Software Architect

The Software Architect provides technical guidance to staff that analyze, design, develop, enhance, maintain, and replace existing and new line of innovation and enterprise applications for Judicial Branch. This position will champion and deliver timely, cost-effective and innovative solutions that help judicial branch departments improve critical business functions. Additionally, in this role, the individual will be responsible to meet customer demands, prioritize workloads, coordinate and report group activities, and ensure both current and future needs of applications are scalable, redundant, performance focused, and comply with industry best practices. The Software Architect will also provide assistance to IT leadership with setting priorities and developing consistent standards in software development within the organization, as well as develop, manage, and be accountable for technology roadmaps and technology standards.

About The Superior Court: The Superior Court of the Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County is dedicated to providing a safe, fair, and impartial forum for resolving disputes, enhancing access to our services, and providing innovative, evidenced-based practices that improve the safety of our community and ensure the public's trust and confidence in the Judicial Branch. The Superior Court in Maricopa County, one of the largest, most innovative, and Progressive trial courts in the nation, seeks innovative individuals to join our team who will embrace our vision of excellence and the principles inherent in the Rule of Law...every person, every day, every time. We fulfill these principles through a culture that values fairness, respect, integrity, innovation, and safety., (This is not an all-inclusive list of all job duties that may be required; employees will be required to perform other related duties as assigned.)

• Defines all aspects of development from appropriate technology and workflow to coding standards.
• Communicates successfully all concepts and guidelines to development team.
• Oversees progress of development team to ensure consistency with initial design.
• Provides technical guidance and coaching to developers and engineers.
• Ensures software meets all requirements of quality, security, modifiability, extensibility etc.
• Ensures both current and future needs of application development are scalable, redundant, performance focused, and maintained to be kept current with new operating systems and dependent applications.
• Works closely with other groups to coordinate plans and activities to facilitate specific development projects.
• Identifies potential service level problems before they occur; implements and communicates solutions.
• Develops and manages project process implementation with emphasis on the effective adoption of Agile Software Development methods and practice.
• Ensures that all information systems and applications development comply with industry best practices and Judicial Branch standards.
• Participates in the development and implementation of processes that improve efficiency and enhance productivity.
• Develops and enforces standards, policies, practices, and procedures to ensure consistent standards in software development are followed within the organization.
• Provides technical coaching to personnel.
• Manages the daily activities of the members of the applications team.
• Reviews workloads and analyzes staffing requirements.
• Develops, implements, and maintains a comprehensive staff training program, especially knowledge transfer activities.

Working conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may need to communicate clearly, perceive details of objects that are close by, and maintain various physical positions for extended periods, such as sitting, standing, or walking. The job may involve using hands for tasks such as typing, handling objects, or operating tools, as well as reaching with hands and arms. Occasionally, the employee may be required to move or lift objects weighing up to 20 pounds. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field, * Seven (7) years' professional experience in design and development of enterprise applications and broad-based information systems, technical management, and business experience in a dynamic environment, * An equivalent combination of post-secondary education and job-related experience may substitute on a year-for-year basis

Our Preferred Candidate has:

• Advanced level experience (5+ years) working with Asp.net, SQL server, C#, Software Design pattern, and Javascript/HTML.
• Seven (7) years' management experience of technical teams in a large, complex IT environment.
• Experience with cloud architectures, configurations, containerization and programming (especially Azure).
• Demonstrated experience in Agile Software Development practices and methodologies. Strong knowledge of the Microsoft programming technology stack.
• Working experience using GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions for application management lifecycle, including source control, task management and capacity planning.
• Working experience with Angular and the Microsoft stack of technologies such as SQL Server, .NET, Visual Studio. ASP.NET and C#.
• Demonstrated experience in documentation and implementation of Micro-service architecture.
• Experience in Machine learning and Natural language processing.
• SCRUM Master OR ITIL training/certifications
• Software Architecture certifications

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Software and application design and architecture.
• Modeling methods and software design principles.
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles.
• The principles, techniques, and methodologies of software development, technical project management, quality management, and structured change management.

Skill in:

• System design and development process, including requirements analysis, feasibility studies, software design, programming, pilot testing, feature flagging, installation, evaluation and operational management.
• Organization and time management.
• Expert in build automation, code branching and migration techniques
• Communication, especially in the area of writing and developing policy and procedures.

Ability to:

• Apply knowledge related to research and evaluation of new/emerging technologies to achieve business value realization.
• Conduct software design reviews.
• Express complex technical concepts effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Design, install, measure, and report appropriate metrics, with demonstrated data representation skills.
• Lead project process implementation with emphasis on the effective adoption of Agile Software Development methods and practice.

Pulled from the full job description

• Loan forgiveness
• Pet insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid sick time, The expected ENTRY pay range for this position based on experience and equity within the Judicial Branch is $102,500.00 to $120,625.00.

This position is Exempt under the FLSA.

What We Offer

We offer generous paid time off, paid sick leave, and 10 paid holidays! We have affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance, and our employees are entitled to coverage by one of several State-sponsored retirement pension plans, our employee assistance program, and wellness incentives. Additionally, our employees have the option of life insurance, disability, a group legal plan, and pet insurance. Under the current guidelines for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, the Maricopa County Superior Court is a qualifying employer. Therefore, any full time Judicial Branch employee, who meets other eligibility criteria may be eligible for loan forgiveness under this program. Click here to learn more!

Job Type Unclassified - Judicial, Typically, successful candidates are hired at a salary rate up to the midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

All Judicial Branch offers of employment and continued employment are contingent upon passing a thorough background and/or fingerprint check. Applicants must completely and fully answer any questions regarding felony and misdemeanor convictions including any convictions that have been expunged or set aside. Failure to include criminal history information is grounds for termination of an offer and employment. A conviction may not automatically disqualify an applicant.

The Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County participates in the State Retirement systems ASRS or PSPRS. As such, mandatory membership for all full-time employees includes payroll deducted contributions consistent with each retirement system's requirements. The current contribution rate for ASRS is 12.27% and the current contribution rate for PSPRS is 5.84% and up for the defined contribution plan and 8.82% for the defined benefit plan. For more information about contributions and benefits of these plans visit https://www.azasrs.gov/ or https://www.psprs.com/corrections-officer