CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER

Job Description:

CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER

Description

job description

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Information Technology Bureau is seeking a Cyber Information Security Officer (CISO) who will directly report to the Commanding Officer of the Information Technology Bureau. The CISO will be responsible for overseeing the development and advancement of the Department’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Operations. This includes managing various cybersecurity programs such as vulnerability management, security operations, cybersecurity awareness, vendor management, and disaster recovery/business continuity.

The CISO will play a key role in implementing Information Technology (IT) governance within the Department. This will involve establishing IT security policies and the integration of the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. The CISO will oversee security operations to ensure that critical systems are properly secured and supported, including the existence and testing of incident response playbooks as well as business continuity and disaster recovery plans. The CISO will ensure every security control allocated in the Department’s budget is linked to specific IT risks and is designed to mitigate those risks. Additionally, the CISO will oversee the design, development, implementation, operations, and maintenance of information security programs to safeguard information, assets, and technology.

How to apply

All interested candidates should submit a Departmental Application and resume. The application and resume must be scanned as a single .pdf file and e-mailed to Civilian Employment Section at CES@LAPD.online . The subject line of the e-mail should read "Cyber Information Security Officer - Information Technology Bureau.”

This position will close once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Only the most qualified applicants will be invited to interview. Please note that a resume and application review will be conducted. Submission of an application packet does not guarantee an interview.

exempt employment

If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.

Closing Date/Time: 9/9/25