Infrastructure Protection Program Manager; Project​/EMPS

Infrastructure Protection Program Manager (Project / EMPS4)

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The Energy Division (Energy) catalyzes the transition to a clean and just energy future.

This position works within the direction of the Energy Resilience and Emergency Management Director to provide expert-level energy infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, physical security, response coordination, planning, training, and exercises. This individual will be responsible for implementing the Energy Emergency Management Office strategic plan and State Energy Security Plan. Additionally, this position conducts outreach work with federal partners, neighboring states, state agencies, tribal governments, local jurisdictions, and the private sector to coordinate the assessing, measuring, planning, and reporting of energy infrastructure protection capabilities and additional needed resources.

This role fosters collaborative relationships with public and private sector partners to enhance and improve infrastructure protection and energy security statewide.

This position will operate as the primary subject matter expert for infrastructure protection including but not limited to cyber and physical security during emergency coordination activities that could impact all energy sectors.

This position is a Project Position that has funding through May 2, 2027. The position duration may be extended as funding allows.

Energy Infrastructure Protection, Energy Cyber and Physical Security Planning and Response Coordination:

• Administers, establishes, and facilitates statewide work groups to address energy infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, physical security, critical energy infrastructure information data governance.
• Coordinate with local, state, and federal partners, internal and external committees, and the state’s energy sector owners/operators to share current and emerging technology, risks, threats, vulnerabilities, standards, and other relevant industry information in order to support our state’s energy sector critical infrastructure owners/operators and the state’s energy transition
• Administer the state’s energy cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection plan
• Conducts outreach and education efforts on the state's energy cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection with statewide critical infrastructure, private industry, and state, local, and tribal governments to support prevention, preparedness, mitigation, and restoration activities.
• Develop and maintain data handling plans, procedures, and training for all critical energy infrastructure information (CEII) and any other energy critical infrastructure data in coordination with the appropriate partners.
• Develop, facilitate, participate in and or support energy sector exercises and trainings with federal, state, local, tribal, and energy sector partners for cybersecurity, physical security, and other technological hazards.
• Develop and maintain a process and modeling that allows for…