INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST II

Job Title

IT Specialist II

Job Description and Duties

The California Air Resources Board (CARB), referred to as "The Board", is a dynamic and innovative leader in setting and implementing controls to protect and improve air quality for the citizens of California. The Board's scientific and technical programs rely extensively on web-based information systems. The mission of the Office of Information Services (OIS) is to leverage the most effective information technologies available to achieve CARB's and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program goals. The mission includes ensuring that such technologies are professionally managed, properly maintained and efficiently used. The Portfolio & Project Management Office Branch (PPMO) is responsible for leading the most complex CARB IT projects and contracts. CARB's IT PPMO branch manages an average of more than $250 million in Information Technology (IT) projects each year and promotes the use of standardized project management methodologies and best practices throughout the organization. The PPMO branch is also responsible for best practices in organizational change management and lean processes. The PPMO plans, controls, and executes CARB's application development and system integration projects, ensuring that CARB complies with California Department of Technology (CDT) policies and requirements. The IT Procurement Contracts & Reporting Section (ITPCRS) is responsible for managing complex and sensitive IT Services and Goods acquisitions. ITPCRS manages and oversees the planning, projecting, and executing of all IT acquisitions (i.e., Requests for Quotations (RFQ), Requests for Offers (RFO), Request for Proposal (RFP), and Invitation for Bids (IFB)). Develops, facilitates, and communicates with Program staff to draft the Statement of Work. Selects the best IT acquisition strategy, obtains quotes, and develops the hardware/software acquisition completely; ensures appropriate approvals and signatures are obtained, funds are available, and IT acquisitions are processed accurately, timely, and within budget while ensuring all documents sustain any type of audit. Oversee the Office of Information Systems budgeting process, legislative bill reviews, and approve expenditures. Under general direction of the IT Manager I (ITM I) of the ITPCRS within the PPMO, the IT Specialist II (ITS II) manages complex IT-related contracts, including services agreements, software licenses, and hardware maintenance contracts. This position works on the complex, high-risk, politically sensitive, and high-cost IT procurements. The ITS II researches, analyzes, determines and/or recommends solicitation vehicles/methods to utilize for formal or informal IT Goods and/or Services procurements such as, Request for Proposal, Request for Offers, Request for Quotations, etc. The ITS II conducts business activities in a professional manner that leads to superior customer satisfaction and delivers services that meet or exceed the customer's expectations. The ITS II is responsible for individual decisions and actions while working on systems using best practices and innovative technologies. When handling confidential personnel and/or business data, the ITS II must maintain confidentiality.

Information Technology Domains: Business Technology Management, Information Security Engineering, IT Project Management, Software Engineering, Client Services, System Engineering

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