IT Specialist Perm in Aztec, NM

Overview

IT Specialist #, Full-Time, Perm in Aztec, NM. Opening Date: 02-18-2026. Close Date: 03-06-2026. Target Pay Range/Rate: $39.597 per hour or $82,361.76 annually. The Eleventh Judicial District & Magistrate Courts is recruiting for one full-time classified IT Specialist position. This position is based in Aztec, NM at Aztec District Court but will support other court locations in San Juan and McKinley counties.

Summary – Acting under general supervision perform technology support and analysis in the areas of client, field and/or applications support. Finalist(s) will be subject to criminal background checks.

• The Information Technology Specialist is responsible for serving as a point of contact for end users, vendors, and staff to resolve computer hardware, operating system, software application, server, network, and telecommunication related issues.
• Develops software and hardware replacement schedules.
• Installs, configures, and tests protocols on various operating systems and platforms.
• Writes login scripts, uses templates, maps network drives, and backups and restores data.
• Plans and organizes initiatives to integrate, upgrade, replace, install, and configure computer hardware, operating systems, software applications, servers, network, and telecommunications equipment.
• Implements emergency plans, including disaster recovery procedures.
• Installs, configures, analyzes and tests computer images to develop baseline production images for staff.
• Downloads and installs operating system security patches to protect against malicious attacks and vulnerabilities.
• Maintains security on operating systems, software applications, and servers.
• Updates anti-virus definitions to protect against virus threats.
• Administers end user accounts to ensure secure passwords and permissions are applied to files and folders to protect data.
• Migrates data from one server to another.
• Maintains directory structures on servers.
• Creates, configures, verifies, and maintains tape backup jobs to protect and preserve data stored on desktops, laptops, and servers.
• Restores or retrieves data from backup tapes.
• Sets up, configures, and tests delivered equipment to ensure proper operation.
• Travels to judicial entities at remote locations to provide technical support.
• Develops training manuals and procedures for judicial entity applications, processes, and forms.
• Reviews existing applications to execute test cases and reports test failures to vendors or developers.
• Provides technical support to end users at local and remote judicial entity locations.
• Writes specification goals and functions, table structures, and outlines basic output screens and reports.
• Provides technology application support.
• Designs, defines, analyzes and implements application software and new application processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

The successful applicant should demonstrate knowledge of installation, configuration, maintenance and testing of operating systems, software applications, drivers, utilities, remote management tools, routers, switches and hubs, and specific software on servers; computer programming languages; imaging software and techniques; network design; protocols and standards models; network monitoring tools; port blocking and firewalls; database structure, maintenance operations, table layout and construction and functionality of application;

data standards; application’s front-end data entry screen designs, functions, and back-end data storage design; statistics and data collection techniques.

The following functions are representative, but not all-inclusive of the work environment and physical demands an employee may expect to encounter in performing tasks assigned to this job. Work is performed in an office or court setting. A valid driver s license and travel may be required. The assigned work schedule may include nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime. The employee must regularly interact positively with co-workers, clients, the public, judges, and justices.

• This job description is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions performed