Infrastructure Specialist 2 (Server)

What You'll Do

• Installs, maintains, configures, upgrades &/or administers hardware &/or software independently in server administration & SAN administration where technical work requires specific knowledge to evaluate, select, adapt & modify standard procedures
• Devises new approaches to problems encountered
• Diagnoses, analyzes & resolves issues for customers across assigned multiple technology domains
• Creates, organizes, files & maintains documentation
• Reviews & monitors enterprise security systems
• Takes appropriate action & responds to alarms/alerts per agency policy & procedure
• Interfaces with other platforms from a hardware &/or software perspective
• Answers questions & presents informal mentorship opportunities to peers &/or lower-level staff via conversation, observation or technical documentation
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

48 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: installing, monitoring/maintaining, configuring, upgrading, &/or administering/operating multiple technology domains 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; 30 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: installing, monitoring/maintaining, configuring, upgrading, &/or administering/operating multiple technology domains 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; 24 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: installing, monitoring/maintaining, configuring, upgrading, &/or administering/operating multiple technology domains 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

Primary Technology: VMWare

Knowledge

• Oral & written communication tools & techniques
• Customer support & personal service technical writing & documentation practice
• VMware tools (e.g.,vmkping, vSphere web client, vSphere client)
• IT principles, methods & practices in VMware
• Software distribution tools & configuration management & mechanisms
• Organizations operation environment, topology, & protocols
• Backup & recovery techniques
• Performance monitoring methods
• Installation & configuration procedures
• System administration methods & procedures
• Operating systems installation & configuration procedures
• VMware technologies (e,g., vMotion, vmkernel, VM Cloning, Storage vMotion, vswap file, standard virtual switch, distributed virtual switch, DRS rules, DRS groups, VM snapshot)
• VMware
  
  

Skills

• Service orientation
• Installation
• Troubleshooting
• Critical thinking
• Operation monitoring
• Judgment & decision making
• Systems evaluations
• Operation analysis
• Identifying & specifying business requirements
• Using data recovery tools & techniques
• Complex problem solving
  
  

Abilities

• Prepare meaningful accurate & concise reports
• Stay abreast of current technologies in area of IT assigned
• Define problems
• Collect data
• Establish facts & draw valid conclusions
  
  

Organization

Administrative Services

Agency Contact Name and Information

Alexis Hill (Alexis.Hill@das.ohio.gov)

Unposting Date

May 4, 2026, 11:59:00 PM

Primary Location

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

Compensation

$36.90 - $54.17

Schedule

Full-time

Work Hours

2pm-11pm

Classified Indicator

Classified

Union

OCSEA

Technical Skills

System Administration, Technical Documentation, Information Technology

Professional Skills

Attention to Detail, Strategic Thinking

Primary Technology

Microsoft Windows Server

Agency Overview

About Us:

The Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) takes great pride in its work to support the priorities of the DeWine-Tressel administration to ease access for those doing business with the state, secure state data and technology resources, and create efficiencies for our state government partners while keeping costs in check.

DAS is the engine of state government, providing innovative solutions and supporting the efficient operation of state agencies, boards, and commissions. DAS program areas serve our Ohio government customers, who in turn directly serve the interests of Ohioans. We help procure goods and services, deliver information technology and mail, recruit and train personnel, promote equal access to the state workforce, lease and manage office space, process payroll, print publications, and perform a variety of other services.

Enterprise Shared Solutions (ESS) coordinates strategies, develops, and manages enterprise application systems and solutions. ESS includes the following program areas: DAS Applications; Enterprise Document Management; Enterprise eLicensing; InnovateOhio Platform; Ohio Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS); Ohio Benefits Program; Ohio Business Gateway; Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP) and Geospatial Technology and Solutions.