CYBER SECURITY OFFICER

Cyber Security Officer

Appointment to this position is expected to be at or below the midpoint $191,270 of the salary range, however, the final amount will be carefully determined based on the candidate's knowledge, skills, qualifications, and an evaluation of internal equity within the organization. The Department of Technology and Innovation currently has one (1) opening for a Cyber Security Officer (CSO).

The City of Long Beach, California (population 470,000) is frequently described as a series of strong, diverse interwoven smaller communities within a large city. Enjoying an ideal Southern California climate, Long Beach is home to an abundance of cultural and recreational options. The City is also home to California State University, Long Beach, and Long Beach City College. Cal State Long Beach is the second largest university in the state and was recently ranked the No. 3 best–value public college in the nation. Long Beach was named by America's Promise Alliance as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People two years in a row.

Long Beach operates as a charter city governed by an elected Mayor and nine City Council members elected by district. The City Manager, appointed by the Mayor and City Council, oversees the daily operations of 15 departments and a Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) annual budget of $3.7B. The City employs over 6K full-time and part-time staff; dedicated to providing exceptional public services with the vast majority being represented by eleven employee associations.

The Department of Technology & Innovation (TID) serves as the strategic technology partner for the City, delivering the systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity, digital services, and innovation initiatives that support City operations and community services. Guided by its mission to provide a customer-focused environment that integrates people, process, and technology, TID plays a vital role in enhancing organizational effectiveness, improving service delivery, and helping the City meet the evolving needs of residents, businesses, and visitors.

The Cyber Security Officer (CSO) is a strategic and operational leader responsible for the planning, organization, and direction of the City's Cyber Security Division. Reporting directly to the Director of the Technology & Innovation Department (TID), the CSO serves as a key member of the TID management team and plays a central role in ensuring Long Beach can successfully respond to a rapidly evolving technology and threat environment.

The specific responsibilities of the position include:

• Develops an information security vision and strategy that is aligned to organizational priorities and enables and facilitates the City's goals and objectives and ensures stakeholder alignment.
• Creates and manages a unified and flexible, risk-based control framework to integrate and normalize the wide variety and ever-changing requirements resulting from global laws, standards and regulations
• Oversees portfolio of cyber risk and security processes and applications and originates and implements new processes and applications to ensure efficient and effective cyber security for the Citywide systems.
• Analyzes information, situations, problems, policies and procedures to define problems accurately, and identify and implement potential solutions systematically.
• Leads and continuously enhance the City's EDR operations, including threat monitoring, threat hunting, and coordinated response.
• Oversees the City's privileged access management platform, ensuring least privilege principles and secure credential vaulting.
• Manages and optimizes the City's enterprise data security operations platform including access auditing, insider risk detection, and automated remediation.
• Directs and maintains the City's PCI DSS compliance program, including assessments, quarterly scans, merchant oversight, and annual attestation.
• Governs and maintains citywide AI policy, ensuring responsible and ethical AI use aligned to regulatory guidance.
• Strengthens enterprise data governance through classification, retention, lifecycle, and controlled-access processes.
• Leads identity protection initiatives including MFA adoption, privilege reduction, and identity attack surface reduction.
• Guides cloud and hybrid environment security posture management.
• Integrates security telemetry, supports SOC operations, and improves detection and response maturity.
• Establishes, communicate, and enforce security controls in an orderly, proactive, and scalable manner.
• Develops cyber risk technology training programs for City employees.
• Prepares oral and written reports for senior management, the City Manager's office and elected officials.
• Selects, trains, evaluates, and directs subordinate staff.
• Delivers exceptional customer support and innovative technology services.

Education: A bachelor's degree is required in Computer Science, Information Technology, Public Administration, Business Administration or a related field. Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis for a total of nine (9) years' experience (Four years to substitute for the degree plus the five years recent experience as explained above).

Experience: The position requires a minimum of five (5) years of recent increasingly responsible experience in cyber security, in a technology environment similar in size, scope and complexity to the City of Long Beach. A minimum of two of those years at an administrative or supervisory level with overall responsibility for budgets, personnel administration and project management.

This recruitment will close at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on Thursday August 20, 2026. To be considered, please submit an online application, including a cover letter, resume, and proof of education (If qualifying with a degree) in PDF format. Applications that fail to include all necessary documents will be considered incomplete and will not be taken into consideration.

Applications will be reviewed for depth and breadth of experience, and for level and relatedness of education. The most qualified candidates will be invited to participate in further selection procedures. The selected candidate may be required to go through a background check and a physical examination prior to appointment. Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements, including submission of all required attachments, will not be considered. For questions regarding this recruitment, please call View phone number on click.appcast.io.

The City of Long Beach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as an individual with a disability, or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We value diversity in our workforce and are committed to creating a workplace where every employee is respected and included. We strive to reflect the diversity of our community at all levels of the organization, promote fair and equitable employment practices, advance equity, and inclusion through our work with staff and community partners, and promote transparency by publishing workforce demographic information, including diversity and pay data by race and gender. The City of Long Beach will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You are not required to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until you receive a conditional job offer. If the City of Long Beach has concerns about a conviction that is directly related to the job after making a conditional job offer and conducting a background check, you will have the opportunity to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide evidence to mitigate concerns, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

The City of Long Beach offers its employees opportunities to grow personally and professionally. As a permanent employee, you are eligible to receive fringe benefits that include: Retirement: California Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) defined benefit retirement plan, which is coordinated with Social Security. The benefit is 2.5% or 2.7% (depending on hire date) @55 for "Classic" members and 2% @62 for new members as defined by PEPRA, subject to the compensation limitations set by PERS. Both the City and the employee contributes toward CalPERS retirement contributions. The city also participates in Social Security. Health and Dental Insurance: The City offers the choice of HMO and PPO plans. The city pays major portion of the premium for employee and dependents depending on the health/ dental plan selected. Life Insurance: City-paid term life insurance policy equal to three (3) times annual salary to a maximum of $500,000. Disability Insurance: City-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance. Management Physical: Annual City-paid physical examination. Vacation: Twelve (12) vacation days after the first year of service; 15 days after four years, six months of service; 20 days after 19 years, six months of service. Executive Leave: Forty (40) hours Executive Leave per year. The City Manager has discretion to grant an additional 40 hours each year. Sick Leave : One day earned per month; unlimited accumulation; conversion upon retirement to cash credit toward health and/or dental insurance premiums, or to pension credits. Holidays: Eleven (11) designated holidays per year, plus four personal holidays to be used at the employee's discretion. Transportation Allowance: Monthly allowance is allocated by classifications below; Department Head $650.00 Deputy Director/Manager/Director (Harbor/Utilities) $550.00 Division Officer/Superintendent/ Chief of Staff / Administrator / Principal DCA $45