Senior Delivery Engineer; Remote From In Colorado

Senior Delivery Engineer

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.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

This posting is a continuation of an active recruitment to fill multiple positions. If you have applied to a Senior Delivery Engineer position within the last 30 days, your application is on file, and there is no need to reapply. Any new application will be marked as a duplicate and will not be considered.

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The Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology is in the middle of a transformation worth joining. We're building cross-functional pod teams that partner directly with agencies to design, deliver, and continuously improve services that work for Coloradans. Good government depends on technology that works, and OIT exists to make that true for every Coloradan. The State of Colorado is seeking a Senior Delivery Engineer to help build the next generation of public services.

We're looking for people who want to do the best work of their careers in the service of the public.

The Sr Delivery Engineer serves as the technical lead in the pod: the pod's technical authority and Enterprise Architecture's (EA) eyes in the agency. The Sr Delivery Engineer is responsible for evaluating build/buy/SaaS options, overseeing vendor technical quality, and flagging architecture gaps and exceptions before they impact delivery. This position provides the technical governance necessary to ensure agency solutions are sustainable, secure, and aligned with state standards.

What you'll do:

• Evaluate vendor proposals, architecture designs, and deliver code for technical quality, security, and EA alignment.
• Conduct meaningful technical reviews of vendor work products, including demos, code repositories, and documentation; provide substantive feedback to hold teams to quality standards.
• Lead structured evaluation processes for custom development vs. commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) vs. SaaS options, producing documented technology decisions.
• Ensure alignment with state technology patterns by reviewing and identifying technology decisions with enterprise implications.
• Translate OIT EA standards, cloud strategies, and security baselines into practical guidance for agency stakeholders.
• Adapt architecture standards to agency-specific legacy systems and constraints.
• Utilize security fundamentals to identify potential risks and engage CISO/security resources appropriately to ensure compliance.
• Draft technical language for SOOs and develop evaluation criteria for vendor selection.
• Review mission outcomes and delivery timelines with the Product and Delivery Manager to align technical feasibility.
• Produce defensible, documented technology recommendations even when working with limited or imperfect information.
• Write or contribute to business cases that communicate the "business-value proposition" of technical decisions to pod and agency leadership.
• Serve as a technical advisor during complex production issues, helping the IT Director and agency leadership understand the nature and severity of the problem, evaluating vendor response, and escalating to OIT enterprise resources as appropriate.
• Participate in post-incident reviews after system failures, contributing architectural analysis of root causes and ensuring that systemic weaknesses are surfaced to the IT Director and documented as inputs to EA standards or vendor accountability conversations.
• Participate in user testing and demos of vendor-delivered work to evaluate whether technical solutions meet functional requirements and architectural standards, escalating concerns before acceptance.
• Partner with Sr Service Designer to ensure architectural decisions don't negatively impact the interface or user journey.

What you bring:

• Knowledge of modern software architecture patterns, including cloud-native design, APIs, microservices, data architecture, and integration approaches.
• Knowledge of or ability to rapidly learn OIT Enterprise Architecture standards, approved technology patterns, cloud strategy, and security baselines
• Knowledge of security and compliance fundamentals sufficient to identify risk and engage CISO/security…