Air Resources Board Network Operations Unit

Applicant Self Assessment

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1. What are you like away from the office? (check all that apply)

You keep a good balance between work and home

You have outside interests, activities and hobbies

You are active in your community

You participate In team sports

Other

2. Do you get along with others at work? (select no more than two)

You enjoy camaraderie and value humor

You do well working independently

You feel most comfortable working with a team

You enjoy mentoring and/or training others

You like open communication and freely share information with others

3. If you make a mistake when making configuration changes on a system, what

should be done? In this case – if you were to forget to do something,
what would it most likely be? (select one)

Troubleshoot and research the problem

Let the team know

Back out of the change or get the users up and running

Document findings

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4. What do you do when you are not getting along with someone? (select one)

You try harder to be respectful and considerate of their point of view

You get advice or help from your team mates

You seek management and/or HR assistance

You avoid the person that you are having trouble with

You take the person out for coffee to talk

5. Can you be flexible in your work hours and work requirements? (select all
that apply)

You understand and accept the ‘nature of IT’ and the need to be
available in a pinch

You do not have a problem traveling to remote sites as needed

You would be able to help lift heavy objects (routers, IPS systems,
switches, etc)

The type of work and the responsibilities mentioned in the job

announcement sound like a good fit for you

6. How would you describe your work ethic? (select no more than two that
describe you best)

You are task oriented and keep a steady pace moving forward

You keep busy without someone prodding you

You are well known for your reliability and punctuality

You are generally able to keep productive regardless of what is going on

around you

You enjoy it most when everyone is working together on a complex

problem or project

You are good at keeping track of details and follow through

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7. What do you find most interesting at work? (select no more than three)

You like to solve technical problems and find solutions

You like to build new systems

You enjoy proposing and implementing improvements or enhancements

to the IT infrastructure

You enjoy doing cost analysis or figuring out ways to save money, time
and resources without downgrading the quality of services you provide

You like pulling teams together and getting others motivated

You like documenting, writing, or presenting facts and status

You like leading a project end to end

8. Have you ever lead a team? (select all that apply)

You were a project lead with a team of at least 3 staff

You were a team lead or supervisor over a functional unit within your
organization

You have never been an official lead person

9. How did the last project you worked on turn out? (select all that apply)

The team met their goals and objectives

The project deliverables met all requirements

The project remained within budget

The project remained on schedule

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Now tell us about your technical background.

10.Do you document on a regular basis? (select all types of documentation you
routinely prepare)

Presentations, reports, memos to management, etc

Technical documents (network diagrams, configuration notes, etc)

User instructions and/or training materials

Process documentation

11.Do you have any Security Certifications, special network security training or
on-the-job network security experience? (select all that apply)

You have formal certifications or security-related training

You have at least two years of on-the-job security experience within a

TCP/IP network

Your IT skills are in other areas

12.The ability to implement and maintain Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) will
be a primary responsibility of this position. Can you tell us about the IPS
systems you have past experience with? (select all that apply)

You provided back-up administration or assisted others with IPS

administration or support

You have been the primary administrator of SourceFire systems and

have been involved in both installation and ongoing administration

You have experience with enterprise level IPS systems other than
SourceFire

You do not have experience with enterprise level IPS systems

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13.We currently use Cisco’s firewalls, so the ability to create and edit rules will
be expected. Do you have experience with Cisco’s firewalls? (select all that
apply)

You had primary administration responsibility of enterprise-level firewalls

You provided back-up administration or assisted others with enterprise-

level firewall administration or support

You have experience setting up firewalls for small offices or home use

You do not have any actual hands-on experience with firewalls

14.Do you have a background monitoring implementing, or maintaining Cisco

switching and routing equipment? (select all that apply)

You have formal training (Cisco Boot Camp or better)

You have at least 2 years on-the-job experience within a Cisco-based

network

You have WAN/LAN design experience using Cisco equipment

You have less than 2 years on-the-job Cisco experience

15.It is important to have an understanding of operating systems and keep up

with the required security patches. Have you been involved in verifying the
status of security patches on various devices or operating systems? (select
all that apply)

UNIX and/or Linux Novell 4.x or greater

Microsoft Workstations Apple or MAC

Microsoft Server SmartPhones

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16.Do you have any experience implementing or maintaining DNS, SSL, VPN,
Proxy or Websence systems? (select all that apply)

VPN (workstation and concentrator)

Websence or other Web filtering system

Proxy Servers

DNS implementation

DNS entries or configuration changes

SSL

17.Do you have any comments or additional information to share?

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