The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the state Department of General Services (DGS) are seeking to fill six key IT positions between them. Final filing dates (FFD) range from Friday to May 25, although one position will remain open until filled:
• CDFA has five IT job openings. It seeks an IT manager I in its Office of Information Technology Services (OITS) Customer Support and Service Section (CSSS) — someone who will work under the direction of its chief information officer and manage CSSS’ Service Desk Office and Customer Delivery Unit teams. Responsibilities include briefing and advising management, exercising “a high degree of initiative, independence of action and originality” per the listing; establishing, implementing and maintaining processes, procedures, policies, standards, roles, responsibilities, expectations and goals; and reviewing the CSSS team’s performance “related to processing of CDFA service request and incident tickets” and identifying the changes needed to improve performance. Monthly salary range is $7,634 to $10,230, and the application deadline is May 26.
• It seeks an IT specialist III, an enterprise infrastructure architect in the agency’s OITS Enterprise Architecture Office. The successful candidate will be the “team lead and subject matter expert for the Network and Server Management Office,” according to the listing, and be responsible for “development and maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture plan’s Technical Architecture component.” Other duties include a variety of “difficult, highly complex, and CDFA mission critical functions”; working with the OITS management team and staff, and briefing and advising the manager; and thinking strategically about the architecture, design and deployment of enterprise solutions for the agency’s infrastructure architecture, security and cloud connectivity. Monthly salary range is $7,732 to $10,362, and the position will remain open until filled.
• CDFA also seeks three people for IT specialist I roles. The first is for a network and server security administrator in OITS. Responsibilities include working on the “more complex server and network security issues” impacting the agency statewide; working as a security specialist to do “server and network security tasks” for OITS and the agency information security officer; and assisting in security software content development. This position has a monthly salary range of $5,297 to $8,570, and the application deadline is Friday. The second is in OITS’ CSSS Customer Delivery Unit, which supports the agency with IT project governance, project management and business analysis support. Responsibilities include planning, directing, organizing and controlling “all work activities for critical IT projects”; doing analysis using techniques and tools including data flow modeling, use case analysis, workflow analysis and functional decomposition analysis; and doing “business analysis services on the most complex information technology systems.” The third is in OITS’ Enterprise Web Publishing, Analysis, and Testing Office, which seeks “a highly knowledgeable website developer, maintainer, and publisher” with experience with the State Web Template, and the “standards and accessibility and usability guidelines associated with” state websites. Responsibilities include doing all aspects of website analysis, design, development, testing and implementation; designing and developing user interfaces for the public and ensuring these meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements; and advising CDFA division representatives on how to achieve their business goals related to Web presence, marketing campaigns, graphics and other areas. These positions both have monthly salary ranges of $5,297 to $8,570, and the application deadlines are May 26.
• DGS seeks an IT specialist II to function as an Oracle solution specialist, working under the direction of an IT manager I in the Software Engineering domain to do “technical and system administration functions, complex defect troubleshooting analysis,” develop software and documentation deliverables, and maintain innovative technical solutions “in support of the department's Oracle Cloud, on-premise applications” and relating interfaces. Other duties include evaluating enterprise-level software solutions “by researching, and performing feasibility studies and cost-based analysis on emerging technologies”; and architecting, designing, developing and providing technical Subject Matter Expertise (SME) and document deliverables during project planning, design, execution, and testing; and monitoring security solutions and technical artifacts throughout the project life cycle. Monthly salary range is $7,014 to $9,399, and the application deadline is May 26.
