Senior Cybersecurity Manager

Speridian Technologies is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Manager / Coach  for our State of California client, the Department of Health Care Services, Behavioral Health.

This person will be part of a long-term, fully budgeted, state-of-the-art, extremely vast IT modernization project working with a variety of cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

This is a remote role, however, there will be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year.  Candidates are expected to work business hours, Monday-Friday Pacific time zone(PST).  All candidates must be based in and work from the US.  Join DHCS’s Behavioral Health Transformation :

• Where Purpose Meets Innovation Location :  Remote / Hybrid Department :  Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) Commitment :  Full-Time Consultant (W2 employee of Speridian or 1099 / IC for Speridian)  Why DHCS?
• We work  within  government,  for  government, to deliver outcomes that matter to the citizens of California – but we don’t work  like  government.
• We are value-driven, agile in practice and philosophy, constantly innovating and improving our processes and tech stack, and committed to self-governing teams within a matrixed leadership structure.   We are passionate about solution delivery as a principle, entailing greater transparency and accountability for what is being delivered, decreasing risks faster, delivering organizational value sooner, and maximizing the flexibility and responsiveness of digital solutions to our customers' evolving business needs.   We serve the California Department of Health Care Services, which provides equitable access to quality health care for a third of Californians, leading to a healthy California for all.
• Right now, we are focused on transforming the delivery of behavioral health care delivery in California, including reducing suicide, drug overdoses, and the types of mental health and addiction crises that result in people living in tents on the streets where we live, too.
• We take this work very seriously, and we take team camaraderie and enjoying working with each other very seriously.
• We’re looking for innovators who are passionate about purposeful work and excited by the opportunity to drive lasting change through innovative solutions.
• Our Core Values (Achieve Together, Be Curious, Elevate Yourself, and Deliver Value) We  achieve together  by championing a team-oriented workplace built on mutual respect, collaboration, and open communication.   We encourage individuals and teams to constantly  be curious  and seek a deeper understanding and fresh ideas that drive innovation and meaningful change We provide a supportive workplace where you can  elevate yourself  and achieve personal growth through continuous learning, focused effort, and perseverance We  deliver value  as part of every action we take to serve California’s citizens We’re honest about the challenges—state government is bureaucratic, and we can't match most tech salaries.

But here’s what we can offer :

Responsibilities & Outcomes 1.  Security Strategy & Architecture Drive enterprise security strategy across security engineering, SecOps, and compliance domains Design and oversee security architecture for cloud-native and hybrid environments Champion shift-left security practices including secure coding, threat modeling, and DevSecOps Make critical trade-off decisions balancing security controls, operational efficiency, and delivery timelines         Outcome :