Information Technology Specialist

The Hawaii State Judiciary invites qualified persons to apply for a Full-Time, Permanent, Exempt CJRI Information Technology Specialist position for the Criminal Justice Research Institute located in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Criminal Justice Research Institute (CJRI) is administratively attached to the Office of the Chief Justice. The Institute’s focus is to examine all aspects of the criminal justice system for the purpose of assisting the State in understanding the system in a more comprehensive way and ensuring the protection of individual rights, increasing efficiencies and controlling costs. To accomplish this goal, the Institute will examine all areas of the criminal justice system, including police, prosecutors, defense counsel, courts, pretrial services, probation and parole and will also examine the manner in which related areas, including mental health services and drug treatment services, intersect with the criminal justice system.

The Information Technology (IT) Specialist is assigned moderately complex IT work. The work is primarily in the support of CJRI applications, with a secondary role in support of the Information Technology and Systems Department (ITSD) applications support area. The IT specialist may work alone, with customers or in teams of other specialists and consultants. Moderate judgment is required and moderate supervision is provided.

The IT Specialist will use a mix of forms and screen generation tools; report builders; and software tools to work on middleware; database management systems; applications, database and file servers; and operating systems.

• Ability to systematically approach and resolve complex problems through research, analysis and evaluation of various alternatives. Ability to clearly present highly complex ideas in both oral and written communications.
• Ability to work well with others, interacting as a team member and building consensus. Ability to multi-task while preserving good organizational skills. Ability to act with a sense of urgency while providing outstanding customer service. Possesses a work ethic that balances integrity and accountability with adaptability and resourcefulness.
• Knowledge and experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) in an Oracle Environment.
• Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office applications, web-based application environments, and relational databases.
• Knowledge and experience in a database query language that sufficiently allows re-training in other query languages with minimal effort.
• Knowledge and experience in a computer programming language that sufficiently allows re-training in other programming languages with minimal effort.

• Knowledge and experience with Business Intelligence tools such as Crystal Reports.
• Knowledge and experience with Python programming.

The starting salary is $5,107/monthly or $61,284/annually, effective July 1, 2026.

• up to 13 paid holidays each year.
• up to 21 vacation leave days per year.
• up to 21 sick leave days per year.
• Reasonable time off with pay for jury duty, bereavement leave, and certain military duty.
• Membership in the state retirement system.
• Employer/Employee shared premium contributions for enrollment in the state sponsored health coverage.
• Free life insurance policy for employees.
• Deferred compensation supplemental retirement savings plan.

The position may be required to work outside of normal scheduled work hours, including weekends, days off, nights, etc., and be scheduled to work variable work hours to support a 24 hour, 7 days, 365 a year operation on short notice. The position may be required to travel to other offices on Oʻahu and on the neighbor islands.

Applicants must be citizens, lawful permanent residents (resident aliens) or nationals of the United States, or non-citizens with unrestricted employment authorization from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. All applicants shall become residents of the State within thirty (30) days after beginning their employment and as a condition of eligibility for continued employment.

The selected candidate will serve in an exempt (non-civil service) appointment which is excluded from the requirements of selection by merit competition and from civil service status. Exempt (non-civil service) appointments are considered at-will, which means that the hiring authority may terminate the employment relationship at any time.

The appointment of the selected candidate will be pending a background check and other pre-employment clearances.

THE HAWAII STATE JUDICIARY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER