The IT Manager I - Application Engineering position oversees the planning, organization, and development of the application engineering unit of the Office of Information Technology. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Microsoft enterprise technologies and a proven ability to guide teams through the full lifecycle of complex application ecosystems.
Requirements
- Lead, mentor, and develop software engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee the end-to-end development lifecycle for custom applications and integrations, from ideation, requirements analysis and architecture through deployment and ongoing support.
- Architect scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions primarily using Microsoft technologies (Azure,.NET, SQL Server, Power Platform, GitHub CI/CD pipelines).
- Provide technical oversight and direction for projects involving integrations with platforms such as Salesforce, Tyler Odyssey, Oracle systems, and Drupal CMS.
- Drive modernization efforts, including cloud adoption, platform upgrades, and legacy system remediation.
- Manage and optimize system integrations between Microsoft stack applications and external platforms via APIs, middleware, messaging systems, and ETL pipelines.
- Ensure development teams follow best practices for code quality, security, testing, and documentation.
- Oversee reliable operations for production systems (incident, problem, and change management), monitoring, on-call processes, and root cause analysis.
- Partner with business stakeholders and internal IT teams to define technical requirements, delivery timelines, and resource plans.
- Allocate resources, balance workloads, and oversee capacity planning across concurrent projects and operational commitments.
- Oversee vendor partnerships and external development teams when applicable. Help create and negotiate SOWs, align on deliverables, and hold vendors to SLAs/OLAs and quality standards.
- Monitor system performance, reliability, and compliance with State Bar policies and industry standards.
- Actively participate in developing and managing budgets for projects, operational spend, cloud costs, and vendor contracts; forecast and balance build vs. buy decisions.
- Optimize licensing and total cost of ownership; drive efficiencies via automation, consolidation, and cloud adoption.
- Work with IT leadership and business partners to help develop and meet strategic and technology initiatives.
- Review standard operating procedures (SOP) and recommend improvements to upper management.
- Stay abreast of and adapt relevant changes in trends and practices of technologies, processes and practices.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
