INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST III

Under the administrative direction of the Information Technology Manager II (ITM II), Enterprise Portfolio Services, within the Project and Business Management Division (PBMD), the Information Technology Specialist Ill (ITS III) serves as a Senior Project Manager in the Enterprise Portfolio Management office. The ITS III is a horizontal role demonstrating strategic technical leadership, influence, and expertise to support and deliver best practice solutions to Caltrans. The incumbent is an expert level advisor and is a critical part of the Portfolio Management team, participating in portfolio and project management. The incumbent will direct the most critical/complex projects where the consequences of error may have a serious detrimental effect on operating efficiency of Caltrans. This position represents the highest level of expertise available in state service working to support the systems and services of the IT project management domain. The position's duties and activities are performed primarily within the IT Project Management technical domain. The position provides enterprise project management for the Department's most sensitive and complex information technology projects, as well as management and oversight for the Enterprise Technology Portfolio. The incumbent must adhere to all Information Technology and Project Management Governance Policies and Standards as set by the Division Chief, Chief Information Officer, State Administrative Manual (SAM) and State Information Management Manual (SIMM). Domain: IT Project Management, The Caltrans workforce is made up of diverse and unique individuals who contribute to our organizational success. Caltrans Director's EEO Policy and EEO Policy Statement: https://dot.ca.gov/programs/equal-employment-opportunity Please Note: Main communication for this position will be through email. Please ensure to include a valid email address on your application. Special Requirements Pursuant to California Code of Regulations § 549.90, this position will be filled via the California Department of Transportation Managerial Selection Program (MSP) process. This process provides for examination and job-selection specific to each position and consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the classification. Please read the entire job posting before applying for this position. This is an Open Examination. All applicants must meet the minimum qualifications by the final filing date to participate in the examination., 1. Describe your broad and comprehensive experience in Information Technology (IT) project management. Include your specific experience including the project approval processes (PAL/PDL), project management, and portfolio management.

2. Provide work examples that demonstrate your experience engaging stakeholders on large information technology projects or initiatives, including how you addressed issues related to scope, cost, and/or schedule.
3. Describe your experience working and communicating collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, subject matter experts, and control agencies to gain buy in, manage resistance, build strong partnerships, and navigate organizational dynamics.
4. List two large projects for which you have had the overall and direct project management role and responsibility. Clearly indicate: budget, average number of staff, number of contracts (vendors) and vendor staff engaged, and ultimate project outcome.
5. Caltrans is quite large and project teams can include personnel from many disciplines across the state. What is the largest team you have managed, and how did you effectively and efficiently manage the team to complete the project? Additional Information Please include MSP# 26MSP044 and the title of the position you are applying for on the STD. 678 application form. Please take this 1-minute Caltrans Recruitment Survey to tell us how you found out about this job! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HMQ7LDR Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. In accordance with Government Codes 18973.1 and 18973.5, whenever any veteran, or widow or widower of a veteran achieves a passing score on an open examination, he or she shall be ranked in the top rank of the resulting eligible list. Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Instructions on how to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference for Examinations form (CalHR 1093). Equal Opportunity Employer The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.

Do you have experience in Project portfolio management?, Do you have a Master's degree?, One year of experience as an Information Technology Specialist II; or Six years of information technology experience, two years of which shall include performance of highly specialized work in a lead or expert capacity on highly complex or specialized information technology systems or services in one or more of the major six domains or a closely related or emerging information technology field. A master's or doctorate degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for four years of the required general information technology experience. A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for three years of the required general information technology experience. An associate's degree from an accredited college may substitute for one year of the required general information technology experience. Only one degree may be used for substitution. When using education to meet minimum qualifications, education must include 15 semester units (or 22.5 quarter units) of information technology or closely related course work.