Specialty and Leadership Roles in Recruitment by 4 State Departments

Departments in state government are recruiting for several key technology leadership and specialty positions.

The Employment Development Department (EDD) is seeking a chief (Career Executive Assignment) for the Infrastructure Services Division to establish policy and to plan, organize and direct the overall operation of EDD’s technology infrastructure.

“This includes developing, maintaining, supporting and optimizing multiple critical and highly complex information technology disciplines, particularly network infrastructure, server infrastructure, data communications, telecommunications and enterprise systems [in] both private cloud and public cloud environments,” the job posting says.

“As a member of EDD’s Executive Staff and the ITB Executive Team, the incumbent provides critical and sensitive recommendations to the CIO and other EDD senior managers, including policy development on the direction and effective application of IT to meet EDD’s business goals and objectives” the posting says. “This position has extensive decision-making authority and directs the most critical and complex projects related to infrastructure initiatives.”

Applicants must submit a statement of qualifications addressing the following:

• Provide an example of a strategic initiative you led that involved significant changes or innovations in infrastructure, cloud, backup, storage or server management. What steps did you take to ensure successful implementation and adoption of these changes?
• Discuss your experience in managing backup and storage solutions. How have you ensured data integrity, availability and disaster recovery within your organization?
• Describe your experience in managing data centers and leading data center migration projects to the cloud. Provide specific examples of your role in planning, executing and overseeing these migrations.
• Discuss your experience with privilege access management, Active Directory and identity management. Provide examples of any significant initiatives or improvements you have led in these areas.
• Describe your experience in providing leadership to multidisciplinary teams. How have you embraced innovation, motivated your team and set goals to drive your team's success?

More information can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $11,778 to $14,032, and the application deadline is Sept. 7.

The Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (GO-LUCI, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research) is recruiting for an IT project management and procurement manager (IT Manager I) to lead the IT Project Management and Procurement team.

GO-LUCI formulates long-range state goals and policies to address land use, climate change, population growth and distribution, urban expansion, infrastructure development, groundwater sustainability and drought response and resource protection. The manager will oversee IT procurement, the IT budget, IT Business Concept Proposals (BCP) and all aspects of IT project approval lifecycle (PAL) processes.

Applicants must submit a statement of qualifications addressing these points:

• Describe your experience in application development using serverless technologies, cloud computing, messaging services and API gateways
• Describe your development experience with cloud computing platform(s) such as Azure and AWS
• Provide specific examples of applications and projects you lead

More details about the position can be found in the job posting and duty statement. The monthly salary range is $9,114 to $12,213, and the application deadline is Aug. 19.

The Department of Finance is seeking an information security officer (IT Supervisor II) to investigate, resolve and report through appropriate channels all information security incidents; monitor vulnerabilities, threats and incidents; perform departmental risk assessments; and conduct and document information security awareness training for all employees on an annual basis.

Desirable qualifications include:

• Knowledge of state policies relating to information security and privacy
• Knowledge of KnowBe4 Phishing Scam and Training Tool and KnowBe4 PhishER
• Experience in a combination of risk management, information security and IT positions
• Certification as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Candidates should also submit a supplemental application addressing the following:

• Describe your experience working with executive staff, management and a team-oriented environment
• Describe your experience developing, interpreting and implementing security policies
• Describe your knowledge and experience of addressing cybersecurity challenges and security risk tolerance
• Describe your experience with analyzing budget change proposals that have security-related components and the recommendations provided

More details about the position can be found in the job posting and duty statement. The monthly salary range is $8,256 to $11,063, and the application deadline is Aug. 17.

The California State Lottery is seeking candidates for a senior network engineer (IT Specialist II) to be responsible for the implementation, administration and analysis of the most complex network infrastructure and security systems and to act as the department’s highest-level technical expert for enterprise network systems and infrastructure components.

Other duties of the position include network and network security design and review, researching network infrastructure and security technologies and trends, managing the most complex network and security event analysis and managing change and trouble tickets with vendors.

Desirable qualifications include:

• Knowledge and experience in network engineering, architecture and cloud network operations
• Experience performing network installation, configuration, troubleshooting, monitoring and responding to network hardware and connectivity issues; and architecting and implementing WAN, LAN and Internet connections
• Self-motivated, independent, highly reliable, problem-solver and a collaborator
• Experience administrating network systems and solutions, such as Wi-Fi controllers, firewalls and managed switches

More details about the role can be found in the job posting and duty statement. The monthly salary range is $8,374 to $11,220, and the application deadline is Aug. 21.

The Lottery is also seeking a senior physical security engineer (IT Specialist II) “to act as an advanced specialist on a wide array of physical security-related functions,” including the operation and configuration of highly technical security monitoring and logging equipment.

Desirable qualifications include:

• Associate’s degree or higher in computer science, cybersecurity, information systems or a related field and a minimum one year of experience as a physical security engineer or related role
• Honeywell Security or equal certification in physical security systems
• Minimum of one year of experience administering and maintaining camera recording and monitoring, access control, alarm management and other physical security systems, tools and platforms; and at least one year of experience installing and configuring physical security devices
• Minimum one year of infrastructure support or system engineering experience; minimum six months’ experience supporting physical security system workstations, kiosks and command centers
• Project experience in a physical security engineer or technician role, and training or experience in physical security engineering or related training and/or experience

More information can be found in the job posting and duty statement. The monthly salary range is $8,374 to $11,220, and the application deadline is Aug. 21.