undergraduate core program in computer science or information systems; AND 36 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: evaluating effectiveness and risk of it processes, recommending changes in IT procedures to meet customer needs, and evaluating and/or researching hardware and/or software solutions and providing feedback to project team or higher-level staff including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

• OR equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above. Note: The official position description on file with the designated agency is to reflect the required, primary technology directly relating to the duties of the position. Only those applicants possessing the experience in the required, primary technology listed in the position description & job posting are to be considered for any vacancies posted. The job posting must list the required technology commensurate with the position in question.
  
  Job Skills: Information Technology, Computer Literacy, Cybersecurity, Network Services, Network Administration, Equipment Operations, Customer Focus

All answers to supplemental questions must be supported by the work experience/education provided on your application. Attachments will not be accepted for this posting. Official educational transcripts are required for post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript if they are selected for the position. Current Ohio EPA employees may be required to provide official educational transcripts.

Location: 50 W. Town Street, Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Division: Information Technology

Background Check: The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

EEO Statement: The Ohio Environmental Protections Agency is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, national origin (ancestry), military status, disability, age (40 years of age or older), genetic information, sexual orientation, status as a parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child, status as a parent of a young child, or status as a foster parent as those are defined in applicable Ohio law, federal law, and any Executive Order, in admission or access to the operation of its programs, services, activities or its own employment practices. Employment practices are any employment related decisions including, but not limited to hiring, layoff, transfer, termination, promotion, demotion, discipline, rate of compensation, eligibility for in-service training programs, or terms and conditions of employment.

ADA Statement The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is committed to providing access, equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact the Office of Human Resources at 614-644-2100 prior to testing or interviewing.

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.