Supervisory IT Specialist (Enterprise Architect)
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Job description
The Supervisory IT Specialist (Enterprise Architect) position is in the Office of the Deputy Director, Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program Office. The CMM Program Office drives change management and adoption practices to achieve delivery of a modernized, efficient, and secure case management environment. This role leads teams, manages resources, and applies knowledge to deliver solutions that support the judiciary's mission and operational excellence.
Duties:
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Office of the Deputy Director, Case Management Modernization Office (CMM) is seeking an experienced Supervisory IT Specialist (Enterprise Architect) to join its team. The Supervisory IT Specialist (Enterprise Architect) leads a team of architects, including vendors, to design technical solutions across the CMM product, bringing a broad range of technical skills and acting as a bridge between the build, product architecture (PAX), data, and security workstreams. Sitting in the PAX solution layer, this position uses modern tools and technologies to recommend technical solutions that enable secure, scalable delivery aligned to AO enterprise expectations. This is a hands-on position that may require interactions with courts, court support teams, development and internal teams, and administrative staff from both a technical and business perspective. The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Uncovering and documenting nonfunctional requirements and architecture runway to de-risk delivery across sprints and releases. Partnering with DevSecOps engineers and security pods to ensure designs satisfy secure-by-design expectations and delivery evidence needs. Developing guidance on development strategy, tooling dependencies, and best practices to ensure the build pods move at a strong pace. Developing solution designs for operational readiness including observability, reliability, and support handoffs, in concert with other PAX pod members. Collaborating with security and data architects to ensure cloud patterns enable API, data, and cross-service interoperability. Working with other enterprise, cloud, data, and solution architects in the implementation of a new cloud-based enterprise compute platform for a judiciary critical system. Developing and implementing requirements and appropriate design patterns that satisfy the needs of the various system components. Leading the exploration of alternate design choices, particularly in lieu of other 3rd party technology stacks and solutions. Driving innovation across development teams by developing best practices and innovative approaches using modern cloud strategies. Collaborating with technical and business subject matter experts to develop the appropriate implementation strategies enabling the optimal use of modern cloud tools and platforms. Working with enterprise architects across the judiciary to develop best practices, methods, and standards needed to run a world-class cloud system. Surfacing and documenting architectural risks, tradeoffs, and alternatives for timely escalation. Participating in solution architecture reviews to align technical decisions to program-wide guardrails and cross-pod dependencies.
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Education:
This position does not require education to qualify. However, a bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from a four-year college or university in business, computer science, information technology or a related field is highly desired .
How you will be evaluated:
We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement. You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
Other information:
The AO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How to apply:
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 09/03/2026 to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online application. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account. You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application. You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13047681