SENIOR OPERATING SYSTEMS ANALYST/EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS HOMELESSNESS Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty/jobs/newprint/4767610) Apply  SENIOR OPERATING SYSTEMS ANALYST/EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS HOMELESSNESS Salary $108,460.32 - $146,154.72 Annually Location Los Angeles County, CA Job Type Temporary Job Number b2551D-EA Department MENTAL HEALTH Opening Date 09/05/2025 + Description + Benefits + Questions Position/Program Information TYPE OF RECRUITMENT: OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY EXAM NUMBER: b2551D-EA APPLICATION FILING PERIOD We will begin accepting online applications on Monday, September 8, 2025, 8:00 AM (PT) This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to close without prior notice This announcement is a re-post to reopen the filing period The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness (https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/176661.pdf) , and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you. The Department of Mental Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Senior Operating Systems Analyst vacancies related to the homelessness crisis. Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment. Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Senior Operating Systems Analyst. DEFINITION: Under direction, supports complex operating systems and associated software and hardware on midrange servers or mainframes hosting critical applications in a high-availability environment. These environments require formal change management and problem resolution procedures, highly fault tolerant configurations, and comprehensive back-up and recovery solutions. Essential Job Functions + Responsible for the infrastructure architecture, design, management of one or more state-of-the-art, enterprise class technologies: operating systems, network, storage, server, application server, database, or security. + Installs, configures, maintains, and upgrades operating systems + Provides direction to lower level Operating Systems Analysts and Network Systems Administrator + Uses network monitoring and management software to monitor system availability and performance and initiate corrective action + Installs, services, and moves servers, networking devices, storage devices, and related equipment + Provides technical consulting on long-range information systems planning and business continuity planning + Assists in design and selection of disaster recovery solutions and leads implementation in a specific area of responsibility + Leads the development of department-wide policies, procedures and documentation to improve overall server, disaster recovery and business continuity management + Establishes quality assurance procedures and leads the development and maintenance of system documentation and operational procedures + Creates and maintains complex custom scripts to improve server operation, application operation, and automation + Performs risk assessment and impact analysis of vendor-provided patches and upgrades and recommends implementation accordingly + Provides Tier-3 technical leadership or supervision and participates in the work of a team of system analysts and system engineers engaged in the installation, configuration, maintenance, and upgrades of hardware, operating systems, and associated system firmware and software + Installs, configures and supports network equipment including routers, proxy servers, switches, WAN accelerators, VLANs, VoIP, DNS and DHCP + Participates in research, evaluation, and integration of new network and telecommunication technologies, including wireless + Leads network and operation projects or goals that are needed to be completed by the department. + Serves as the technical expert for SDN, SAN and virtualization infrastructure. Requirements SELECTION REQUIREMENTS: Option I: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree* in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field, and two (2) years of recent**, full-time, paid experience in a centralized Information Technology organization*** configuring, analyzing, and maintaining complex systems, including configuring, planning, coordinating and implementing releases, upgrades, or changes to operating systems, servers, managed switches and related software, one year of which must be in a midrange or mainframe environment with formal change management, problem resolution procedures, and back-up and recovery plans. -OR- Option II: Three (3) years of recent**, full-time, paid experience in a centralized information technology organization***configuring, analyzing, and maintaining complex systems, including configuring, planning, coordinating and implementing releases, upgrades, or changes to operating systems, servers, managed switches and related software, two years of which must be in a midrange or mainframe environment with formal change management, problem resolution procedures, and back-up and recovery plans. You MUST meet the above requirement(s) at time of filing in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment. LICENSE: A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions. PHYSICAL CLASS 2– This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION *In order to receive credit for the required Bachelor's degree or higher you MUST include a legible copy of the official diploma, official transcripts, or official letter from the accredited institution which shows the area of specialization, at the time of filing or within seven (7) calendar days from the date of filing application. Please submit documentation to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov (dbeamon-thomas@dhs.lacounty.gov) . We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or send to the examinations unit at their email address. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for equivalency to United States accredited institutions standards by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (https://www.naces.org/) or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (http://aice-eval.org/) (AICE). See Employment Information under Accreditation Information. **Recent experience are considered experience within the last five (5) years. ***A centralized Information Technology organization, is defined as, under the direction or guidance of the coordinated executive command structure for the department or major organizational unit, for providing comprehensive IT services including analysis, design, acquisition, and/or development, implementation, maintenance, or support of information systems; and in which the work performed is in direct relationship to the IT requirements and initiatives of the department or major organizational unit. Additional Information EXAMINATION CONTENT: Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment. Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment. SPECIAL INFORMATION Past and present mental health clients and family members are encouraged to apply. APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION Apply online by clicking on the green " Apply" button located on the top right corner of the screen. Plan to submit your online application well in advance before the deadline as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty , you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address. Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please addexams@dmh.lacounty.gov (addexams@dmh.lacounty.gov) as well asSelections@dmh.lacounty.gov,Recruitment@dmh.lacounty.gov, noreply@governmentjobs.comandinfo@governmentjobs.comto your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail. Applicants have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. IMPORTANT NOTES: + Please note thatALLinformation included in the application materials is subject toVERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. + FALSIFICATION of any information may result inDISQUALIFICATIONorRESCISSION OF APPOINTMENT. + UtilizingVERBIAGEfrom Class Specification and/or Selection Requirements serving as your description of dutiesWILL NOT be sufficient to meet the requirements. Doing so may result in anINCOMPLETE APPLICATION and you may beDISQUALIFIED. FAIR CHANCE INITIATIVE: The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952). SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER LANGUAGE Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number. NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record. COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT LIBRARIES For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County. DEPARTMENT CONTACT Department Contact Name: Celia Yeung, Exam Analyst Department Contact Phone: 323-970-4249 or 213-972-7034 Department Contact Email: exams@dmh.lacounty.gov ADA Coordinator Phone 213-972-7034 Teletype Phone 800-735-2922 California Relay Services Phone 800-735-2922 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Employment Information Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below. This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting. Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement: The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit:https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/. Testing Accommodations for Applicants: The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit:https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/. Fair Chance: The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952). Employment Eligibility: Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States. Career PathFinder: Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application athttp://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov. Revised January 2025 For detailed information, please clickhere (http://hr.lacounty.gov/benefits/) 01 The information you provide on this supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated and used to determine your eligibility to participate in the next phase of the examination process. Please be as specific as possible and include all information as requested. Comments such as "see resume" will not be considered as a response. Please note that all information is subject to verification at any time in the examination and hiring process. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or dismissal. + Yes, I understand the above information and instructions. 02 This position works directly with individuals experiencing homelessness. + Yes, I understand. 03 Do you have a bachelor's degree* in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field, and two (2) years of recent*** full-time, paid experience in a centralized Information Technology organization configuring, analyzing, and maintaining complex systems, including configuring, planning, coordinating and implementing releases, upgrades, or changes to operating systems, servers, managed switches and related software, one year of which must be in a midrange or mainframe environment with formal change management, problem resolution procedures, and back-up and recovery plans? In order to receive credit for the required Bachelor's degree or higher you MUST include a legible copy of the official diploma, official transcripts, or official letter from the accredited institution which shows the area of specialization, at the time of filing or within seven (7) calendar days from the date of filing application. Please submit documentation to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov. We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or send to the examinations unit at their email address. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for equivalency to United States accredited institutions standards by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE). See Employment Information under Accreditation Information. ***Recent experience are considered experience within the last five (5) years. + YES + NO 04 Do you have three (3) years of recent***, full-time, paid experience in a centralized information technology organization configuring, analyzing, and maintaining complex systems, including configuring, planning, coordinating and implementing releases, upgrades, or changes to operating systems, servers, managed switches and related software, two years of which must be in a midrange or mainframe environment with formal change management, problem resolution procedures, and back-up and recovery plans? ***Recent full-time, paid experience are considered experience within the last five (5) years. + YES + NO 05 Describe your experience in a centralized Information Technology organization configuring, analyzing, and maintaining complex systems, including configuring, planning, coordinating and implementing releases, upgrades, or changes to operating systems, servers, managed switches and related software, to ensure you receive credit, you MUST provide ALL of the following: EMPLOYER/COUNTY DEPARTMENT UNIT PAYROLL TITLE COMPLETE DATES OF CLAIMED EXPERIENCE (BEGINNING/ENDING) NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER(S) OF DIRECT SUPERVISOR(S) COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES If you do not have any experience under this option, please write "DOES NOT APPLY". Please be as specific as possible when answering by including all the information requested; It is the applicant's sole responsibility to complete this questionnaire completely, correctly, and accurately. 06 Describe your experience in a midrange or mainframe environment with formal change management, problem resolution procedures, and back-up and recovery plans, to ensure you receive credit, you MUST provide ALL of the following: EMPLOYER/COUNTY DEPARTMENT UNIT PAYROLL TITLE COMPLETE DATES OF CLAIMED EXPERIENCE (BEGINNING/ENDING) NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER(S) OF DIRECT SUPERVISOR(S) COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES If you do not have any experience under this option, please write "DOES NOT APPLY". Please be as specific as possible when answering by including all the information requested; It is the applicant's sole responsibility to complete this questionnaire completely, correctly, and accurately. 07 Are you proficient in American Sign Language (ASL)? + Yes + No 08 Do you have a County American Sign Language (ASL) certification? Note: Please attach a legible copy of your certificate to your application at the time of filing. If you are unable to attach your certificate, please email your certificate to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from application submission. + Yes, I have attached a County American Sign Language certification to my online application. + Yes, I will email County American Sign Language certification to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from application submission. + No, I do not have a County American Sign Language certification. 09 Do you have American Sign Language (ASL) certification? Note: Please attach a legible copy of your certificate to your application at the time of filing. If you are unable to attach your certificate, please email your certificate to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from application submission. + Yes, I have attached ASL certification to my online application. + Yes, I will email ASL certification to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from application submission. + No, I do not have ASL certification. 10 This is a reminder for you to check to ensure that you have attached your resume, as well as relevant official transcripts or diplomas, and that you have answered all of these supplemental questions completely and as directed. + Acknowledge Required Question Employer County of Los Angeles Address ****************** Los Angeles, California, 90010 Website http://hr.lacounty.gov Apply Please verify your email addressVerify Email