The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) is seeking candidates for assistant deputy secretary for Information Services (Career Executive Assignment), who will also serve as agency chief information officer. The incumbent will be responsible for the management and supervision of Information Services, which includes staff assigned to develop and implement various management information systems, networks, telecommunications, project management, information security and IT procurement.
Key responsibilities of this position, according to the job posting, include:
- Exercise full management and supervisory responsibility in charge of information services with responsibility for policy formulation and implementation. Responsible for working closely with all agency and field management staff in making agency-wide decisions and implementing the goals and objectives of the agency’s Strategic Plan.
- Provide the full range of management and supervision of subordinate supervisors and staff assigned to develop and implement various management information systems, networks, telecommunications, project management, information security and IT procurement.
- Represent the agency and the secretary before the Legislature, Governor’s Office, high-level state managers, departmental management, representative of the Department of Finance, Department of General Services, California Veterans Board and other outside entities of the state government system on matters pertaining to the agency’s IT programs and services, and associated policy direction of the agency.
- Represent CalVet as the agency information officer on the IT Executive Council lead by the California Department of Technology (CDT). Contribute to policy and collaborative technology efforts in partnership with CDT and peer agency information officers.
The position has a monthly salary range of $11,102 to $13,226, and the application deadline is March 7.
The California Cradle-to-Career Data System (C2C) is seeking a deputy director for digital services (Career Executive Assignment), a key role in the new “statewide system that brings together existing data with an aim of addressing barriers to opportunity from early learning, through K-12, college and career.”
“We are hiring a senior leader to spearhead the alignment and scale-up of digital tools that help students plan for their post-secondary education and careers,” the job posting says. “We are looking for a leader who is excited to build something new with a small, entrepreneurial team.”
The incumbent will “manage the development and scaling up of operational tools that help students plan for post-secondary education and careers,” the posting says. “You will assist the director of Data Programs in leading the development of tools and resources that make the data system accessible and useful for families, researchers, educators, advocates and communities.” Duties include:
- Developing a strategy for the alignment and scaling up of all student- and practitioner-facing tools.
- Building collaborative partnerships with C2C’s data providers who use existing student- and practitioner-facing tools.
- Conducting and refining processes to gather input from the community and interest holders, then integrating findings into improvement of student- and practitioner-facing tools.
More details are available in the duty statement. The position has a monthly salary range of $11,102 to $13,226, and the application deadline is March 3.
The California Department of Technology (CDT) is seeking a branch chief (IT Manager II) to oversee Departmental Project & Portfolio Management (DPPM), an organizational group that provides project management services to CDT and its customers.
The DPPM is made up of project managers assigned to the highest departmental priorities, statewide priorities and high-risk projects, according to the job posting. The branch chief will provide assessment and recommendations to CDT leadership regarding the portfolio of projects as it relates to:
- Management of resources
- Workload prioritization in alignment with the departmental strategic goals
- Department policies
- Compliance with both CDT and state policies
More details are available in the duty statement. The position has a monthly salary range of $10,412 to $12,668, and the application deadline is March 30.
CDT is also recruiting for a manager of internal business applications (IT Manager II) to assume full management responsibility for organizing, planning, directing, coordinating and managing all activities associated with Business Systems and Policy Support, Business Applications Support, and Business Continuity.
The manager works closely with the chief information officer “to formulate and implement IT policies, standards and processes for the ongoing operational effectiveness of all (CDT) internal business applications and solutions,” the job posting says. The manager also collaborates with CDT leadership to ensure business needs are being met efficiently and effectively.
Desirable qualifications for the position include:
- Strong leadership skills in a complex environment with multiple competing priorities and demands.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Experience managing vendors and IT projects.
- Ability to plan, organize, facilitate and coordinate multiple projects operating under strict guidelines and time frames.
- Ability to work across diverse teams of technical, business and executive staff and managing organizational and technological change.
More information can be found in the duty statement. The role has a monthly salary range of $10,421 to $12,668, and the application deadline is Feb. 27.
The California Employment Development Department is seeking candidates for two manager (IT Manager I) roles — one leading the Cybersecurity Operation & Fraud Center and the other leading the Security Assurance Group.
“EDD is launching a new Cybersecurity Division and has immediate openings for several exceptional cybersecurity and information system security professionals,” says the job posting for the Cybersecurity Operation & Fraud Center role. “The department is seeking highly skilled and innovative IT managers to join the IT Branch (ITB) and be part of an exciting new multiyear department-wide effort to create and implement enterprise resilience, for now and for the future.” This position manages staff in the new Cybersecurity Operation & Fraud Center, which protects EDD against cyber threats. Duties include:
- Manage, plan, develop and document security testing and assessment policies, requirements, and work activities of the Cybersecurity Operation & Fraud Center team.
- Oversee a persistent focus on providing policies, procedures and monitoring activities to situational awareness through the detection, containment and remediation of IT threats in order to manage and enhance the organization’s security posture.
- Manage any threatening IT incident and ensure it is properly identified, analyzed, communicated, investigated and reported.
- Set cybersecurity goals and objectives to ensure employees and all authorized users of EDD systems and applications understand and guard against fraudulent activities such as phishing, social media engineering, viruses or denial of service attacks.
More information about this position can be found in the duty statement. The role has a monthly salary range of $8,591 to $11,512, and the application deadline is March 14.
EDD is also seeking candidates for Security Assurance Group manager (IT Manager I) to “recruit, build and lead a team of technical experts at the forefront of the department’s cybersecurity and fraud transformation.” This position manages Data Protection and Endpoint Security staff in the Security Assurance Group within the Infrastructure Services Division. According to the job posting and duty statement, the incumbent:
- Performs 24/7 comprehensive monitoring for advanced cyber threats across on-premise networks, cloud environments, SaaS applications and endpoints, and event logs.
- Develops detailed plans for the conduct or support of a range of cyber operations through collaboration with other planners, operators and/or analysts.
- Conducts threat hunting in logs to improve detection capabilities and find anomalies that are not automatically detected and monitor for tactics and techniques based on a leading cybersecurity framework.
- Manages and conducts annual reviews of Security Assurance Group standards, the Information Security and Privacy Policy (ISPP), Cybersecurity Division Charter and other Information Security Directives.
The position has a monthly salary range of $8,591 to $11,512, and the application deadline is March 14.
