The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) is seeking an Assistant Chief of Information Technology.  This position will report to the Deputy Chief of Administration & Support Bureau, the Assistant Chief of Information Technology is responsible for functioning as OCFA’s Chief Technology Officer in support of one of the largest and most innovative fire service agencies in California. This vital position oversees Information Technology services provided at OCFA Headquarters, 78 fire stations, Emergency Command Center, and other facilities and infrastructure that support mission critical services with a team of 47 Information Technology professional staff. 

The Assistant Chief of Information Technology will serve as a member of the Executive Management Team in establishing strategic goals, service level priorities, department policies and procedures; develops, reviews, and administers department operational and capital improvement project budgets and approves major operating expenditures within the department’s budget; organization development plans advising the Board of Directors and executive management on Information Technology governance, system integration, infrastructure oversight, system maintenance, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, risk assessment, cybersecurity and data privacy; attends and makes presentations at Board of Directors meetings, committee and staff meetings, interfaces with elected and appointed officials, city and county counterparts, and other parties on behalf of the Authority.