Information Technology Specialist III

Job Description

Job Description and Duties
This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by creating customer focused solutions that are responsive and agile; supporting a modern infrastructure, tools, architecture, and standards; to effectively provide efficient services following service level agreements. The Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) leverages data and technology to create sustainability across CDPH by creating efficient solutions that meet customer expectations and reduce waste. As well as, creating innovative solutions, strengthening partnerships and collaborations, and embracing technology. Under administrative direction of the Information Technology Manager (ITM) II, Chief, Application Technology and Support Branch, the Information Technology Specialist (ITS) III, performs as a recognized, lead technical specialist, on architecting and developing some of the most complex statewide systems at CDPH. The ITS III will function as the enterprise application architecture technical subject matter expert and will be responsible for some of the CDPH’s most visible and mission critical application and database systems. The ITS III will be responsible for establishing and leading the Department’s strategic vision and will define the Department’s secure application development lifecycle and ensure that all new projects, maintenance, and operations activities are developed and built in consistency with the Department’s and the State’s business goals and objectives. Job Description and Duties continued below: You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement .

Minimum Requirements
You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST III

Special Requirements
For experience/education to qualify during the application screening process, and to ensure that minimum qualifications can be determined, applicants should include all employment history on the Employment Application (STD 678) and/or Resume, including detailed job descriptions, hours worked per week , and start/end dates (MM/DD/YYYY) . Application packages without this information will experience delayed processing times and your eligibility for this position may be impacted. A completed State application (STD. 678) and any other relevant documents (e.g. unofficial transcript, copy of degree, resume, etc.) should be submitted electronically via your CalCareers Account. Please reference Job Control # (536672) and indicate the basis of your eligibility in the Examination(s) or Job Title(s) section. SROA and surplus candidates should submit a copy of their letter with their application . Please remove any confidential information (i.e. social security number, date of birth) from your documents prior to submission. Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareers Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. Submitting an electronic application through your CalCareers account is strongly recommended since electronic applications will be received/processed faster than other methods of filing. Please submit only one application. If you are unable to submit your application electronically through your CalCareers account, please email apply@cdph.ca.gov for assistance and a CDPH Human Resources Division staff member will contact you to assist with the online application process or, a hard copy application package may be submitted through an alternative method as explained in the How to Apply section below. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.

Desirable Qualifications
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: Demonstrated experience, skills, and knowledge in the following: Leadership & Communication Enterprise leadership and coordination of application development teams Collaboration with diverse stakeholders Clear verbal and written communication across all levels Adaptability to shifting priorities and tight deadlines Initiative, independence, and flexibility Platforms & Infrastructure Cloud and hosting services (Microsoft Azure GCC, AWS, Salesforce, CDT data center) Enterprise operating systems (Windows Server, Linux, z/OS) Network platforms and services Failover and disaster recovery architecture Data, Integration & Security Data platforms and data integration services (Databricks, Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI, Azure Integration Services) Web services (SOAP, REST) Identity and access management (ForgeRock, SAML, IDAM) Database systems (Oracle, SQL Server) Medallion Data Architecture (Data Lake & Lakehouse) Development & Technical Expertise Programming, scripting, and low-code/no-code tools (e.g., MS Power Platform, MS Dynamics) Azure DevOps Technical troubleshooting and problem-solving

Job Description and Duties continued:
The ITS III will be instrumental in leading CDPH in the development and implementation of the CDPH application development Cloud and digital transformation strategy and work in conjunction and partnership with the CDPH infrastructure and security teams to transition, develop and host business applications in all CDPH approved Cloud services. The ITS III will also develop a strategy and plan for the adoption of Software as Service (SAS) within CDPH and in partnership with the infrastructure and security groups The ITS III will serve as a member of various enterprise technology governance boards and develop standards and processes to monitor and provide structure to the application development team. The ITS III has responsibilities to review, design, approve, and integrate the application architecture and design of systems, ensuring the interoperability of data exchange and data flow. The ITS III will promote service delivery through innovative application design and improvements by implementing current industry technology while ensuring design best practices are adopted. The ITS III will exercise a high degree of independence and proficiency in troubleshooting, problem solving, handling and resolving the most challenging and difficult application production issues that are time sensitive and publicly and politically visible. This position will be expected to leverage AI tools including GenAI, AI, Machine Learning, and automation applications and services supplied by the Department to streamline IT service delivery as part of their overall duties.  Usage of these tools is expected to ensure a consistent baseline of gained efficiencies, quality and consistency of work.  This position will be expected to identify opportunities to streamline business processes where the introduction of AI or automation would improve business outcomes. NOTE : This position will be required to periodically work off hours to monitor, receive, and respond to production-related communication and messages outside of normal business hours The ITS III performs duties within the Software Engineering, System Engineering, and Information Security Engineering domains. In July 2025, the State of California implemented the Personal Leave Program (PLP) 2025. This program temporarily reduces employees’ monthly base pay in exchange for paid leave credits. This position is subject to PLP 2025 and will have a monthly base pay reduction of 3% in exchange for 5 hours of leave credits through June 2027. The salary ranges shown on this job posting do not reflect the salary reduction. Please let us know how you heard about our position by taking this brief survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CDPHRecruitment