Salary: $3,336.75 - $4,591.50 Biweekly
Location : Juneau or Anchorage or Fairbanks, AK
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 55690
Department: Health
Division: DSS-IT Business Applications
Opening Date: 10/21/2026
Closing Date: 11/4/2026 5:00 PM Alaska
Division: DSS - IT Business Applications
Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only
Bargaining Unit: General Government
Range: 21/23/25
Job DescriptionThis position will be filled at either the 1, 2, or 3 level, depending on the applicant's qualifications and job experience.This position is currently located in Anchorage.
The position may be in Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau, depending on the location of the most qualified candidate.We're seeking a forward-thinking engineer who thrives at the intersection of technology, public service, and innovation.
You'll be a key player in transforming Alaska's health systems to better serve communities across the state.
If you're passionate about building resilient, future-ready systems that make a real difference in people's lives,
we want to hear from you!
What you will be doing:- Leading the design and implementation of modern infrastructure to support secure, scalable health systems.
- Building and optimizing Microsoft Fabric to unify structured and unstructured data across diverse platforms.
- Supporting the safe, effective use of AI technologies like large language models (LLMs) through Azure-based infrastructure.
- Collaborating with program teams and vendors to integrate secure SaaS solutions and automate workflows using Power Platform.
- Strengthening cyber-resilience through proactive system hardening, attack recovery planning, and HIPAA-compliant architecture.
Who we are looking for: The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below: - Applies Technology to Tasks - Selects and understands procedures, machines, or tools that will produce the desired results; identifies or solves problems in machines, computers, or other technologies as they are related to performing tasks.
- Systems Engineering - Knowledge of the practice of integrating multiple disciplines into a team as part of a structured development process throughout a system's life cycle.
- Analysis and Assessment - Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
To view the general description and examples of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for IT Systems Administrator 1/2/3: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs. Minimum QualificationsCompetency-Based Minimum Qualifications InstructionsThis job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.
Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
Competency DescriptionThe competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency's description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.
Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.IT Systems Administrator 1Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Hardware: Knowledge of specifications, uses, and types of computer or computer-related equipment.
- Infrastructure Design: Knowledge of the architecture and typology of software, hardware, and networks, including LANS, WANS, and telecommunications systems, their components and associated protocols and standards, and how they operate and integrate with one another and with associated controlling software.
- Operating Systems: Knowledge of computer network, desktop, and mainframe operating systems and their applications.
- Systems Integration: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures for installing, integrating, and optimizing information systems components.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training in computer science, information technology, or system administration - or a similar field or professional experience - that provided knowledge of systems, networking software, hardware, protocols, and scripting/automation tools.
IT Systems Administrator 2Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Hardware: Knowledge of specifications, uses, and types of computer or computer-related equipment.
- Infrastructure Design: Knowledge of the architecture and typology of software, hardware, and networks, including LANS, WANS, and telecommunications systems, their components and associated protocols and standards, and how they operate and integrate with one another and with associated controlling software.
- Operating Systems: Knowledge of computer network, desktop, and mainframe operating systems and their applications.
- Systems Integration: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures for installing, integrating, and optimizing information systems components.
- Systems Testing and Evaluation: Knowledge of principles, methods, and tools for analyzing and developing systems testing and evaluation procedures and technical characteristics of IT systems, including identifying critical operational issues.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training in computer science, information technology, system administration, or a similar field and professional experience in database, network, or system administration.
IT Systems Administrator 3Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Configuration Management: Knowledge of the principles and methods for planning or managing the implementation, update, or integration of information systems components.
- Infrastructure Design: Knowledge of the architecture and typology of software, hardware, and networks, including LANS, WANS, and telecommunications systems, their components and associated protocols and standards, and how they operate and integrate with one another and with associated controlling software.
- Operating Systems: Knowledge of computer network, desktop, and mainframe operating systems and their applications.
- Systems Integration: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures for installing, integrating, and optimizing information systems components.
- Systems Testing and Evaluation: Knowledge of principles, methods, and tools for analyzing and developing systems testing and evaluation procedures and technical characteristics of IT systems, including identifying critical operational issues.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training in computer science, information technology, system administration, or a similar field and progressively responsible professional experience in database, network, and/or system analysis and system administration.
Special Note applies to the 1/2/3 level of this position: "Competencies" means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
"Typically gained by" means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
"Training" means the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
"Professional experience" means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.
"Progressively responsible" means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
Additional Required Information At the time of the interview, please provide the following: - Three (3) professional references, whom we may contact by phone, are required. One (1) of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
- Current performance evaluation, if available.
- A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualifications competencies.
- Relevant certifications applicable to the role should be provided.
Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS For your application to be evaluated, you
must answer the Supplemental Questions.
FLEXIBLY STAFFEDThis position is flexibly staffed. This vacancy may be filled at either the 1, 2, or 3 levels, depending on the applicant's training and/or experience. The full range of salaries is listed above. The starting salary will be determined by the position level. If filled at a lower level, promotion to the higher level will only occur upon successful completion of the probationary period and the required training, provided the applicant meets the minimum qualifications of the higher job class and receives final approval from the supervisor.
EDUCATIONTo verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts) Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATIONIf education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula
