The California Department of Technology (CDT) is seeking to fill an IT Manager I role, with the incumbent responsible for planning, organizing and directing the work of Hypervisor, Cloud and Automation services teams and for the successful automation of all the workflows in the data center and cloud service offerings within the department’s Office of Technology Services (OTech).
In addition to those duties, according to the job posting, the manager is responsible for customers, new innovations and the VCenter and for directing and allocating staff resources, supervising staff and establishing regular communications with internal and external customers in key service areas.
Applicants must submit a statement of qualifications addressing these points:
- Based on your review of the duty statement and the desirable qualifications, describe how your work experience, education, and achievements qualify you for this position.
- Provide an overview of the most complex virtualized architecture you have designed or participated in designing. Please describe your role in the process. Discuss any major challenges or issues you had to overcome to achieve a successful result.
- Describe your knowledge and experience with business process improvement. Include an example of how you identified a process that required improvement, determined what changes were required, and steps you took to implement the improvement. Describe the outcome.
More information is available in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $9,114 to $12,213, and the application deadline is Aug. 30.
The Department of Insurance is seeking an IT strategic initiatives manager (IT Manager I) to plan, organize and direct the activities of the department’s IT high-priority strategic initiative projects by directing staff and contractors in all aspects of project management, business analysis, requirements development and quality assurance.
Desirable qualifications for the position, according to the job posting and duty statement, include:
- Professional project management certification and/or professional business analysis certification.
- Extensive knowledge of the state’s IT policies, processes, practices, and direction for the effective and efficient delivery of IT services.
- Ability to exercise a high degree of initiative, independence of action, and creativity, and must demonstrate good independent judgment.
- Strong leadership skills and ability to develop and maintain professional, effective, and cooperative working relationships.
- Strong communication skills, ability to communicate on behalf of the project professionally and effectively in writing and verbally with all levels of staff.
The monthly salary range is $9,114 to $12,213, and the application deadline is Sept. 3.
The Employment Development Department (EDD) is seeking a senior cybersecurity and fraud engineer (IT Specialist II) to lead and perform highly technical engineering duties to support security- and fraud-related issues within the Cybersecurity Operations and Fraud Center.
According to the job posting, the engineer:
- Designs, develops, configures, documents, automates, and maintains complex information security-related Linux systems, policies, procedures, and practices supporting EDD’s Cybersecurity Operations and Fraud Center and modernization activities.
- Applies cybersecurity operation and fraud detection analysis and countermeasures for potential data and systems threats and vulnerabilities.
- Actively monitors, analyzes and responds to complex incidents to identify, address and mitigate suspected privacy, disclosure and fraud incidents as well as inappropriate access and breaches of state and federal tax information and personally identifiable information.
- Ensures that EDD cybersecurity operations and fraud center systems, policies, procedures and practices incorporate and comply with applicable federal, state, local, and industry legal, statutory and regulatory requirements.
More details can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $8,130 to $10,893, and the application deadline is Sept. 2.
EDD is also recruiting for a Project Delivery Group manager (IT Manager I) to oversee the department’s mission-critical, high-profile projects in one of the most complex technical environments.
According to the job posting, the manager “conducts governance oversight throughout every IT project and System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), project risk and issue management identification, business analysis, IT solutions analysis, schedule and milestone compliance, process re-engineering and change management. The incumbent contributes toward the growth of the ITB into a customer-focused service organization.”
Desirable qualifications for the position include:
- Demonstrated experience in establishing and leading a project management office or group.
- Demonstrated experience in evaluating current and future technology solutions while planning and designing multiyear road maps for key applications and support activities.
- Practical experience in providing innovative solutions to make organizational improvements, and developing a new product, program or service.
- Knowledge of principles, practices and trends of public and business administration, budget, personnel, program management, management analysis, planning, and program evaluation.
- Proven ability to understand the workings, structure and culture of an organization as well as the political, social and economic issues affecting the organization.
More details can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $9,114 to $12,213, and the application deadline is Aug. 26.
