[Hiring] Digital Service Expert (Technical Lead) @State of Colorado

Role Description

This position is term limited with an anticipated end date of approximately three years from the date of hire. This position is eligible for State employee benefits and may be extended as the situation warrants.

Colorado Digital Service (CDS) is a team within the Governor’s Office of Information Technology, and our team partners with state agencies to deliver digital services that put Coloradans first. As a Digital Service Expert (Technical Lead) focused on engineering, you will join short-term, high-impact engagements to tackle complex public service challenges.

You will be focused on applying strong engineering fundamentals and creativity to solve technical challenges and engage with stakeholders across our partner state agencies to improve products and services that are essential for Coloradans.

You are an adaptable, senior generalist who moves easily between zoomed-out service strategy and hands-on engineering strategy and craft. In this role, you will:

• Navigate complex policy, compliance, and technical constraints to arrive at the best technical decisions and solutions that address user needs.
• Advocate for modern software engineering practices and create momentum across various aspects of software development, such as security, DevSecOps, and automated testing.
• Build trust and alignment with stakeholders from our partner state agencies.
• Collaborate deeply with other technologists, including product managers, service designers, and other engineers.
• Model good engineering practices with partner agencies, empowering them to hold delivery teams accountable to quality standards.

Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience developing software in complex environments.
• Documented proficiency in working collaboratively with teams across the software development life cycle.

Requirements

• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

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Company Description

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment.