State Departments Recruiting for Specialty Roles

State departments are recruiting to fill positions in technology.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is seeking an Azure Administrator (IT Specialist II) to act as administrator of enterprise Azure, Microsoft 365 (M365) environment and Infrastructure As Code (IAC), Active Directory Federation Services, Azure infrastructure, Azure Active Directory Connect, Azure Web Application Proxy, network shares and other functions.

Additional duties, according to the job posting, include:

• Engineer and design Azure environment to include M365, IAC, Exchange, in addition to modifications of servers and Active Directory objects, server replacements or expansions to server hardware and software components.
• Support the department external websites in Azure to include load balancer, web application proxy, application gateway
• Identify, track and resolve any issues or problems with Windows server, VMware and Microsoft and Active Directory on premises and in the Azure Cloud, and Office 365
• Support Certificate Services on production and development systems and support Microsoft Identity Management infrastructure, development and test environment to include containers
• Develop procedures to ensure the successful backup and recovery of servers and critical data and organize and prioritize technical workload for subordinate staff and team

More details can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $8,374 to $11,220, and the application deadline is Nov. 4.

The California Department of Technology (CDT) is seeking an IT Specialist I to serve as the subject matter expert for all aspects of the administration and management of the equipment in the Operational Technology (O/T) Lab of the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC).

According to the job posting, the incumbent will be responsible for the advanced design, installation, testing, monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of a variety of industrial electrical, instrumentation and controls devices and systems associated with the production, storage, transmission and monitoring of a power substation. In addition, the specialist will assist with the administration and management of CAL-CSIC Linux systems, Windows systems and cloud applications in Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.

“The position requires exercising a high degree of initiative and independence, demonstrating tact and good judgment,” the posting says. Desirable qualifications for the job include:

• Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles and organizational requirements (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation)
• Knowledge of information security systems engineering principles (NIST SP 800-160)
• Knowledge of IT security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption)
• Knowledge of local area and wide area networking principles and concepts including bandwidth management
• Knowledge of mathematics (e.g., logarithms, trigonometry, linear algebra, calculus, statistics and operational analysis)

More details about the role can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $8,374 to $11,220, and the application deadline is Nov. 3.

The Employment Development Department (EDD) is seeking a Test Automation Specialist (IT Specialist I) to support the Enterprise Testing Office (ETO) in the department’s IT Branch as a technical test analyst.

Desirable qualifications for this role, according to the job posting and duty statement, include:

• Test management tools (Microfocus Application Lifecycle Management, JIRA or equivalent)
• Test automation tools (Unified Functional Testing, Selenium or equivalent)
• Performance Testing Management tools (SaaS LoadRunner Enterprise)
• Performance Testing tools (VuGen)
• Possess strong writing, analytical and research skills with the ability to compose accurate, concise and detailed written determinations and proposed decisions

“The incumbent works independently or as a lead over lower-level staff or team projects on test automation services, test tools administration, performance test, test data and test environment management on systems software projects and/or works independently as a high-level technical specialist on complex system assignments associated with EDD business applications,” the duty statement says. “The incumbent contributes toward the growth of the IT Branch into a customer-focused service organization by following branch cultural principles and by providing constructive feedback to others within the branch regarding the application of those principles.”

The monthly salary range is $6,323 to $10,230, and the application deadline is Nov. 2.