Jobs at Galveston County

Designs, develops, supports, and troubleshoots enterprise integrations, APIs, interfaces, and automated data exchanges across County and third-party systems. The role uses integration platforms, REST and SOAP services, databases, structured data formats, monitoring, logging, security controls, and error recovery. Responsibilities include translating requirements into reliable solutions, supporting implementations and migrations, documenting data flows, resolving complex integration failures, and collaborating with application owners, vendors, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and project teams.

Performs grant accounting for Galveston County, including journal entries, reconciliations, budget tracking, financial reporting, reimbursement requests, expenditure monitoring, audit support, recordkeeping, process improvements, and grant closeouts. Ensures compliance with grant requirements, regulations, accounting standards, and county policies while supporting annual financial reporting.

Supervises and cares for juveniles in county justice programs, maintaining safety, security, discipline, and accountability. Provides mentorship, crisis intervention, behavioral redirection, orientation, and therapeutic or recreational activities. Prepares daily reports, supports school personnel, conducts fitness or close-order drills, and may physically restrain juveniles when necessary. Requires strong judgment, empathy, communication skills, physical capability, and the ability to work with emotionally disturbed or violent youth.

Engineer, implement, secure, and maintain the county’s enterprise network and communications infrastructure. Responsibilities include Cisco data center fabrics, LAN/WAN, wireless, SD-WAN, firewalls, VPN, routing, VoIP, carrier connectivity, structured cabling, network documentation, performance analysis, troubleshooting, disaster recovery, and vendor coordination. The role also supports telecommunications systems, infrastructure budgeting, regulatory compliance, and business continuity.

Provides advanced technical and functional support for enterprise and departmental applications. Responsibilities include application administration, configuration, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, integrations, APIs, reporting, database analysis, implementations, upgrades, testing, documentation, vendor coordination, and business process analysis. The role translates operational requirements into technical solutions, supports application lifecycle activities, guides IT staff, and ensures compliance with change management, cybersecurity, testing, and governance standards.

Administers, configures, supports, and improves the County’s Workday ERP environment across HCM, finance, procurement, payroll, reporting, security, and integrations. Analyzes business requirements, resolves complex issues, manages enhancements and releases, develops reports and documentation, supports testing and data exchanges, coordinates with vendors, and provides technical guidance to staff and users.

Supervises county park maintenance and operations, including staff scheduling, work assignments, grounds and facility maintenance, inspections, contractor monitoring, inventory ordering, and pesticide or herbicide applications. Performs general grounds maintenance as needed and ensures work quality and safety standards. The role operates primarily outdoors and requires a valid driver’s license and Texas pesticide license within six months.

Supervise adult offenders to ensure compliance with court orders and promote community safety. Responsibilities include offender intake, investigations, assessments, supervision plans, community referrals, case documentation, court preparation, violation response, field contacts, reporting, and coordination with courts and agencies. The role requires annual professional training, communication skills, sound judgment, sensitivity in high-tension situations, community travel, and successful completion of a criminal background check.

Investigates detainees’ finances, interviews inmates and arrestees, evaluates eligibility for pretrial release, reviews court-set bond amounts, prepares and verifies bond documents, tracks qualifying misdemeanor inmates unable to pay fees, and responds to release-related inquiries.

Performs accounting activities including fund monitoring, account analysis, journal entries, bank reconciliations, budget-versus-actual analysis, and general ledger reviews. Supports inventory and fuel usage reporting, ensures compliance with governmental accounting standards, assists with the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, and communicates with county departments and external customers.

Prosecute felony vehicular crimes (e.g., intoxication manslaughter, assault with a deadly weapon), supervise and train subordinate prosecutors, coordinate with law enforcement, interview victims and witnesses, negotiate pleas, prepare contested matters and jury trials, and represent the State in District and County Courts.

Represent the State of Texas in felony criminal proceedings in Galveston County. Evaluate cases, interview victims and witnesses, consult with law enforcement, negotiate with defense, prepare contested matters including jury trials, present evidence, and develop advocacy skills through mentoring and training.

Manage and oversee the county's business application environment, lead application lifecycle activities, supervise technical staff, coordinate integrations and vendors, ensure security/compliance, and drive modernization and support processes across departments.

Lead configuration, integration, tuning, and optimization of enterprise security platforms across endpoint, network, email, cloud, and identity. Perform advanced incident analysis and containment, drive post-incident hardening, manage telemetry/logging and vulnerability scanning, support penetration testing, recommend platform improvements, maintain security architecture documentation, and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Protect County sites, data centers, and infrastructure by administering physical and cyber security technologies, performing audits and risk assessments, supporting incident remediation, ensuring CJIS/FIPS compliance, testing network controls, and delivering end-user security training.

Prosecute misdemeanor (Class A and B) cases: prepare trials, interview witnesses, gather evidence, draft motions and complaints, represent the state in court, negotiate dispositions, handle probation revocations, and advise law enforcement. Maintain case files and coordinate with supervision officers.

The Microsoft 365 Administrator designs and manages Microsoft 365 environments, administers collaboration applications, implements security measures, and provides support for enterprise needs.

Performs park maintenance and facility upkeep, including trash pickup, cleaning restrooms, grills, playgrounds, and indoor floors. Assists patrons with reservations and manages check-in/check-out for rental facilities. Works outdoors and performs related duties as assigned.