The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is seeking a branch chief (IT Manager II) to oversee the Medi-Cal Enterprise Systems (MES) Modernization Factory and Engineering Branch. The chief will plan, organize, lead and direct the activities of a multi-disciplinary staff responsible for building and maintaining the Continuous Integration/Continuous Development Pipeline including all tools, technologies and processes.
According to the job posting, the incumbent will develop, communicate, measure, and improve the project’s software development life cycle and the tools used for managing the work. “The incumbent is responsible for quality management, ensuring tools are installed and configured to measure and report on code quality,” the posting says. “Quality management also includes leading quality assurance activities in the scrum teams and acting as a quality gate, ensuring finished product meets acceptance criteria and other functional and non-functional requirements. The incumbent will also lead and oversee the operations organization, ensuring production systems are closely monitored and maintained.”
More information about the role can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $11,056 to $13,439, and the application deadline is Oct. 24.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking a senior application engineer (IT Specialist II) to serve as part of the Software Engineering and Support Section, working with cross-functional teams to design and implement software solutions. “The ideal candidate should have a solid background in software development and team leadership and “a deep understanding of architectural design principles,” the job posting says.
“The incumbent will work cooperatively with stakeholders to create new technical solutions and enhance existing applications,” the posting notes. “The incumbent works independently and acts in a lead capacity in the planning and coordination of activities that require the development of technology solutions for the most complex business, scientific or engineering problems. In collaboration with subject matter experts, representing the highest level of expertise, the incumbent will formulate technical standards in support of business strategic direction; develop recommendations to achieve strategic outcomes, in alignment with strategic direction; and the technical implementation of future enterprise applications.”
More details can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $8,374 to $11,220, and the application deadline is Oct. 24.
The California State Lottery is recruiting for an IT Strategy, Policy and Business Services supervisor (IT Supervisor II) to provide administrative and consultative services for the department's IT Contracting and Acquisitions; IT Budget and Cost Management Services; IT Strategy, Policy, Audits, and Intake; and IT Business and Configuration Services.
Desirable qualifications for the role, according to the job posting, include:
- State supervisory experience with strong leadership skills.
- Knowledge of time management techniques to provide for efficient prioritization and completion of competing work assignments for self and subordinate staff.
- Experience in IT procurement and acquisitions, IT budget/cost management, and asset management.
- Experience in administrative operations and personnel services.
- Experience implementing business process improvements.
The Employment Development Department (EDD) is seeking a senior cybersecurity risk analyst (IT Specialist II) who can perform targeted risk assessments and produce high-quality professional work products that follow security best practices.
The analyst works with system owners to plan, schedule and perform IT penetration tests; develops, updates and maintains system security plans; and performs system and process risk assessments and prepares certification and accreditation packages.
Additional duties of the role, according to the job posting, include:
- Applies IT risk management best practices, threat modeling, penetration red/blue team testing, secure architecture. Focuses on using secure-by-design and security-first principles to reduce potential risk events.
- Assesses, advises and consults on all things risk management, adequacy of security controls and describes how the controls are employed within the information system and technical environments.
- Researches and documents cybersecurity defense techniques, guidance, hazards and threats in order to proactively prepare for and prevent risk events.
- Serves as lead in performing targeted risk assessments utilizing penetration testing tools and techniques. Determines whether controls are working as intended and proposes configuration, design changes and/or additional controls.
- Documents findings in a risk assessment report, tracks risk items in risk register, corrective action plan and risk treatment plans.
EDD is also recruiting for an IT Specialist I position within the Legislative, Audit, and Policy Group (LAPG) to perform complex and sensitive tasks and to lead the efforts to develop, plan, organize, coordinate and maintain legislative analyses on bills impacting the IT Branch; coordinate and facilitate IT-related audits; and develop, monitor, and/or track audit-related corrective action plans (CAP).
Desirable qualifications, according to the job posting, include:
- Ability to plan, organize, and work effectively under pressure on time-sensitive and high-priority projects.
- Ability to exercise a high degree of initiative and flexibility as well as tact and good judgment.
- Ability to work independently and proactively.
- Demonstrated experience interpreting policies, regulations and laws.
- Proven experience in legislative and cost analyses.
