IT Statewide Administrator 1 (ASP )

• Overseeing the states capital construction program
• Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
• Development of the state budget
• Providing technology services
• Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
• Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

One year of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been at the supervisory level or above:

Eight years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus six years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR

An associates degree in information technology plus six years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR

A bachelors degree plus six years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR

A bachelors degree with twenty-four semester hours in an information technology computer science engineering mathematics or business analytics field plus five years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR

A masters degree plus five years of experience in information technology or administrative services.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any area.

NOTE:
A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at the time of hire or promotion provided the appointment is made from a Certificate of Eligibles.

The official job specifications for this role as defined by the State Civil Service can be found here.

Job Duties:

Enterprise Application Architecture & Standards Governance -
Develops maintains and enforces architecture principles and patterns across all application development and modernization efforts. Leads technical oversight of enterprise application architecture including domain-driven design integration API strategy and reuse of core services. Chairs the architecture review groups and promotes adherence to approved technologies frameworks and design conventions.

Platform Engineering DevOps & Developer Enablement -
Oversees the strategic development operation and continual enhancement of CI/CD pipelines artifact repositories environment provisioning and automated testing. Manages state-hosted and hybrid cloud development platforms including container orchestration PaaS/IaaS environments and infrastructure as code. Drives platform reliability and performance through modern DevOps and SRE principles (observability resiliency autoscaling and rollback strategies). Ensures developers across OTS and agencies have access to secure consistent and performant build environments and toolchains.

Application Design Front-End Architecture & User Experience Standards -
Leads statewide efforts to define and institutionalize user interface/UX design patterns accessibility standards (WCAG/508) and responsive design frameworks. Establishes and maintains shared component libraries and front-end development patterns for use in all modernization projects. Promotes inclusive design thinking and works with delivery teams to ensure software is intuitive and accessible for all users.

Modernization Alignment Strategy & Collaboration -
Partners with project delivery and customer relationship teams to align platform and architecture capabilities with ongoing and future modernization projects. Advises project teams on appropriate design patterns scalability concerns and long-term maintainability of application solutions. Champions an inner-source culture encouraging cross-agency and cross-team reuse of code patterns and platform capabilities.

Other Duties as Required -

Supports the CIO and other key positions in statewide IT strategic planning technology investment oversight and cross-agency technical initiatives. May represent the State on intergovernmental architecture and DevOps working groups public-private forums or national technology consortiums.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type:This vacancy will be filled by either a new hire or the promotion of a current permanent-status classified employee.

Career Progression: This position does not participate in a career progression group.

Compensation: Depends on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score isrequired in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy click on the Apply link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e. relevant detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Prior to a new hire a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicants suitability and competence to perform in the position. A criminal history check may be conducted on employees changing positions including promotions demotions details reassignments and transfers. Also prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal governments E-Verify system.

For further information about this posting please contact:
Erica R. Gay
HR Specialist
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
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