IDAM Engineer

This position offers an exciting opportunity to participate in delivering a new Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) with Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS), a unique collaboration involving the California Health and Human Services Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (CalHHS OTSI), the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), and California’s Counties and Tribes.

Passion for cutting edge technology? Join this state agency project that aligns IT skills with a mission that makes meaningful contributions to underserved and at-risk youth within the California Child Welfare System. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a child welfare information system that responds to users’ needs while maintaining the best standards for security and data integrity. The Security team is diverse, highly skilled, and very welcoming. Daily tasks provide opportunities for growing your skills and experience. CWDS culture is collaborative and offers opportunities to learn new technology and software while working with other IT professionals. Through best-in-class IT and data strategy and solutions, CWDS stakeholders assure the safety, permanency, and well-being of children at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Project contributors find the work both personally fulfilling and a stable environment with excellent benefits

Under the general direction of the Information Technology Manager I, the IDAM Specialist II will serve as the Primary Subject Matter Expert and Lead Engineer for the CWS-CARES System’s Identity and Access Management (IDAM) solution. The incumbent will be responsible for designing and maintaining a secure, seamless identity framework for a complex cloud-based system serving a large user base from across multiple organizations and community users from across the state. The ITS II ensures that all identity solutions are architect for high availability and strict compliance with the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) regulations, California State Administrative Manual (SAM), Statewide Information Management Manual (SIMM), NIST SP 800-53 rev 5, CWS-CARES System Security Plan and other pertinent federal mandates.

**The salary for this position will be the base of the classification if candidates are not currently employed by the state. This does not include additional forms of compensation such as benefits and retirement. Hiring above minimums are not available for the IT Classification Series.**