IT PROFESSIONAL 4 - APPLICATION ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT

State of Nevada

Carson City, NV

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$87,570.72–$131,711.04 Per Year
SKILLS
Algorithms, Analysis Skills, Application Servers, Architectural Services, Authentication, Bid Analysis, Budgeting, Business Operations, Business Support, Capacity Management, Communications Protocols, Computer Maintenance, Computer Networks, Computer Operations, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computer Security, Computer Services, Computer Systems, Cost Analysis, Cost Estimates, Cryptography, Customer Support/Service, Data Administration, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Data Recovery, Data Storage, Data Structures, Database Administration, Database Backup, Database Programming, Database Recovery, Debugging Skills, Distributed Applications, Documentation, Establish Priorities, Expense Allocation, Expense Tracking, Firewalls, Grant Writing, Identify Issues, Information Assets, Information Technology & Information Systems, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Intrusion Detection Systems, Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP), Leadership, Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS), Needs Assessment, Network Administration/Management, Network Architecture/Engineering, Network Design, Network Performance/Analysis, Network Protocols, Network Routers, Network Security Design, Network Switching, Network System Hardware, Network Topology, Operating Systems, Operational Audit, Operational Support, Organizational Skills, People Management, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Policy Development, Policy Implementation, Problem Solving Skills, Programming Languages, Programming Methodologies, Project Control, Project/Program Management, Protocol Analysis, Publications, Request for Proposals (RFP), Requirements Management, Resource Management, Risk Analysis, SQL (Structured Query Language), Security Analysis, Security Monitoring, Server Programming/Applications, Software Administration, Software Configuration Management, Software Development, Software Engineering, Software Evaluation, Software Installation, Staff Training, Stored Procedures, Strategic Planning, System Integration (SI), Systems Administration/Management, Systems/Internals Programming, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Support, Technical Training, Telecommunications, Test Design, Testing, Trend Analysis, VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network), VPN (Virtual Private Network), Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Carson City, NV
POSTED
4 days ago

IT PROFESSIONAL 4 - APPLICATION ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT

Salary

$87,570.72 - $131,711.04 Annually

Location

Carson City

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

2026-03092

Department

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Opening Date

07/16/2026

Closing Date

7/23/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

FLSA

Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit

D

Max Number of Applicants

50

Salary Grade

42

Full Physical Address of Position (City, State, Zip)

1263 S. STEWART ST. CARSON CITY, NV 89712

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  • THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE*

Job Summary

The Nevada Department of Transportation is recruiting for an IT Professional 4- Supervisor for the Modernization & Innovation Team in Carson City, NV. This position provides leadership and direct supervision to staff responsible for driving modernization and innovation initiatives across the organization. This role focuses on team management, strategic coordination, prioritization, and ensuring the successful execution of modernization work. While the technical processes and architectural standards are overseen by the Principal Application Architect, the Supervisor ensures that staff are supported, work is well-organized, and modernization activities move forward efficiently. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Please note that this position is on-site and does not offer remote work options. The Job Duties section listed in this announcement reflects the Statewide Class Specifications for all positions and does not fully correlate with the specific duties of this position.

Information Technology (IT) Professionals analyze, develop, implement, maintain, and modify computer operations, systems, networks, databases, applications, and/or information security. Incumbents may perform duties in one or more IT specialization areas depending on the needs of the agency.

Essential Qualifications

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience relevant to the duties of the position which may include systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, two years of which were at the advanced journey level or in a supervisory or project management capacity; OR Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience which may include systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, relevant to the duties of the position, two years of which were at the journey level in information security; OR two years of relevant experience as an IT Professional III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Job Duties

Conduct detailed alternative analyses and determine end-user requirements through consultation with end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others.

Maintain documentation related to the assigned IT specialization's architecture, operations, and other records of work activities as required.

Maintain current knowledge of technological trends and advancements in the IT field as well as security management practices, laws, policies, and ethics.

Participate in recommending and justifying resource allocations and expenditure decisions, tracking, and recording expenditures, preparing purchase requests, and writing technical requirements for grant proposals.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under administrative direction, incumbents either: 1) perform duties described at this level and supervise at least one IT Professional III or II or Master IT Professional; or 2) perform duties described at this level within the Enterprise IT Services (EITS) Division for enterprise- level IT systems utilized by multiple departments; or 3) perform IT project management a preponderance of the time to include serving as the project leader; planning, organizing, and directing project activities; resolving design conflicts; data administration; resource allocation; contract negotiation; timeline development; critical path tracking; justifying the need for additional resources; and coordinating activities with other work units within and outside the organization as assigned; or 4) perform Information Security duties described at this level with at least 70% of the daily activities devoted solely to information security; or 5) perform technology planning and consultation duties within EITS. Technology planning and consultation duties include providing and/or performing: initial contact with agencies to assess their needs and develop their information technology plans; technical support for the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and software and hardware evaluations; guidance and technical assistance in completing appropriate Information Technology (IT) budget request forms; recommendations for feasible and cost effective technical solutions to customer agencies and reviewing agency IT project requests; research, information, testing and training for IT related issues to ensure viable, cost effective technology implementation; and enterprise-wide planning, policy and research.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.

Systems Administration:

Detailed knowledge of: principles of designing test procedures; principles, practices, and procedures required to design, analyze, and maintain software; principles, tools, and techniques as applied to writing and modifying programs; systems programming languages and techniques.

Working knowledge of: capacity planning techniques; performance monitoring principles and related software products; telecommunication technology and related systems software; various systems software products and their interrelationships; vendor procedures for applying maintenance and temporary fixes.

General knowledge of: supervisory principles and techniques if applicable to the assignment.

Ability to: analyze and diagnose operational hardware and software problems occurring in a computer environment; anticipate and plan for future information system technologies; assign work to and coordinate and train subordinate personnel; develop and prioritize task lists and resolve problems; develop technical specifications for bid requests and analyze vendor responses; implement statewide, multi-departmental operating systems; provide high-level technical consultation and training.

Skill in: developing specialized programs for other programmers; improving the performance of complex computer systems.

Network Administration:

Detailed knowledge of: the methodology for implementing distributed applications; network authentication; data storage networks; network security design and implementation; network communications hardware such as routers, switches, and firewalls; systems integration, hardware, and data communications; virtual private networks and virtual LANs; network performance trending and network utilization; data processing systems; network design and architecture.

Working knowledge of: network file and application servers, project management, directory services integration, intrusion detection/prevention systems logs, data encryption methodologies.

General knowledge of: supervisory practices if applicable to the assignment.

Ability to: configure and deploy firewalls, routers, and switches; present network design recommendations to management; implement network design changes; provide technical training, direction, and leadership; plan, organize, and direct projects; provide communications protocol analysis for large applications; design and configure virtual private networks; interpret authentication logs.

Database Administration:

Detailed knowledge of: database and operating system performance tuning and monitoring; database backup and recovery scenarios and methodologies; software installation, configuration, and maintenance; structured query language.

Ability to: analyze and recommend the purchase/lease of client server applications, database products, and development and integration tools; provide effective and responsive customer service in a computing environment directly supporting business operations; design, code and debug stored procedures and functions; lead the architecture, design, and implementation of new database applications.

Applications Analysis and Development:

Detailed knowledge of: access methods and file structures; at least one formal systems design methodology; principles of designing test procedures; principles, practices and procedures required to develop, design, and implement information system-based solutions in a wide range of problem domains; strengths and limitations of several general-purpose programming languages (in software-oriented positions).

Working knowledge of: project control techniques, including cost estimating and resource scheduling.

General knowledge of: a network topology and protocol; computer platforms, capabilities, and support software; supervisory principles and techniques if applicable to the assignment; telecommunications principles and support software.

Ability to: assign work to and coordinate and train subordinate personnel; extract logical commonalities among classes of problems; select appropriate data structures and algorithms to achieve efficient problem representation and resolution; translate data structures and algorithms.

Skill in: problem solving, analysis and synthesis.

Information Security:

Working knowledge of: current principles, theories, practices and procedures related to information security management; five of the ten information security domains; general-purpose security controls; current information security trends and technologies; strategic planning and project management at the division/work unit level; policy development and implementation; methods and techniques used to safeguard against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction or disclosure of data to meet security needs; interagency business practices and principles.

Ability to: identify complex information security risks, vulnerabilities and problems; select the best course of mitigation actions for security issues; assess the security and/or vulnerability of information assets to assist in developing a risk assessment of multiple security domains; assess costs and present alternatives for the assigned area of responsibility; analyze data, solve problems and make appropriate decisions within five of the ten domains; design appropriate solutions to complex security problems.

Recruiter Contact Information: Clark Mandichak - clarkmandichak@admin.nv.gov

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.

Please send direct Inquiries or correspondence to the recruiter listed on this announcement.

Benefits include:

  • Health Insurance: Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance programs for employees and their dependents/family are offered through the Public Employees' Benefits Program (PEBP).

  • Vacation: Accrual of three weeks of annual leave each year.

  • Sick Leave: Accrual of three weeks of sick leave each year.

  • Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.

  • Retirement: Participation in the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). Employees do not contribute to Social Security but will contribute to PERS if their position is at 50% or more full-time equivalency. For more information on how PERS service may impact Social Security benefits, visit the SSA publication.

  • Deferred Compensation: The State offers a voluntary Deferred Compensation Program.

  • No Nevada state income tax.

  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Eligible due to public sector employment.

  • Longevity Payments Eligibility: Employees who have received a performance rating of "standard" or better and have completed eight (8) or more years of continuous service are eligible for longevity pay.

Additional benefits may apply to employees covered under a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), depending on their designated bargaining unit. For more information, visit the Labor Relations Unit (LRU).

For more details about your rights and responsibilities as a State of Nevada employee, please review the State of Nevada Employee Handbook (PDF).

  • State Holidays The holiday schedule for State employees is established by the Legislature.

The following are legal holidays:

January 1.............................................. New Years Day

Third Monday in January.................. Martin Luther King, Jr.s Birthday

Third Monday in February................ Washington's Birthday

Last Monday in May........................... Memorial Day

June 19................................................ Juneteenth Day

July 4.................................................... Independence Day

First Monday in September.............. Labor Day

Last Friday in October....................... Nevada Day

November 11........................................ Veterans Day

Fourth Thursday in November........ Thanksgiving Day

Friday following the Fourth Thursday in November...................... Family Day

December 25........................................ Christmas Day

When January 1, June 19, July 4, November 11, or December 25 falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the observed legal holiday. If these days fall on Sunday, the following Monday is the observed holiday. Eligibility for holiday pay is covered by the provisions of NAC 284.255

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Do you have any of the following?

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience relevant to the duties of the position which may include systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, two years of which were at the advanced journey level or in a supervisory or project management capacity.
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience which may include systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, relevant to the duties of the position, two years of which were at the journey level in information security.
  • Two years of relevant experience as an IT Professional 3 in Nevada State service.
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
  • None of the above.

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This position requires up to 25% of travel. Can you meet this requirement?

  • Yes
  • No

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A valid drivers license is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment. Can you meet this requirement?

  • Yes
  • No

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A State of Nevada/FBI background check will be required of the selected applicant. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items. Can you meet this requirement?

  • Yes
  • No

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