Job Details for Network Security Engineer / IT Security Officer

Based upon performance, accretion of duties, and budget, this position may have the opportunity to promote to the classification level of CL-29 with no further competition.

This position is part of the federal judiciary; therefore it is not subject to the executive orders and DOGE mandates that apply to the executive branch.

Introduction

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court | District of Arizona is looking for a tech-savvy problem solver to join our Management Information Systems (MIS) team as a Network Systems Engineer/IT Security Officer in Phoenix, AZ. This is your chance to work in a stable, professional, and collaborative environment with great benefits and flexible work options!

The Network Systems Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of network systems, including but not limited to switches, routers, cabling, servers, national cloud services, workstations, VDI, and endpoint management. The position provides day-to-day operational support for Microsoft, Cisco, and HP-based information technology infrastructure, including Windows servers and Active Directory. The engineer ensures effective and efficient server maintenance and operations workflow and practices to help improve the availability and performance of systems and dependent environments.

As the court’s IT Security Officer, this position also determines security policies and implements security measures and solutions to protect court data and systems from loss or intrusion. The position also assists clerk’s office staff, judges, and judge’s staff in troubleshooting network, equipment, or software issues. Situational teleworking or condensed schedules may be available. However, this is not a full-time teleworking position. This position also regularly works with judiciary Administrative Office staff (AO) regarding national services, hosting, and security. Periodic after-hours/weekend work, lifting and transporting equipment, and occasional travel to divisional offices are required.

Representative Duties

The representative duties are intended to provide general examples of major duties and responsibilities that are performed by this position and do not reflect all duties assigned:

• Analyze needs, forecast, configure, maintain, and improve the Court’s data communications network (DCN), local area networks (LAN), storage devices, physical and virtual environments, and endpoints
• Monitor system and network performance; analyze, isolate, and solve complex system and network problems; and perform data backups, as necessary
• Perform administrative support and troubleshooting of Microsoft Office 365, Active Directory, and Group Policy
• Participate in and support vulnerability assessment and mitigation
• Perform software and hardware installations, patches upgrades, and configurations/reconfigurations
• Develop and implement short-term and long-term automation improvement plans while project-managing those efforts
• Develop expertise and prepare instructions to train peers and/or court staff
• Develop and maintain network and security systems documentation and reports
• Perform local on-site and remote access support and troubleshooting
• Ensure all systems are configured, maintained, and operated to meet local and national standards
• Participate in developing, testing, and implementing disaster recovery procedures for all automated information systems
• Research and evaluate best security practices and technology, make recommendations, and implement technology and processes to minimize security risks; and complete security training, as required
• Write and update security policies; complete security scorecards, audits, and simulations; and plan for disaster recovery operations and testing
• Promote awareness and adoption of security best practices
• Perform help desk duties by assisting staff and external customers with routine IT-related inquiries regarding equipment, network, software, and/or user application issues; and provide on-call support to judicial staff
• Other duties, as assigned