Senior Public Safety Technology Specialist

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Arlington County requires all applicants to thoroughly complete each section of the application, including prior job responsibilities, duties, and supplemental questions. While you may attach a resume, it will not replace a completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Arlington County’s Police Department (ACPD) is seeking a Senior Public Safety Technology Specialist to join our team!

This position leads and coordinates infrastructure and cybersecurity initiatives that support mission-critical public safety operations. The role partners closely with public safety agencies, County IT staff, and technology vendors to plan, implement, and enhance cloud, infrastructure, and systems integration projects while providing technical leadership as part of a highly collaborative team responsible for supporting 24/7 public safety technology services.

The Public Safety Information Technology (PSIT) unit provides technology leadership, infrastructure support, and systems integration services for Arlington County's public safety agencies, including Police, Fire, Sheriff's Office, and Public Safety Communications and Emergency Management. The PSIT infrastructure team is responsible for ensuring the security, reliability, availability, and modernization of the technology systems, cloud services, infrastructure, and mission-critical applications that support public safety operations.

Major Job Duties:

• Providing technical direction for cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and secure architecture components of assigned public safety IT projects and technology procurements;
• Administering, monitoring, and optimizing secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, backup, disaster recovery, logging, and resource utilization;
• Configuring and integrating cloud and on-premises infrastructure using standardized security controls, automation, monitoring, and operational practices to support reliable and scalable services;
• Ensuring compliance with County security standards and applicable public safety requirements by managing access controls, identifying vulnerabilities, supporting audits, and coordinating remediation activities;
• Planning cloud infrastructure implementations and lifecycle improvements based on security posture, performance, capacity, availability, continuity, and cost requirements; and
• Maintaining resilient public safety infrastructure through security patching, continuous monitoring, incident response coordination, backup validation, and timely restoration of cloud and on-premises services.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Strong understanding of cloud and server infrastructure and its application in public safety environments;

• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple assigned projects and tasks effectively;

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; and
• Ability to effectively work within a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems management, mathematics, or a related discipline; and

• Considerable and relevant experience supporting and administering IT infrastructure environments, including on-premises and/or cloud-based systems; performing technical analysis and troubleshooting; providing direct support for complex technology environments; and/or analyzing and identifying technology solutions that meet business and operational requirements.

Substitution(s): Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the education requirement on a year for year basis.

Desirables: Preference may be given to applicants with experience in one or more of the following:

• Managing project teams, working on large-scale or complex cloud, or hybrid infrastructure projects;
• Cyber-security, vulnerability detection, and assessment;
• Experience working with MS Azure, AWS, or private cloud environments;
• System design and support of large-scale or complex cloud or virtual server environments; and/or
• Certifications or Graduate degrees in cloud, server, cybersecurity or related areas.

Special Requirements

Please complete each section of the application including the supplemental questions. Your responses to the supplemental questions are required because they provide us with specific information necessary to evaluate your qualifications for this position. These responses are considered part of the selection process. A resume may be attached; however, it will not substitute for a completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please do not write "see resume" as a response to the questions. In accordance with § 19.2-392.15, applicants are not required to provide information regarding sealed arrests, charges, or convictions in response to any questions or inquiries during the hiring process.

Additional Information

Work hours: This is a 40-hour-a-week position, with flexible work hours between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with occasional nights and weekends depending on business need. 

Work Schedule: This position is classified as essential. The selected candidate must be available to work as a part of the PSIT on call rotation, which includes support after hours, weekends, holidays, special events, and emergencies.

Starting salary is commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate selected.

This position is eligible for County government employee benefits that include health, dental, vacation and sick leave, commuter transportation subsidies, tuition reimbursement, as well as a generous retirement plan.

For more information on Arlington County’s generous benefits and retirement plan, click here.

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