Remote IT Strategy & Team Lead

Washington State Department of Transportation; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Washington State Department of Transportation in Olympia, WA seeks a senior IT program/engineering leader to build and guide the WA Cares technology team. You will shape the team's roadmap, establish IT processes, and provide leadership to move multiple technology projects forward.

In this role you’ll hire and mentor staff, partner with IT leadership, manage vendor engagements, and ensure delivery aligns with WA Cares objectives while complying with state policies and procurement rules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field and eight years of IT management experience in planning, analyzing, consulting, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, hardware, telecommunications, network infrastructure equipment, directing projects, providing customer or technical support and administering or supervising staff who performed work in any of these information technology disciplines
• Associates degree in information technology or related field and ten years of IT management experience in planning, analyzing, consulting, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, hardware, telecommunications, network infrastructure equipment, directing projects, providing customer or technical support and administering or supervising staff who performed work in any of these information technology disciplines
• Twelve years of IT management experience in planning, analyzing, consulting, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, hardware, telecommunications, network infrastructure equipment, directing projects, providing customer or technical support and administering or supervising staff who performed work in any of these information technology disciplines

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the WA Cares technology team, hiring remaining staff and holding regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports.
• Help develop the technology roadmap and guide delivery against current and upcoming commitments.
• Review and approve technical proposals, processes, and procedures.
• Monitor system health and the quality of code and configurations produced by the team.
• Participate in daily and weekly Scrum ceremonies and regular technology, development, and IT leadership meetings.
• Track and approve technology licensing and contracting costs and plan for upcoming budget cycles.
• Manage relationships with technology vendors.
• Work with IT leadership on project proposals, including upcoming AI initiatives and other WA Cares technology projects.

Skills

Salesforce

AWS Cloud

Azure Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field

Associate degree in information technology or related field

Twelve years IT management experience

Tools

Salesforce Apex

Lightning Web Components (LWC)

Job description

Washington State Department of Transportation in Olympia, WA seeks a senior IT program/engineering leader to build and guide the WA Cares technology team. You will shape the team's roadmap, establish IT processes, and provide leadership to move multiple technology projects forward.

In this role you’ll hire and mentor staff, partner with IT leadership, manage vendor engagements, and ensure delivery aligns with WA Cares objectives while complying with state policies and procurement rules.