It Consultant Servers

Working in close partnership with various business units across the Department of Health (DoH), the IT Consultant (Servers) will:

• Deliver high level technical support in the design, architecting, development, installation, maintenance, upgrade and operational administration of the Department’s server and storage infrastructure.
• Provide leadership, management and coordination of technical activities required to develop, commission, interface, maintain and support IT servers, storage, and systems.
• Undertake a consultative role to business stakeholders by providing high level technical advice on server and storage architecture, selection, commissioning, integration and operational management and support.

The Role:

• Undertake server and storage selection, commissioning, installation, development testing, integration ongoing maintenance, support, and consultancy to business owners, including the establishment and adherence to backup and disaster recovery processes and procedures and any relevant quality assurance processes.

• As part of a team, deliver the range of IT systems administration and support functions including the support of operating systems, system software and storage technologies.
• Provide second and third level specialist technical support to staff that use and support a range of servers and storage.
• Assist the Team Leader (Servers) to allocate and prioritise activities and projects for staff.
• Proactively provide technical leadership, including coordinating and mentoring other team members.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

The Team:

• Exciting opportunity to join an innovative team managing digital infrastructure technologies and providing support to healthcare IT.
• Focus on ongoing professional and career development.

Position Features

• Some regular out of hours work, to meet specific needs or deadlines, may be required.
• Participation in an on-call roster may be required.
• Intrastate and interstate travel may be required.

Details of AppointmentPermanent full time day worker position working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

• notwithstanding hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant
• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary: $104,756 - $118,730 per annum. Our Employer 11% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accordance with Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2022

Eligibility:Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Tertiary qualifications in computer science or a related discipline.

• Current Driver’s Licence.

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

• Conviction checks in the following areas:
• crimes of violence
• sex related offences
• serious drug offences
• crimes involving dishonesty
• Identification check
• Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

How To ApplyApply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen. This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please note:

• We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.
• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated DocumentsWe encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties

• Generic IT Consultant (Servers) ICT 3 (July 2023) CSU.pdf
• Generic IT Consultant (Servers) ICT 3 (July 2023) CSU.docx

Applicant Guide

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.pdf
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.docx

For more information Nigel Swanson

Position: Manager - Servers

Phone: 0439 735 ***

Email: *************@health.tas.gov.au

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