Biometric Program Administrator

biometric program administrator

(crime lab manager)

the orange county sheriff's department will be accepting applications and required supplemental information beginning wednesday, february 4, 2026 on a continuous basis until the needs of the department are met. Please be advised that this recruitment may close at any time without notice.

salary may be negotiable within the range listed above, based on position requirements and successful candidate's qualifications, subject to appropriate authorization.

this recruitment is being held to establish an open eligible list to fill a vacancy in this class until the next recruitment. This list may be utilized to fill similar and/or lower-level classifications.

the orange county sheriff’s department is among the largest in the nation, providing exemplary law enforcement services focused on a collaborative, dedicated and innovative approach to public safety.

the more than 3,800 sworn and professional staff, along with more than 800 reserve personnel, are committed to serving the needs of orange county by embodying the sheriff’s department core values:

• integrity without compromise
• service before self
• professionalism in the performance of duty
• vigilance in safeguarding our community

the department consists of six organizational commands comprised of 23 divisions. Together, these commands and divisions provide services including land, air and sea-based patrol, custody operations, investigative services, emergency management, coroner services, forensics and specialty operations, among an extensive list of other public safety services.

the orange county crime laboratory (occl) applies sound scientific principles to the collection, evaluation and interpretation of physical evidence to support the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases in orange county. There are five laboratory bureaus in the occl:

the criminalistics bureau provides trace evidence analysis of fire debris; firearms examinations and comparisons; and the analysis of drugs of abuse.

the dna bureau analyzes biological material recovered in sexual assault, homicide and high volume crime cases for dna to identify suspects in those cases, and analyzes dna related to the re-investigation of past unsolved homicide and sexual assault cases.

the forensic chemistry bureau contains the breath and blood forensic alcohol programs and the toxicology unit where criminal and coroner samples are analyzed for drugs and poisons.

the identification bureau provides crime scene investigation (csi) services, photo lab services, scene and evidence processing to recover latent fingerprints, and latent fingerprint, and impression evidence comparisons.

the cal-u administers the automated fingerprint identification systems to speed the identification of new arrestees and to link crime scene latent fingerprints with known criminals.

for oc crime lab website

the biometric program administrator (crime lab manager) in the oc crime lab will report to the cal-u’s senior crime lab manager, and will have the primary role of administering the county’s law enforcement face recognition program. The incumbent may supervise one information technologist ii and one biometric identification specialist iii. The incumbent will be a part of the overall biometric program and may have responsibilities related to the fingerprint, palmprint, mug photo, livescan, and mobile  of the program.

the incumbent will be responsible for the following:

• manage authorized user access to the system – evaluate, approve, assign, monitor, delete user access accordingly
• develop, collaborate, publish, enforce system and operational policies and procedures
• develop, schedule, execute, evaluate, maintain system performance checks
• develop and execute comprehensive program audits, enforce compliance with applicable standards, policies, and procedures
• collaborate and communicate with stakeholders on system performance, features, functionality
• work with system contractors on system issues, issue tracking, issue resolution, system updates, system fixes

the position will also create training documents,…