- The Department of Housing and Community Development is recruiting for a Chief Information Security Officer/Chief Technology Officer (IT Manager II) to formulate and administer IT security policies, programs, planning and organization and directing the work of the Infrastructure, Operations & IT Service Management units. The CISO also oversees IT functions including system analysis, design, administration, system integrations, testing and system maintenance and operations, according to the job posting. The position has a monthly salary range of $9,262 to $11,258, and the application deadline is April 25.
- The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking a software engineer (IT Specialist I) to perform Business Analyst and Software Testing duties in the Enterprise Solutions Development Division, Benefits Services Unit. Desirable qualifications include three years’ experience in the following areas: coordinating and leading test activities and phases of testing; knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC); experience using ClearQuest and ClearCase; and experience using HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), according to the job posting. The position has a monthly salary range of $5,297 to $8,570, and the application deadline is April 30.
- The Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC) is seeking an IT Supervisor II who will have tactical and strategic responsibility to plan, organize, coordinate and direct the business activities of the customer support team in direct support of the California State Legislature and the Committee process. The job posting notes: “The incumbent implements strategic initiatives for organizational, business, and process improvements in support of the OLC mission and values. The area of responsibility supervised by the incumbent is critical to the business success of the Office of Legislative Counsel, consequence of error is high, and impact to the business of the Committee process is significant.” The position has a monthly salary range of $6,917 to $9,268, and the application deadline is May 8.
- The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is recruiting for an IT Security Engineer (IT Specialist II) to “carry out highly-complex and specialized tasks and activities in multiple areas of Information technology security-related areas including application, network, physical/environmental, server, and workstation security; and security incident response, awareness training, identity and access management, and risk assessment,” according to the job posting. “The IT Security Engineer provides support to planning, designing and implementing security controls which safeguard and monitor events for information systems, enterprise applications and data.” The monthly salary range is $7,014 to $9,399, and the application deadline is April 27.
- DWR is also recruiting for a Senior SAP Application Developer (IT Specialist I) to “provide expert level support of the department’s state-of-the-art SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system,” the job posting says. Desirable qualifications include “extensive experience in ABAP or other object-oriented programming language,” working knowledge of SAP or other enterprise resource planning systems, and knowledge of SAP or other business intelligence and predictive analytics platforms. The salary range is $5,297 to $8,570, and the application deadline is April 27.
- The Department of Health Care Services is recruiting for an IT Specialist I who’s qualified to serve as a specialist in the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS). The specialist will be responsible for providing “technical programming and analysis for all phases, including oversight, and coordination of information sharing, development, testing, and releases for the (CalSAWS) modernization, ensuring seamless access and interfaces to Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS) and other Medi-Cal related sub-systems that operate on the mainframe (COBOL, VSAM, DB2),” according to the job posting. The salary range is $5,297 to $8,570, and the application deadline is April 30.
- The Department of Social Services is seeking at IT Specialist II to serve as Project Planning Manager for the Information Systems Division’s (ISD) Statewide Verification HUB (SVH) Bureau. Duties, according to the job posting, include “developing statewide IT reportable project documentation related to budget, resources and methodology; communicating all aspects of project needs and status; supporting stakeholder management; developing procurement documents and supporting procurement activities; mentoring and developing team members; adhering to Agile methodologies and standards; collaborating with the AICI program to define business requirements for estimation of activities and resources; identifying fiscal analysis and reporting; creating process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts; and managing contractors.” Salary range for the position is $7,014 to $9,399, and the application deadline is April 27.
- The State Compensation Insurance Fund is recruiting for a Mainframe System Programming Lead (IT Specialist II) to “provide technical expertise and Tier 3 support to the staff sharing primary responsibility for State Fund's most complex software systems and software projects such as the IBM z/OS platform, its modifications, customizations, and related functions. Mainframe Systems Programmer (ITS II) is a master of the z/OS operating system and its requisite software, e.g. MVS, JES, RACF, CICS, DB2 database, SMF, RMF, WLM, HSM, and TSO,” the job posting says. The monthly salary range is $7,014 to $9,399, and the application deadline is May 16.
State Recruiting for Several Key IT Positions
Open jobs in recruitment by departments and agencies include CISO/CTO, CalSAWS specialist, mainframe expert and software engineer.
State government is recruiting tech specialists for a spate of new positions.
