QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education and Experience: To qualify for this position, applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from an accredited four-year college or university and/or 5+ years of related experience (described below);

Experience required for this position is as follows:

• Knowledge, of policies and procedures necessary to facilitating the networking of IT infrastructure, systems, technologies, and applications for an organization, sufficient to modify and adapt, performance to meet organizational needs.
• Knowledge of parking kiosks, parking server systems, both in lab and in production; Ability to organize and test in a lab environment to certify systems prior to production environment to the public. WebParcs server and client software or similar Parking database software to generate, manage, and maintain parking operations
• Knowledge of PCI (credit card) compliance and policies; and experience with certifying computer systems with PCI compliance successfully and experience and knowledge of verifying vendors PCI compliance.
• Knowledge, in applying networking management and security standards to various technology products, applications, hardware, and software systems to enhance, upgrade, and maintain system connectivity.
• Knowledge, of system software evaluation and design methods to perform studies to advise management on needed system software, translate project requirements into specifications for implementation and to resolve hardware and software problems.
• Skill, troubleshooting and maintaining information technology networks, troubleshooting devices, and resolving service outages and disruptions independent of direct guidance.
• Skill, utilizing a variety of information technology products that enable networking of various technologies to provide the efficient flow of data and communications.
• Ability, to interpret and evaluate system performance and provide recommendations to improve the delivery of services.
• Ability to communicate orally to provide technical advice/assistance to customer and as necessary provide recommendations to management. Ability to communicate in writing to coherently present facts and recommendations to management in the form of reports and studies.

Education completed outside the United States must be deemed equivalent to higher education programs of U.S. Institutions by an organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials. This documentation is the responsibility of the applicant and should be included as part of your application package.
Any false statement in your application may result in rejection of your application and may also result in termination after employment begins.
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Resumes should include a description of your paid and non-paid work experience that is related to this job; starting and ending dates of job (month and year); and average number of hours worked per week.
What To Expect Next: Once the vacancy announcement closes, a review of your resume will be compared against the qualification and experience requirements related to this job. After review of applicant resumes is complete, qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager.
Relocation expenses are not paid.
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