Systems Team Leader

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Office of Information Technology

DHHS Application Team

Opening Date: February 05, 2026

Closing Date: February 20, 2026

Job Class Code: 0868
Grade: 29 Supervisory
Salary: $76,079.20 - $*/Annually (
* Includes 14.66% recruitment and retention stipend)
Position Number:

Position Type: Full-Time

Location: Augusta

Telework: Available

Are you a forward-thinking leader who knows how to bring out the best in technical teams? Are you driven to deliver solutions that create value today and remain reliable for the future? Do you see challenges as opportunities, clear the path for success, and strive for continuous improvement? If the above describes you, and you are ready to make an impact, we want you on our team!

The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides information technology support to over 13,000 employees. OIT oversees large scale enterprise applications that support the critical and diverse business needs of the State of Maine and its agencies. OIT is seeking a highly talented individual who can lead technical teams, who maintain and support a variety of applications for clients.

Maine

IT is seeking a highly talented individual who will represent our CARE values in all that they do. At Maine

IT we:

• Practice Customer-focus, ensuring that our customers are heard, and their needs are met.

• Hold ourselves to a high level of Accountability by being transparent with our stakeholders.

• Maintain an effective level of Responsiveness by providing timely updates in a proactive manner.

• Strive to provide Empathy driven, people-focused services by applying emotional intelligence skills and behaviors.

The Systems Team Leader position is crucial to lead a Technical Team and contracted resources in supporting, designing, and enhancing software application programs which provide services to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS), Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), the Office of Maine Care Services (OMS), Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), Office for Family Independence (OFI) and Maine Centers for Disease Control (MeCDC), Riverview Hospital and Dorthia Dix Hospital.

Telework opportunity:
The employee in this position currently has the opportunity to work from home as much as 90% of the time.

• Lead and supervise an application development team responsible for the design, development, maintenance, and support of state enterprise applications
• Provide day-to-day technical and administrative leadership, including work prioritization, performance management, mentoring, and professional development of staff
• Collaborate with business owners, program staff, and agency leadership to translate business needs into technical requirements and solution designs
• Oversee the full application lifecycle, including planning, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and retirement of systems
• Ensure applications align with State of Maine IT standards, security policies, accessibility requirements, and enterprise architecture guidelines
• Coordinate development activities using established project management and SDLC or Agile practices, ensuring work is delivered on time and within scope
• Review and approve technical designs, code changes, and implementation plans to ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and database teams to ensure secure, reliable, and well-integrated solutions
• Manage vendor relationships and contracted development resources, including reviewing deliverables and ensuring contract compliance
• Participate in procurement activities such as requirements definition, RFP development, proposal evaluations, and contract oversight related to application development
• Monitor system performance and application health, ensuring timely resolution of incidents, defects, and service requests
• Support application modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, legacy system remediation, and process improvement efforts
• Develop and maintain application documentation, including system diagrams, technical specifications, operational procedures, and support materials
• Communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including status updates, risks, and recommendations
• Promote continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve development practices, tools, processes, and team effectiveness

• Knowledge of application development principles, practices, and methodologies, including SDLC and Agile approaches
• Knowledge of enterprise application architectures, system…