MASTER IT PROFESSIONAL 2
Salary
$95,630.40 - $144,510.48 Annually
Location
Carson City
Job Type
Full-Time - Departmental Only
Job Number
2026-01745
Department
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Opening Date
06/04/2026
Closing Date
6/18/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA
Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit
D
Max Number of Applicants
50
Salary Grade
44
Full Physical Address of Position (City, State, Zip)
Carson City, NV 89712
Job Summary
The Nevada Department of Transportation is hiring for a Master IT Professional 2 located in Carson City, Nevada. The Software Architect & Modernization Technical Lead will design and maintain the organizations software architecture while guiding modernization and innovation efforts. This role sets the technical vision, defines architectural standards, and ensures that systems are scalable, secure, and prepared for future needs. In addition to serving as the technical lead for modernization efforts, this position champions emerging technologies, collaborates across teams, and drives architectural direction that transforms legacy systems into modern, efficient platforms. The ideal candidate will champion emerging technologies, foster innovation, promote best practices, and help align technical solutions with strategic organizational goals.
Master Information Technology (IT) Professionals provide the highest level of professional IT expertise in an agency in one or more functional areas such as information systems project management, quality assurance, database administration, network administration, systems administration, applications analysis and development, or information security.
Essential Qualifications
Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and six years of progressively responsible professional IT experience, three years of which were at the advanced journey level in a pertinent specialty area such as information systems project management, quality assurance, systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, or information security; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
Job Duties
Positions in this series are assigned duties and projects deemed vital to the agency mission. Duties are associated with major long-term projects, which significantly impact the agency's business processes. Without the successful completion of those duties and projects, there would be significant disruption to agency operations and reduced levels of service to the citizens of the State, reduced levels of public safety, and/or substantial loss of revenue to the State.
Incumbents function as individual contributors who possess advanced level experience and specialized skills, and provide technical expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Information systems project management including responsibility for specialized projects of significant size, scope, and impact to agency operations. Duties include serving as the project leader; planning, organizing and directing project activities; conducting cost/benefit analyses; resolving design conflicts; data administration; resource allocation; contract negotiation; timeline development; critical path tracking; justifying the need for additional resources; and coordination with other work units within and outside the organization.
Quality assurance including total oversight of one or more major IT projects from inception through procurement. Duties include ensuring deliverables meet technical and/or contract requirements within time and fiscal constraints, and in accordance with established standards of quality; analysis of system life-cycles and growth projections; developing test plan checklists and auditing project activities and processes; preparing comprehensive reports regarding project progress; and meeting with agency administrators, project committees, vendors, external contractors and others to resolve schedule and cost issues and report progress. Duties require a comprehensive understanding of technical issues regarding application design including system development methodology, computer interface, data warehousing techniques, and legal and regulatory requirements.
Systems administration including the selection, analysis, maintenance, and modification of computer, communications, mainframe, and server hardware, operating systems, and auxiliary software packages required to support various information systems, and back-up and recovery of the agency's software and data. Duties include long-range planning for both hardware and software products; conducting detailed alternative analyses, cost/benefit analyses, and determining end-user requirements; and implementation of planning strategies, departmental policies and standards to ensure short and long-term goals and objectives are achieved within fiscal and other resource limitations.
Network administration including planning, designing, implementing, performance tuning, troubleshooting and administering multi-protocol, geographically dispersed networks including local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) switches, routers, multiplexers and campus switches, and integrated WAN services. Duties also involve integration of WAN topologies.
Database administration including agency data modeling, database configuration, performance tuning, and backup and recovery of data; develop and implement standards and procedures to convert, transfer, and interface data within and between databases; maintenance of data dictionaries, repositories, and related software; control and authorized sharing of information with multiple users within and/or outside the organization; and technical consultation regarding application development and utility executions within various database environments.
Applications analysis and development including the analysis, design, development, maintenance, and modification of information systems and applications. Duties include consulting with management to determine agency needs and system requirements, constructing and programming systems, integrating new implementations with existing hardware and software, conducting detailed alternative analyses, cost/benefit analyses, and determining end-user requirements. Duties require advanced level communication with a variety of audiences such as end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others.
Information security including security administration, operation, and oversight of information systems and data within the realm of information security responsibility. Incumbents work with management and technical staff to develop a comprehensive information security program for integrated IT systems within the agency and are responsible for six or more of the following ten security domain areas:
Incumbents may train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of subordinate staff and/or serve as a project leader as assigned.
Perform related duties as assigned.
Incumbents are technical experts in a specific IT area in which they have received the highest level of specialized training and certification from a nationally recognized/accredited organization. This training enables them to provide technical expertise beyond that which is provided by an IT Professional IV or III. Incumbents report to a manager or supervisor who may be at the same or lower grade level.
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.
Detailed knowledge of: various systems software products and their interrelationships; performance monitoring principles and related software products; vendor procedures for applying maintenance and temporary fixes; planning, development, and implementation of backup and recovery techniques and procedures for all data and applications software; administration of large complex networks to include wide area, campus, multi-agency or statewide multi-protocol networks.
Ability to: apply advanced level knowledge and skills to projects and assignments deemed critical to the agencys mission; analyze and resolve complex issues and problems which directly impact the agencys services to the public, collection of revenue, and/or public safety; provide the highest level of technical consultation and training to the agency in developing, enhancing, implementing, and modifying information systems which support the agency's business processes.
RECRUITER CONTACT INFORMATION: Jon Terrazas at j.terrazas@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).
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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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