Description

Renewing Water for Colorado’s Future

South Platte Renew (SPR) is the third largest water resource recovery facility (WRRF) in Colorado and cleans nearly 20 million gallons of wastewater a day. SPR is publicly owned by the Cities of Littleton and Englewood and serves approximately 300,000 residents in Littleton, Englewood, and 19 connecting communities. The Engineering Division of SPR is recruiting a Network Administrator to manage and maintain the industrial process operations technology (OT) network environment and work closely with the City of Englewood IT staff to maintain the business network (IT) environment at the SPR facility. As SPR renews water for Colorado’s future, the SPR Engineering Division plans, designs, and constructs treatment infrastructure, manages all assets, optimizes processes, and maintains all electrical instrumentation and controls, including a process critical industrial control system (ICS).

The Position

SPR is looking for a Network Administrator who is collaborative in attitude, has a proven track record of working well with a team, has a strong background in network administration, up-to-date knowledge of industry best practices for IT and OT network environments, and is looking forward to continued learning and problem solving in a fast moving, dynamic industry.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Oversees the day-to-day operation of industrial process control networks, the SPR business network, SAN and servers including hardware/software support, training and special projects.
• Maintains and assists in planning, designing and implementing upgrades and modifications to the local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) systems and wireless networks.
• Repair, maintain and troubleshoot all equipment including but not limited to network, server, and SAN hardware. Coordinates repair and re-configuration with vendors and other IT staff.  Monitors local and wide area network traffic and performance using a variety of hardware and software to tune the network to maximize performance.  Maintains all hardware, software, line drops within City buildings and leased lines that comprise the City’s voice and data networks.
• Maintains current firewall hardware and configuration, documents change to meet industry best practices
• Works closely with City of Englewood IT staff to maintain a consistent cyber security standard, with availability, data collection, and uptime as major priorities.
• Maintains and administers the vSphere virtual environment for the Process Control and Enterprise networks. Coordinates the creation of new virtual machines with OT & IT staff.
• Maintains and administers the industrial process network infrastructure.
• Other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cyber security, traditional business networks, as well as industrial control systems and will understand the different approaches required when managing industrial networks and business networks, and will be able to leverage the strengths of both to meet the needs of SPR.

Why Join Us?

SPR has transformed over the years but what has remained constant is the dedication to our communities, to our employees, and to the values of SPR: safety, passion, leadership, accountability, trust, teamwork, and excellence. SPR is recognized as a “Utility of the Future Today” and has won awards for providing high-quality treatment for high-quality water, rethinking wastewater through innovative solutions, and engaging our community to build stronger partnerships; particularly, in community education, watershed stewardship, and recovery of resources such as water, energy, and nutrients.

Qualifications

Education: preferred bachelor's degree in information systems, Engineering, Computer Science or related field.

Work Experience: Three to five years’ (3-5) experience with network administration, system administration, advanced desktop support or a combination of the three. Experience in installation, configuration, troubleshooting and support of local and wide area networks, Cisco Call Manager, Unified Communications, firewalls, auditing, and configuration.

Certifications and/or Licensures: Certifications in one or more of the following at the time of hiring is desired, but will be required within the first year of employment: Network +, Security +, Microsoft, CCNA and/or equivalent Certifications in one or more of the following preferred: Cisco CCNA or MCSA, Hirschmann Industrial Ethernet Specialist (HiES) or Hirschmann Industrial Network Professional (HiNP)

Benefits

Salary Range

• $90,400 - $135,600 /annually

South Platte Renew/ City of Englewood also offers the following benefits:

• Competitive medical plans, including a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with no monthly contribution
• The City of Englewood contributes 7% of your salary into your retirement account each year
• 12 paid holidays and paid time off.
• Professional Development and growth opportunities including education reimbursement
• Use of the Englewood Recreation Center for you and your immediate family at no cost