You must answer each supplemental question in its entirety and follow all instructions for answering the questions in order to be considered interested/eligible in the position.
Instructions:
Please submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) that responds to the below three questions in the order they are presented. Your SOQ must be no more than two pages in length and formatted using Arial 12-point font, black text, single spacing, and standard margins. Each page must include a footer displaying your full name and the page number. Your responses should be clearly labeled by question number and written in a concise, well-organized manner that highlights your qualifications through relevant experience, accomplishments, and specific examples. The completed SOQ must be submitted in Adobe PDF format.
Questions:
1. Share your experience supervising or leading an information security team. How did you assign work, set priorities, and measure your team's performance?
2. Describe a security incident that you helped manage. How did you identify the problem, coordinate the response, and reduce the risk of a similar incident happening again?
3. Share your experience implementing or maintaining information security policies and standards, such as NIST, California SAM, or SIMM requirements. How did you evaluate compliance and address identified gaps?
Note: Resumes, letters, and other materials will not take the place of the supplemental application.
Communication: Facilitates open exchange of ideas and opinions; actively listens; effectively uses email to communicate with customers and co-workers; makes clear and convincing oral presentations to individuals or groups; informs, persuades, builds consensus; selects and uses appropriate communication approach.
Self-Motivation: Demonstrates a bias toward optimism and maintains sense of humor; views mistakes as opportunities for growth/positive learning experiences.
Flexibility/Adaptability: Readily integrates changes midstream into work processes and outputs; demonstrates openness to new organizational structures, procedures, and technology; shifts gears comfortably.
Teamwork: Facilitates and maintains cooperative working relationships; works toward accomplishment of group goals; values and encourages the input and expertise of others; fosters commitment, team spirit, pride, and trust.
Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies procedures, requirements, policies, and technology; possesses up-to-date knowledge in the profession, and accesses other expert resources when appropriate.
Customer Service Orientation: Maintains cordial, effective professional working relationships with all those contacted during the course of work; readily adjusts priorities in response to changing client needs; balances the interests of a variety of clients; puts in place systems and processes to ensure clients receive high quality information, that their feedback is acted upon, and that their complaints are handled effectively. Develops trust and credibility with the client.
Leadership: Leads by example; communicates and inspires energy and enthusiasm for the work; responds to changing circumstances while remaining committed to the department's vision, mission, values, and goals; facilitates acceptance and implementation of change, even if ambivalent.
Political Acumen: Identifies the internal and external politics that impact the work of the organization; considers a broad range of internal and external factors (big picture) when solving problems and making decisions; in taking action, demonstrates an understanding and consideration of how it will impact stakeholders and affected areas in the organization.
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.
