Senior Cybersecurity Manager

Job Description

Job Description

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 :

Purpose that matters

Teammates who care deeply

Work-life balance and remote work

We're not just changing systems—we're changing how government works

Overview / Description

Senior Cybersecurity Manager / Coach

Ready to defend California's digital healthcare frontier? Join the Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) as a Senior Cybersecurity Manager, where you'll lead the security transformation protecting sensitive healthcare data for 14 million Californians against nation-state actors and sophisticated cyber threats.

As a Senior Cybersecurity Manager, you'll command a multidisciplinary security force spanning security engineering, SecOps, compliance, and penetration testing. This role transcends traditional security management – you'll architect zero-trust environments, orchestrate threat hunting operations, and build security programs that enable innovation rather than inhibit it. Your strategies will protect billions in healthcare transactions, ensure HIPAA compliance at massive scale, and establish DHCS as a model for government cybersecurity excellence.

DHCS offers the unique challenge of securing healthcare systems with nation-state level threats while maintaining the agility of a tech startup. You'll have comprehensive ownership across the security spectrum, from writing infrastructure-as-code for security controls to briefing executives on risk posture. You'll build a security organization that shifts from reactive compliance to proactive cyber resilience.

We're seeking a security leader who thrives in complexity – someone who can reverse-engineer malware while designing enterprise security architecture, who treats compliance as a baseline not a ceiling, and who believes that government agencies should set the standard for security excellence, not follow it.

Responsibilities & Outcomes

1.  Security Strategy & Architecture

Outcome :   Organizations operate with robust security postures that enable business while managing risk

2.  Business Ownership & Financial Accountability

Outcome :   Security decisions driven by risk-based approach with clear ROI and business alignment

3.  People Management & Development

Outcome :   High-performing teams with strong retention, clear growth paths, and engaged security  professionals

4.  Security Operations & Incident Response

Outcome :   Rapid detection and response to security threats with minimal business impact

5.  Compliance & Risk Management

Outcome :   Continuous compliance with all regulatory requirements and proactive risk management

6.  Security Engineering & Testing

Outcome : Comprehensive security testing coverage with vulnerabilities identified and remediated early

7.  Cross-functional Partnership

Outcome : Security embedded throughout the organization with strong stakeholder alignment

8.  Talent Strategy & Team Building

Outcome : Strong talent pipeline with security professionals growing into senior and leadership roles

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Required Qualifications

Skills : Technical

Business & Financial

Leadership

General

Speridian is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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