INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST II JC-529475

Department Information At the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our mission to advance the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. We are genuinely and strongly committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness where we can grow and learn together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for team members, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to us and the work we do. Department Information At the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our mission to advance the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. We are genuinely and strongly committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness where we can grow and learn together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for team members, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to us and the work we do. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is dedicated to optimizing the health and well-being of the people of California. The Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) within CDPH advances its vision of "Healthy Individuals and Families in Healthful Communities" through the provision of high-quality information resources and technology. “The salary information listed on this advertisement may not reflect recent salary increases from salary adjustments or changes in the fiscal year.” "*CDPH is an E-Verify employer." Department Website: 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 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 general direction of the Information Technology Manager (ITM) I, Chief, Informatics Data Exchange and Applications Section (IDEAS), the Information Technology Specialist (ITS) II serves as a solution architect developing and supporting multiple information technology (IT) systems, applications and databases, on-premises and cloud solution. The ITS II is responsible for planning, designing, developing, implementing, and supporting solution architectures for existing and new applications and databases, networking, data integrity and information security. The ITS II performs as an experienced cloud developer, develops new cloud solutions and/or existing solutions, migrates on-prem solutions to cloud, maintains and supports. The ITS II acts independently in a highly complex technical specialist position and leads IT systems support and projects. The ITS II maintains working knowledge of various industry trends and technology solutions. The ITS II proactively learns new concepts, understands system-to-system relationships and interfaces, and maintains cooperative working relationships with business partners and the IT team to identify goals and objectives. The ITS II possesses strong organizational, analytical, and verbal/written communication skills; works both independently and in a team environment; participates in meetings, documentations, and provides status reports; and completes work assignments in an effective, accurate, and timely manner. The ITS II keeps up with current and industry trends, standards and best practices related to system engineering. The ITS II ensures application architecture and enterprise-wide shared on-premise and cloud application services align with CDPH standards and vision by designing technology solutions that enable the department’s ability to make key service decisions that are backed by data and are focused on public health outcomes, while ensuring the most complex/critical information interoperability is established between other CDPH programs, state departments, Federal programs, and external vendor Software as a Service (SaaS) service and in-cloud platform providers. The ITS II performs duties within the Software Engineering, System Engineering, and Business Technology Management 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. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement . Final Filing Date: 9/4/2026 Position Details Job Code # : JC-529475 Position #(s) : 580-151-1414-071 Working Title : Cloud Developer and Database Administrator Classification : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST II

$8,625.00 - $11,557.00 A

New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable. # of Positions : 1 Work Location : Sacramento County Telework : Hybrid Job Type : Permanent, Full Time #J-18808-Ljbffr California Department of Public Health