Information Technology Specialist II

Join CAL FIRE; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Join CAL FIRE is seeking an Information Technology Specialist II to work under general direction, applying leadership and domain expertise across software engineering, information security, project management, and systems engineering. Incumbents develop security solutions, analyze incidents, design architectures, and guide technology strategy within the organization.

This civil-service role focuses on innovative problem solving, enterprise data models, and release management to ensure system

Qualifications

• Experience leading IT projects and teams.
• Ability to assess security controls and risk.
• Strong IT architecture and policy skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor IT project teams.
• Develop and implement enterprise architectures and security measures.
• Plan, design, and implement data models to align with business strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Job description

Exam # 1751

Deadline Continuous

Working title Information Technology Specialist II Monthly salary $8,625.00 - $11,557.00 (A) per Month | $8,881.00 - $11,905.00 (L) per Month Exam # 1751 Deadline Continuous

Position Description

00101414 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST II

Under general direction, incumbents demonstrate a depth of leadership and expertise in one or more domains. Incumbents perform a wide variety of tasks requiring innovative problem-solving where guidance is not readily available. Incumbents optimize and apply architecture solutions for the benefit of the overall organization and play a major role in advising management or formulating information technology strategy and policy within the organization. Incumbents typically work in the Software Engineering, Information Security Engineering, Information Technology Project Management, or System Engineering domains. Incumbents may: develop and ensure security solutions and technical artifacts are in place throughout all information technology systems and platforms; monitor and assess security controls, conduct security impact analyses, and report system security statuses; perform risk assessments and recommend information technology solutions; analyze incident-related data and determine the appropriate response; design new technologies, architectures, and solutions that will support security requirements; develop implementation plans including cost-benefit or return on investment analyses; design infrastructure configuration and change management standards or requirements; develop or update project plans for information technology projects; lead and mentor project teams; manage integration of information systems and/or subsystems; manage project(s) to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope; review software architecture and make recommendations regarding technical and operational feasibility; plan, design, and implement the enterprise data models using standardized modeling tools to align technology solutions with business strategies; perform configuration management and release management for system components; verify stability, interoperability, portability, security, or scalability of system architecture; create backup and recovery strategies; conduct disaster and recovery analysis, planning, implementation, and administration for systems; and monitor and conduct audits of system capacity, performance, and traffic analysis.

Preferred or Desirable Qualifications

For specific positions, departments may specify knowledge, experience, or specific training in one or more of the six identified domains. All employees must have general qualifications as described by California Code of Regulations, title 2, section 172.

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