Senior Network Engineer (Information Technology Specialist II)

Department of Water Resources · Sacramento County

Salary: $8,625 – $11,557 per month

Closes: 2026-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

Job description and requirements

Job Description and Duties The Information Technology Specialist II, under the direction of the Enterprise Network Operation Services Manager, serves as a Senior Network Engineer. The position's duties and activities are performed primarily within the System Engineering technical domain. The incumbent provides technical services in support of DWR's Business Network. The position is responsible for network design, installation, testing, monitoring, maintenance, and operations of all network components within the Department's various Local Area Networks and Wide Area Network. In addition, the incumbent serves as a project technical lead on enterprise network projects, providing technical expertise and technical leadership. The incumbent is also responsible for providing critical IT network support and services in support of the Department’s programs, strategic goals, and business objectives. Incumbent must adhere to all Departmental IT Governance Standards and IT Policies set by the Department’s Manager of the Division of Technology Services. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: The ideal candidate will possess: (1) In-depth expertise in routing and switching, Juniper knowledge is a plus; (2) Network topology and architecture knowledge; (3) Palo Alto Networks Firewalls experience; (4) experience with implementing and supporting disaster recovery solutions for business continuity; (5) Ability to manage projects independently and with a team; (6) skills to independently troubleshoot and provide support services; (7) ability to work with other infrastructure teams to resolve production breaks and engineer new solutions; (8) a history of preparing sustainable documentation; (9) strong organizational, analytical and deductive reasoning skills; (10) a passion for process improvement, problem solving and providing excellent customer service.
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Job Description and Duties

The Information Technology Specialist II, under the direction of the Enterprise Network Operation Services Manager, serves as a Senior Network Engineer. The position's duties and activities are performed primarily within the System Engineering technical domain. The incumbent provides technical services in support of DWR's Business Network. The position is responsible for network design, installation, testing, monitoring, maintenance, and operations of all network components within the Department's various Local Area Networks and Wide Area Network. In addition, the incumbent serves as a project technical lead on enterprise network projects, providing technical expertise and technical leadership. The incumbent is also responsible for providing critical IT network support and services in support of the Department’s programs, strategic goals, and business objectives. Incumbent must adhere to all Departmental IT Governance Standards and IT Policies set by the Department’s Manager of the Division of Technology Services.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

The ideal candidate will possess: (1) In-depth expertise in routing and switching, Juniper knowledge is a plus; (2) Network topology and architecture knowledge; (3) Palo Alto Networks Firewalls experience; (4) experience with implementing and supporting disaster recovery solutions for business continuity; (5) Ability to manage projects independently and with a team; (6) skills to independently troubleshoot and provide support services; (7) ability to work with other infrastructure teams to resolve production breaks and engineer new solutions; (8) a history of preparing sustainable documentation; (9) strong organizational, analytical and deductive reasoning skills; (10) a passion for process improvement, problem solving and providing excellent customer service.

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Salary context

The annualized midpoint for this posting is $121,092. That matches the $121,092 median among 20 current California public jobs with the same normalized title.

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Application timeline

Applications close in 6 days, on November 10, 2026.

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This posting appears on CalCareers. CA Public Jobs first observed it on October 30, 2026. It was last verified open on November 4, 2026.

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