Candidates are being sought by the California Department of Aging, the Department of Health Care Services, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the Financial Information System for California and the Employment Development Department.
Applications are being accepted by the state Office of Legislative Counsel, the California Department of Aging, and the Cradle-to-Career Data System.
Technology veteran Ken Ketsdever has held a series of leadership positions in state government, including chief information officer and chief information security officer.
Two budget change proposals from the California Department of Aging would enable it to add staff and continue technology updates.
The open positions are in the departments of Aging, Conservation and Transportation and in the Office of the Secretary of State.
As part of Industry Insider — California’s ongoing efforts to educate readers on state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
Entities with key vacancies include those dealing with transportation, cannabis regulation, health insurance and state hospitals.
The new chief information officer is a state employee of 17 years and a former assistant CIO at another department.
Positions with open recruitments include chief information officer, change management senior analyst, DevOps engineer and application developer.
The CIO will oversee the implementation of an enterprise Customer Relationship Management system for the aging network, ensuring interoperability with other data systems, and creating public dashboards for data transparency. The position may be eligible for full-time telework.
As part of Techwire’s ongoing efforts to inform readers about state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT and cybersecurity leaders.
The Financial Information System for California has named a new chief information officer, a new chief information security officer and a new chief deputy director, filling key vacancies on Director Miriam Barcellona Ingenito’s management team.
Departments seeking to fill key positions include the California Department of Aging, Covered California, the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Technology.
The California Department of Aging and the county of Santa Clara are looking to fill chief information officer and application administrator positions, respectively.
Three linchpin state entities and departments are looking for four technology staff and specialists in areas with impact across the enterprise.
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