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Answer the Call: Become the Voice of Safety - Join Our Belmont Dispatcher Team!

$88,513 - $112,967 Annually 
(additional 3% increase scheduled for January 1, 2025)

Do you have a passion for making a real impact in your community? Do you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment?  Look no further – the Belmont Police Department is on the lookout for a dynamic, tech-savvy individuals to join our team as a Police Dispatcher.

We aren't your average police department.  Nestled in the heart of the San Francisco Peninsula, right next to Silicon Valley, we are at the crossroads of tradition and innovation.  Join a diverse team that embraces changes, values community and takes pride in continuing the Department's long standing "Tradition of Service". 

The Position

Dispatchers play a vital role in the department by answering both emergency and non-emergency calls, dispatching units and providing information and assistance to the community.  Tired of the 9-5, Dispatchers work 12-hour shifts and get four days off every other week. 

Answer the Call: Become the Voice of Safety - Join Our Belmont Dispatcher Team!

$88,513 - 112,967 annually 
(additional 3% increase scheduled for January 1, 2025)

Do you have a passion for making a real impact in your community? Do you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment?  Look no further – the Belmont Police Department is on the lookout for a dynamic, tech-savvy individuals to join our team as a Police Dispatcher.

We aren't your average police department.  Nestled in the heart of the San Francisco Peninsula, right next to Silicon Valley, we are at the crossroads of tradition and innovation.  Join a diverse team that embraces changes, values community and takes pride in continuing the Department's long standing "Tradition of Service". 

The Position

Dispatchers play a vital role in the department by answering both emergency and non-emergency calls, dispatching units and providing information and assistance to the community.  Tired of the 9-5, Dispatchers work 12-hour shifts and get four days off every other week. 

THE OPPORTUNITY

The City of Pacifica is recruiting for an Information Systems and Technology Analyst to join our team. This position will perform a variety of routine and complex duties in support of City-wide information systems, security and technology operations.

The City of Pacifica is a beautiful coastal community, just south of San Francisco with an exciting opportunity. At the City of Pacifica, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. To us, equal opportunity employment is not just about compliance, it’s about who you are, how you can help our City and who you want to be. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and community members. 

If interested, we invite you to explore this opportunity with us. Recruitment will close on October 14, 2024 by 12:00 PM PDT, so apply today!

THE DEPARTMENT

The Information Systems and Technology Division is responsible for the City's network infrastructure, cybersecurity, Help Desk support, and daily IT operations. The division supports a full-service city that includes City Administration, Police, Fire, Planning, Public Works, Parks, Beaches, and Recreation departments.

THE POSITION

This is a full-time, professional level position that requires significant administrative, analytical, and technical skills. This position serves as a technical leader, providing complex analytical support.

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Install, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and monitor physical and virtual network and server infrastructure including hardware, software, real-time monitoring tools, peripherals, and devices ensuring effective performance and proper integration of components and systems with existing architecture; assist in infrastructure changes and upgrades to limit interrupted services.
• Administer automated deployment of software and updates over the network.
• Monitor and maintain security control of City network and server infrastructure; configure and monitor security features and firewall rules; verify and ensure proper user accessibility; identify and address vulnerabilities; research, recommend, and apply security updates as needed.
• Monitor disaster recovery and backup processes and schedules; verify that backups are successful and data can be recovered.
• Ensure database security by preparing access and control policies and procedures and reviewing permissions on a regular basis.
• Install, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and monitor City-wide telecommunications systems including voice and data communications infrastructure and equipment; set up and maintain user accounts, access groups, extensions, and voicemail boxes; troubleshoot system-wide outages.
• Work on systems and infrastructure conversion, installation, and maintenance projects, including planning, organizing, and defining project requirements, methods, and end objectives in consultation with end users; coordinate project activities with IT Manager and IT staff, end users, and vendors.
• Maintain information on scheduled systems maintenance, including upgrades and outages.
• Respond to and resolve users’ inquiries and complaints and escalate problems or issues to vendor representatives as needed.
• Stay abreast of new trends and innovations in technology related to systems, network, server, and telecommunications; research, recommend, and evaluate vendor solutions and technologies; implement improvements upon approval.
• Serve as a Disaster Service Worker, as required.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required and other duties as assigned.

Please refer to the attached job description for additional information.

Are you looking for a career that offers both professional growth and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact? Look no further – the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is actively seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer.

As the Principal Cybersecurity Engineer you will be responsible for the overall security of information assets and technologies through the creation and support of preventative, detective, and corrective controls. Identifies, refines, and analyzes cyber-security data across a wide variety of sources to report against agreed upon key performance indicators measuring the efficacy of these controls. Works closely with IT operations and engineering teams to identify and remediate cyber-security issues and concerns.

The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer may provide technical supervision over other IS Engineers, technical leadership and direction, technical responsibility for completion of major projects, and serves as a technical authority for one or more related specialties. Performs and reviews complex work involving analysis, planning, designing, implementation, maintenance, troubleshooting and enhancement of complex large systems or networks and the physical and logical components that integrate these systems together. Serves as a lead technical architect and systems integrator for large complex systems and networks.

See official job posting for more details. Apply today!

The City of Redwood City Invites Your Applications for:

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS LEAD DISPATCHER

To provide supervision over Public Safety Communications Dispatchers; perform clerical/ administrative duties required in the Communications Center; perform all duties of a Public Safety Communications Dispatcher as necessary; assign training and scheduling for Public Safety Communications Dispatchers and oversee progress; and all related work as assigned by the Public Safety Communications Supervisor.

The City of Redwood City invites you to apply for the position of Communications Lead Dispatcher. 

• Please click on the pdf job announcement file below to review the recruitment information.
• A complete application is required, including a resume.
• Please see special instructions for more information on submitting the application.
• Submit your application online via CalOpps by 11:59 pm on Monday, October 7, 2024
• Applications will be reviewed continuously as they are received

Interested in this promotional opportunity?

Application Process:  Apply online by 10/7/24

The County of San Mateo's Information Services Department (ISD) is seeking a dynamic leader who is distinctly effective in people and operational management within a highly technical information technology environment. Under general direction of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, this individual serves as a senior manager and provides technical and programmatic direction over a functional area of ISD. Additionally, this individual will plan, develop, and implement goals and policies for the assigned area that align with department priorities; direct assigned staff; and provide highly responsible and complex administrative support to the Office of the Chief Information Officer and their management staff.

Please Note: We will be hosting a special Informational Session for this recruitment. Join us for a live conversation with the Assistant Director/Deputy Chief Information Officer, Cathy Vu-Pang, to learn more about this exciting opportunity! Register HERE.

This Division Manager will be responsible for approximately 33 staff across three teams. This division is responsible for all operational support of key technology systems such as: Servers, Storage, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Telephones, and Radios. The Division Manager will ensure that the operational performance metrics are met in each of these areas, that tickets are responded to in a timely fashion, that operational budgets are met, that Service Level Agreements (SLA's) are met, that customer satisfaction is high in each of these areas, and that monthly performance data is maintained and available for each of these areas. The Division Manager will maintain a great work environment for teams to thrive by ensuring staff in these areas are well trained in current and emerging technologies to provide a high level of support to end users. This position requires a very high level of focus and the ability to balance many operational priorities, as each of these areas has critical systems that are supported for end users with many operational service goals to track and meet.

If you are an individual who thrives on making a significant positive impact in the lives of others as part of your profession, we want to talk to you.

The ideal candidate for the position will have:

• 7 or more years of experience working at a senior level in a technology related field providing exceptional support to hyperconverged server, telephony, and radio team environments.
• Proven success working as a team member with other senior managers to provide excellent collaboration/cooperation and exceed operational metrics.
• Expertise in fostering a positive work culture, with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• A keen interest in working with the Office of the CIO to build a strong department through proactive actions, great communication, and a positive attitude towards change.
• Experience implementing and supporting enterprise services, including significant platform change.
• Advanced knowledge of project lifecycles from initiation to operational handoff.
• Knowledge and experience with government procurement and the competitive bid process.
• Strong vendor management skills.
• Excitement about working with internal and external partners.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills is a must.
• This position requires an individual to be extremely organized, have keen attention to detail and the flexibility to work with different aspects of a business.
• Prior experience as director or operations manager.
• Deep understanding of industry trends in the assigned areas and established practice to maintain that knowledge.
• Understanding of federal, state, and local legislation and its impacts to technology.

Examples Of Duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• In collaboration with other divisions and departmental stakeholders, develop long term strategic plans to enhance service offerings.
• Direct staff in providing timely and effective response to incidents and resolve incidents within agreed to metrics.
• Restore normal service; record and fulfill user requests; and record, investigate, diagnose, escalate, and resolve incidents.
• Manage all IT system changes in a controlled manner, including standard changes and emergency maintenance relating to business processes, applications, and infrastructure.
• Guide divisional staff to effectively execute the activities and operational procedures to deliver required IT services, including standard operating procedures and monitoring activities.
• Successfully implement new IT solutions and services in accordance with organization and customer expectations.
• Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate the work of assigned subordinate professional technical and support staff.
• Ensure proactive and cost-effective services and maintain high level of customer services satisfaction.
• Assist in preparing and monitoring division budget and contracts.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices.
• Assume management of another Information Services division when directed.
• Actively mentor subordinate staff as future leaders of the organization.
• Select, train, motivate, and evaluate assigned personnel.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to qualify is three years of professional level experience in information systems which has included one year of administrative or managerial experience. Experience should include a substantial combination of online applications, data communications, computer operations, operating systems, voice communications and services, and large communications systems.

IMPORTANT: Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the "Apply" button. If you are not on the County's website, please go to https://jobs.smcgov.org to apply.

TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE

Final Filing Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PST

Application Screening: Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Informational Session: Thursday, September 19, 2024 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Panel Interviews: Thursday, October 3, 2024

Are you an IT professional who is a strategic thinker, a strong communicator, and has a keen eye for detail?

If so, Help Contribute to the City of East Palo Alto’s IT Vision TODAY!

The City of East Palo Alto is seeking qualified candidates for an

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

MANAGER

Salary: $12,624 - $15,345 Monthly

$151,497 - $184,146 Annually

Plus an attractive benefits package

Onsite/ Monday-Friday 8hr days

Deadline to apply: Friday, September 27, 2024, 11:59 PM

The City of East Palo Alto is seeking a creative, collaborative, and knowledgeable Information Technology (IT) Manager to lead the City’s technology programs. The Information Technology Manager plans, organizes, oversees, coordinates, and reviews the work of staff performing difficult and complex technical support related to all programs and activities of the Information Technology Division. The successful candidate will perform installation, maintenance, and upgrade of the local area network, required hardware and software, infrastructure, personal computers, and communications systems and facilities. The IT Manager will administer short and long-range planning activities. The incumbent will manage the effective use of division resources to improve organizational productivity and customer service. Furthermore, the IT Manager will provide complex and responsible support to the Assistant City Manager in areas of expertise; and perform related duties, as assigned.

This is an open competitive/ promotional recruitment, meaning that it is open to qualified permanent employees and any other applicants who meet the minimum qualifications. Two employment lists will be created for internal promotional and an open list of all other non-current EPA employees.  The department may hire at either the I or the II level depending on the skills, certifications, and qualifications held by the pool of applicants.

For more information about this intriguing opportunity please view the brochure below:

Under the direct supervision of the IT Director, the IT Support Technician II performs more advanced support for the help desk, applications, and technical support for the Peninsula Library System libraries. The position is part of the Peninsula Library System's IT Unit, called the Peninsula Library Automated Network (PLAN).

This position serves as the primary point of contact for the help desk ticketing system, manages Active Directory accounts, provides desktop support, and offers assistance with Office 365 and list-serv operations.

The position serves as the technical lead for library service applications for the member libraries, including RFID software and hardware, automated material handling and sorting systems (AMH), and providing occasional hands-on support for library check-in equipment. They are responsible for coordinating and managing small to large scale projects.

The IT Support Technician II is the journeyman level position in the IT Support Technician series. The IT Support Technician II works under general supervision and performs higher level IT support duties to support libraries and PLAN.

TO VIEW JOB ANNOUNCEMENT, CLICK JOB PDF BELOW.

The Redwood City Fire Department is seeking individuals for the position of Cadet Firefighter. The Cadet Firefighter Program is designed to allow students an opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge of fire department operations. Fire Department Cadets spend a minimum of 48 hours and a maximum of 96 hours per month at the firehouse, participating in calls for service, station duties, and training. Cadets will also be expected to attend department-sponsored community functions outside of their 96-hour monthly commitment. Though the goal is to immerse the cadet into all aspects of fire department life, they are not allowed to participate in situations deemed Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH).

This Fire Cadet position is a non-benefited volunteer position.

The Position
Under general or direct supervision, performs a wide variety of law enforcement duties involving crime prevention and investigation, protection of life and property, and enforcement of laws, codes, and ordinances; performs investigation duties, assists in the preparation of cases and testifies in court; cooperates with other law enforcement agencies and City departments; may provide lead direction for subordinate departmental employees and volunteers; provides information and assistance to the public; and performs related duties as assigned.

Community Oriented Policing
The Foster City Police Department is centered on the philosophy of Community Oriented Policing. There is an expectation that all employees will provide excellent service to the public, every call, every contact, every day. As with all employees, the Police Corporal is expected to make non-enforcement contacts with the public in an effort to more clearly identify the needs of the community, and to assist the public in solving community problems. 

Class Characteristics
This is a lead-level class in the sworn officer series responsible for performing a wide variety of law enforcement tasks in support of a municipal police department. Incumbents perform the full range of duties as assigned, working independently, and exercising judgment and initiative. Positions at this level receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit. This class is distinguished from Police Sergeant in that the latter exercises technical and functional direction over and provides training to lower-level staff on an assigned shift.

Education and Experience
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities
is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Education: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade; successful completion of 30 semester units of college course work at an accredited institution.  An Associate's degree or higher is desirable. The minimum education requirements may be met by the possession of an Intermediate Post Certificate.

Experience: Possession of a POST Basic Certificate at the time of application. 

Licenses and Certifications:

• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License, and a good driving record, to be maintained
  throughout employment.
• Possession of a valid Basic Certificate issued by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). 
• Possession and maintenance of firearms qualification.

To review the full job description, click on the Police Corporal job description. 

Selection Process
Applications will be reviewed for relevant education, experience, training and other job related qualifications. Based upon a review of employment applications and supplemental questionnaires received, a limited number of the qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the examination process. 

The process will consist of four Oral Panel Interview (Technical - weighted 30%; Tactical - weighted 30%; Community - weighted 30%; and Presentation - weighted 10%). An eligibility list will be established from those who pass the examination process with a score of 80% or higher. Current and future vacancies may be filled from this list. The list will remain in effect for at least one year unless exhausted sooner. 

The department will invite the most qualified candidates from the eligibility list to a final department interview. The Police department will make the hiring decision. 

Expected Dates for Examinations (subject to change): 
Oral Panel Interviews: TBD 
Department Interview: TBD 

Note: Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee that a candidate will be invited to participate in the selection process. The City of Foster City reserves the right, at its discretion, to limit the number of qualified candidates invited to the selection process.