Now Live: Infrastructure and Operations – ICT Specialist (EO) in the Civil Service

Role Overview

• Salary Range: €38,419 to €62,601
• Grade: Executive Officrer
• Work Pattern: Full-Time
• Employer: Civil Service

What is the Role?

The Infrastructure and Operations – ICT Specialists recruited from this competition will be directly involved in delivering on a range of Government strategies within their appointed organisations. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a larger team delivering on the ambitions of Ireland to be a digital leader and enabling digital engagement with the State by businesses, members of the public and public servants.

Successful candidates will be integral members of teams that are delivering the ICT infrastructures and services used by colleagues in their organisations and, in many cases, by members of the public. They can also be involved with critical projects of national importance and public prominence such as systems for the Revenue Commissioners, social welfare supports, the agri-food sector, the census and key life events such as driving licences and employment permits.

The panel formed from this competition will be used to fill vacancies across the Civil Service.

Applicants should note that the majority of vacancies will be in the greater Dublin area.

Requirements

Essential

Route 1 – Formal Education:

• Hold a major award qualification at Level 6, or higher, on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) in a relevant area of ICT, for example: an NFQ Level 6 qualification from a 2-year Post Leaving Cert Course at an ETB or an ICT-related degree at Level 7, or higher, on the NFQ from a University or College.
  AND
• Can demonstrate experience in an area of ICT relevant to this entry-level Infrastructure and Operations role*. This experience can come from current or previous roles or through projects/assignments/work experience during your education programme.
  
  OR

Route 2 – Industry Certification:

• Hold at least one industry recognised certification in a relevant area of ICT relating to Infrastructure and Operations (see below for a range of examples)
  AND
• Have at least one years’ hands-on ICT experience directly relevant to an entry-level Infrastructure and Operations role from your employment to date*.

*The examples of your experience which you provide in your application form should focus on your experience in areas such as ICT server and desktop infrastructure and operating systems (e.g. Windows, Linux) build, implementation support/administration, including cloud, ICT operations and ICT systems support, and ICT service delivery such as support for end users of corporate office productivity services as well as line-of-business solutions.

Industry Certifications

The industry certifications considered relevant for candidates for this recruitment competition include, but are not limited to, industry-recognised certifications such as:

• Vendor-based certifications, which should have been achieved in the past 5 years, at administrator level, or above, from: Microsoft (MTA or MCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Red Hat, Check Point, Cisco CCNA/ CCDA or higher, Citrix, Google, Oracle, VMWare, etc.
• Service management – e.g. ITIL, foundation level or above;
• Other frameworks, methodologies and industry recognised certifications such as: CompTIA (e.g. A+), COBIT, iSAQB TOGAF, DevOps, CITA, IASA, CISSP, etc.

Interested?

The Infrastructure and Operations – ICT Specialist (EO) in the Civil Service is now live!

To learn more and apply, please visit the publicjobs website!