Developer II (ECS) - OIT Transparency Posting (Remote From Anywhere In CO)

State of Colorado; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Colorado’s Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is seeking a Developer II (ECS) to build, modernize, and maintain secure software solutions for state agencies. You will create reliable applications, streamline HR/payroll workflows, and maintain integrations to deliver efficient digital services across Colorado’s government.

The role emphasizes complex solution engineering, secure data transport, and cross‑agency automation, with a focus on transforming legacy processes into

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in a related occupation.
• Substitutions allow education or certifications to substitute for experience.
• Experience designing and building high‑complexity enterprise platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Architect high‑complexity enterprise systems and secure data transport.
• Conduct frontend evaluations, feasibility analyses, and solution scoping for platform enhancements.
• Architect multi‑tier applications and document pipelines for HR/payroll processes.
• Modernize legacy processes into standardized digital workflows and secure file transfers.
• Lead production incidents and remediation to minimize downtime.
• Engage with agency leadership to gather requirements and advise on engineering solutions.

Skills

Enterprise platforms

HTML/JavaScript

Technical leadership

Tools

SFTP

Job description

Together, we innovate for a stronger Colorado

The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

Watch this video to learn more about how we’re Serving People. Serving Colorado.

Transparency Posting: This position is intended for and will be filled with an existing resource. This posting is for notification purposes only under the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please review your application to ensure completion. For the most equitable applicant experience, OIT’s hiring team considers only the contents of your application to review your qualifications. Please do not include any attachments (such as resume or cover letter) with your application as these items are not used by OIT’s hiring team.

As a Developer II (ECS) with the Office of Information Technology (OIT), you will build, modernize, and maintain secure software solutions and automated workflows to help state agencies serve Coloradans efficiently. In this role, you will create reliable custom applications, streamline business processes, and maintain system integrations to deliver seamless, high-performing digital services across state government.

Essential Functions:

Enterprise Solution Architecture & Software Engineering

• Complex Solution Engineering: Architect high-complexity enterprise systems, such as the Electronic Requisition (eReq) platform, utilizing custom WorkView applications, HTML/JavaScript, backend workflows, and dynamic Unity forms. Outcomes: Delivers reliable, end-to-end digital purchasing tools that reduce processing delays for state agencies.
• Technical Scoping & Evaluation: Conduct frontend technical evaluations, feasibility analyses, and solution scoping for advanced platform enhancements (e.g., financial logic, retainage updates). Outcomes: Ensures system upgrades are feasible, accurate, and aligned with financial policy standards before development begins.
• Operational & HR Automation: Architect multi-tiered applications and document composition pipelines for critical operations, including 401(k) contributions, SEED pre-approvals, HR awards, payroll payouts, and out-of-state work authorizations. Outcomes: Streamlines employee administrative services to ensure timely and accurate processing of personnel and payroll requests.

Integration Engineering & Legacy Transformation

• Legacy Re-engineering: Modernize manual agency processes into standardized digital workflows for conflict of interest disclosures, travel authorizations, and official requests. Outcomes: Replaces inefficient paper-based systems with clear, trackable, and user-friendly online tools.
• Secure Enterprise Integrations: Design and configure robust integrations and secure client SFTP configurations to ensure automated, secure data transport. Outcomes: Maintains safe, seamless data exchanges between state platforms while safeguarding sensitive information.
• Inter-Agency Workflow Lifecycles: Develop automated, cross-departmental file transfer systems enabling secure, compliant transmission of employee files and administrative documents between state entities. Outcomes: Facilitates fast and compliant record-sharing across state agencies.

Tier-3 Incident Management & System Optimization

• Production Incident Leadership: Serve as primary technical lead for high-priority incidents, production outages, and critical software defect remediation. Outcomes: Minimizes system downtime and quickly restores essential digital services for agency operations.
• Data Maintenance Execution: Oversee large-scale data maintenance and legacy note/document migrations across content management systems. Outcomes: Preserves data integrity and ensures seamless access to historical agency records.
• Technical Stakeholder Engagement: Conduct 1-on-1 technical advisory sessions with agency leadership and end-users to troubleshoot business-critical system issues and gather engineering requirements. Outcomes: Builds strong partnerships with agency partners while ensuring software solutions effectively meet user needs.

Transparency Posting: This position is intended for and will be filled with an existing resource. This posting is for notification purposes only under the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis.

Minimum Qualifications:

A minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.

Substitutions:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience designing and building high-complexity enterprise platforms (such as custom WorkView applications, dynamic forms, and automated document composition pipelines) using technologies like HTML, JavaScript, and backend workflows.
• Proven background in successfully transforming manual or legacy paper-based processes into standardized digital workflows, alongside expertise in configuring secure data transports (such as SFTP and cross-departmental file transfers).
• Extensive experience serving as a technical lead for production outages, high-priority incident resolution, and software defect remediation in a mission-critical enterprise environment.

Conditions of Employment:

OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state agency locations where they might perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. Post-employment background checks will be required for specific agencies as business needs dictate, which may include a polygraph exam, fingerprint-based criminal history search, reference checks, and a drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.

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The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

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, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at [e-mail] or call [phone].

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology does NOT offer sponsored Visas for employment purposes.