Technical Environment Specialist

Technical Environment Specialist

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Do you enjoy working in a team environment where you can apply your critical thinking and technical skills to help Franchise Tax Board (FTB) modernize its Information Technology (IT) environment? We are seeking a self‑motivated individual who enjoys learning and collaborating with others to join our team. We are an energetic, tech‑savvy team that drives creative solutions to modernize our technical landscape.

We ensure critical production applications are available 24/7 for customers.

• Perform configuration and maintenance activities for Enterprise Tax Systems (ETS) production and non‑production environments.
• Collaborate with bureau and Technical Services Division (TSD) staff on planning and software implementation activities.
• Coordinate infrastructure and release activities, including scheduling outages for application and OS patch upgrades.
• Define, document, implement, and enforce configuration management processes and procedures to ensure the health and stability of environments.
• Promote teamwork and cooperation consistent with department values.
• Establish and maintain relationships with representatives from across divisions.

• Experience using or administering products such as Open Shift Container Platform, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Tableau, Jupyter Notebook, SPSS Statistics, IBM MQ/ACE.
• Self‑starter who proactively collaborates with teams and works well under minimal supervision.
• Strong conceptual thinking, communication, and presentation skills; ability to communicate complex business and technical requirements.
• Team‑oriented interpersonal skills; ability to build partnerships and communicate effectively with a broad range of people and roles.
• Ability to resolve highly complex issues across multiple technical areas and departmental business areas.
• Experience with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) or Agile development framework and knowledge of best practices.
• Experience with incident reporting and resolution software like Service Now, MS Team Foundation Server (TFS)/Azure Dev Ops Server, CA Service Desk, or similar.
• Experience with application automation using tools like Ansible and Jenkins.

Job Code: JC-503180

Position #s:

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Working Title:

Technical Environment Specialist

Classification: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST I

Years of

Experience:

1+ years minimum.

Human Resources:

Hiring Unit Contact:
Paul Plugovoy / IT Workforce

Email:

Reasonable Accommodations: contact interview scheduler at interview scheduling time.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Department’s EEO Office

EEO Office:

$6,513.00 - $8,729.00 A
$7,163.00 - $9,599.00 B
$7,864.00 - $10,537.00 C

Final Filing Date: 1/15/2026