Career Opportunity

IS Project Director - ITS - SFPUC (1070) 134201

Recruitment: RTF0134200-01154142

Published: April 20, 2023

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About:

• Application Opening: 04/20/2023
• Application Filing Deadline: 05/04/2023
• Annual Salary: $150,124 to $203,372 Annually 
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0134200-01154142 (TEX-1070-134201)

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt (TEX): This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

WHO ARE WE?
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care.

Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness.

We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality.

To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc

Role description

Project: Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Service Portfolio Management

Under general direction, of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) the 1070 IS Project Director will act as the primary Program & Project Manager representing ITS to review/update our Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity plan, as well as manage associated projects. This role manages the design, implementation, and communication of business continuance and disaster recovery plans and processes that ensure the security and integrity of SFPUC data, databases, information systems, and technology. The work will include collaborating with ITS, Vendors, the Department of Technology and SFPUC Enterprises and Bureaus to review/update the ITS Applications, Services, and Project Portfolio information to ensure alignment with our Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plan.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acting as the Office of the CIO representative with the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling, documentation, and closure of ITS Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity related projects. 
• Apply in depth project management skills to oversee several simultaneous projects related to creating a Disaster Recovery /Business Continuity (DR/BC) plan for critical ITS systems.
• Be able to technically consume and understand the ITS Services and Application portfolio to ensure a DR/BC plan can be created and prioritized across the agency.
• Act as a liaison to ensure all plans are in alignment with the SFPUC Business Owners, Technical Teams and the ITS Cybersecurity Office.
• Work with the various groups in SFPUC to ensure a business impact analysis (BIA) is completed as requested by the Department of Technology to understand the consequences of disruption of a business function and develop recovery strategies.
• Interfaces with vendors and service providers to help establish a repeatable process on contracts, statements of work and BC/DR plans for outsourced services and systems to ensure cohesiveness and contractual compliance.
• Design and conduct exercises to assure business team strategies and plans can be executed as designed and to train teams in the execution of those strategies to assure roles, responsibilities and plans are clearly understood.
• Develops and administers awareness and training in support of the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Program.
• Manage small and large scope walk-through and simulation-type disaster recovery exercises leading multi-discipline groups of employees, consultants, and vendors to ensure resiliency against disasters and drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure the retirement of DR capabilities at end of service.
• Actively monitor, track, and manage project tasks, timelines, deliverables, and overall quality of project activities.
• Manage communications and messaging to upper management and enterprises.
• Performs related task and responsibilities as assigned.

Location

525 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

How to qualify

Education:

An associate degree in computer science or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units [i.e., at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in computer science or a closely-related field].

Experience:

Seven (7) years of experience in system administration, information systems development, maintenance and support, or information technology project management, including two (2) years of supervisory experience

Substitution:

Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years). One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester units / forty-five (45) quarter units with a minimum of 10 semester / 15 quarter units in computer science or a closely related field.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Verification of Education and Experience:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

What else should I know?

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Yvane Mirabueno, by email at YMirabueno@sfwater.org.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.