Creating a seamless and user-centric experience for all Ohio Taxpayers

The Ohio Department of Taxation is responsible for the administration of individual and business taxes across the state. Guiding our agency is the Mission Statement which explains that we are ONE TEAM providing education, innovation, outreach, and exceptional service to our customers through courtesy, accuracy, responsiveness, and equitability in each interaction.

Taxation is looking for a professional, passionate, and promotable candidate who is service minded to join our team-if this sounds like you, continue reading below to learn more about this career opportunity with Taxation!

What You'll do as an Infrastructure Specialist Pilot in Middleware

This role will serve as a point person for evaluating and recommending hardware and software to address the needs of the different department within taxation.

The primary technology for this position is IBM AIX or Red Hat Linux . The secondary technologies are Integration Middleware like IBM WebSphere.

Knowledge of products such as FileNet, Cognos, Datastage are preferred, but not necessary. Familiarity with the monitoring tools such as Big Brother and Splunk are preferred but not necessary. Taxation will provide training on various tools and products. Some other duties of this position include:

• Maintain models for monitoring and tracking application deployment
• Support the application devlopment team in designing new applications
• Install and upgrade department middleware products
• Evaluate risks in IT processes

Learn more about the Infrastructure Specialist Pilot here.

What's in it for you:

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes:

Medical Coverage

• Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits are offered through the Ohio Med PPO plan.

Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance

• Dental, vision and basic life insurance premiums are free after one year of continuous service.

Time Away From Work and Work/Life Balance

• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth/Adoption leave

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

• OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee's salary. Visit the OPERS website for more information.

Deferred Compensation

• The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan. Visit the Ohio Deferred Compensation website for more information.

Disability Inclusion Statement

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability for the application or interview process, please contact ADA Coordinator Alexis Klinker by phone: 614-644-5310 or by email to: Accessibility@tax.ohio.gov .

Qualifications
Completion of undergraduate core program in computer science or information systems; 12 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: installing, monitoring/maintaining, configuring, upgrading, &/or administering/operating a single technology domain including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

-Or completion of associate core program in computer science or information systems; 18 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: installing, monitoring/maintaining, configuring, upgrading, &/or administering/operating a single technology domain including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

-Or 36 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: installing, monitoring/maintaining, configuring, upgrading, &/or administering/operating a single technology domain including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

-Or equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above

Primary Technology- Security Monitoring

Job Skills: Information Technology, Attention to Detail