Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director- Information Security (Exempt)

Job Description:

Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director- Information Security (Exempt)

Description

The Position

Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director- Information Security (Exempt)

Why Contra Costa Health?

Contra Costa County was incorporated in 1850 as one of the original 27 counties of the State of California. It is one of nine counties in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area and covers approximately 733 square miles extending from the northeastern shore of San Francisco Bay easterly about 50 miles to San Joaquin County. The County has one of the State’s most heterogeneous populations, rich in ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity. With a current population more than 1.1 million, Contra Costa County is the ninth most populous county in California. Selected candidates should expect to work out of CCHS facilities in Martinez or Concord.

Contra Costa Health includes a Health Plan, Public Health, Hazardous Materials, Environmental Health, Housing Homeless and Health, a Regional Medical Center, Behavioral Health, Emergency Management Services, and a full complement of ambulatory care sites including school-based services.

Contra Costa County Health (CCH) has an opening for 1 full-time Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Information Security assigned primarily to the CCH Information Technology Unit and is located in Martinez, CA or Concord, CA.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is articulate, both verbally and in writing, and communicates clearly and professionally with staff, providers and vendor community and works well in a team.
• Shows initiative and follow-through.
• Effectively analyzes and prioritizes situations as they arise during the day, responding to urgent requests in a timely manner in an atmosphere with competing demands.
• Acknowledges and respects cultural and linguistic differences of diverse populations.
• Excels at troubleshooting.

What you will typically be responsible for:

• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide security programs.
• Understand and quantify risk of current and proposed technology infrastructure to leadership.
• Work in collaboration with larger County Information Security to leverage various assets to provide effective information security
• Identify, report and control incidents.
• Evaluate and monitor the threat landscape for the CCH IT and take preventative measures.
• Understand Information Security landscape and help guide CCH strategy and make recommendations to CCH CIO.
• Lead auditing and compliance issues for CCH IT.
• Oversee and be accountable to infrastructure that can provide information requested for CCH investigations is provided to requestors and the data provided is secured.
• Manage security staff.

A few reasons you might love this job:

• Your work will impact the lives, health and wellbeing of all residents (with a focus on the diverse marginalized communities and businesses in Contra Costa County.
• Offices are in the central part of the County.
• The team is full of people passionate about their jobs, constantly innovating and joyful collaborators.

A few challenges you might face in this job:

• You may have to work under pressure and need to deliver resolutions in tight timeframes.
• Frequent interruptions and changing priorities.
• Working independently on project work, as well as mentoring junior staff is required.
• Participation in after-hours on-call rotations.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting, healthcare or business administration, computer science, information security, management information systems, or a closely related field.

Experience: Five (5) or more years of full time, progressively responsible managerial or technical leadership experience in the information technology (IT) field concentrated on information security or risk assessments and management, or network security, including two (2) years providing technical consultation to a healthcare information systems environment in a large, complex, information technology organization, and two (2) years in a supervisory position

Substitution for Experience: Possession of a master’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in healthcare or business administration, computer science, management information systems or a closely related field may be substituted for two (2) years of the required experience. No substitution for the required two (2) years of supervisory experience.

Substitution for Education: Possession of a current CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CISM (Certified Information Systems Manager), or GSLC (GIAC Security Leadership Certification) certification may substitute for required education.

Selection Process

Application Filing: Interested individuals should submit an online application and provide all required documentation to be considered.

Those candidates deemed most qualified will be invited to interview.

This position is exempted from the merit system and will not follow regular County recruitment and selection procedures. Not all applicants will be invited to participate in the evaluation and interview process.

To find more information on Benefits offered by Contra Costa County, please go to https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/1343/Employee-Benefits

Closing Date/Time: 12/5/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Salary:

$176,696.32 - $214,775.47 Annually