Colorado Legislative Council Staff (LCS) is the nonpartisan research agency of the Colorado General Assembly, the legislative branch of the State of Colorado.
Legislative Information Services (LIS), the technology team within Legislative Council Staff, is responsible for developing, operating, maintaining and securing all information and technology systems for legislators and legislative staff. LIS is also responsible for supporting accessibility compliance for the legislature’s digital products and services.
Legislative Council Staff is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff; therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

When you join LCS, you can expect:

• to fill a vital role in supporting Colorado’s lawmakers to serve our state and uphold the

democratic process;

• to join a supportive and collegial culture that is driven by our shared mission, vision, and values;
• to work for an organization committed to balancing our important work for the state

legislature with employees’ lives outside of work;

• to be supported in your continual professional development and growth; and
• to work for an organization that recognizes the unique talents, backgrounds, and

contributions of our individual employees.
Additional information about Legislative Council Staff can be found at:
http://leg.colorado.gov/agencies/legislative-council-staff.

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are seeking a highly skilled HCL Notes developer with extensive experience in building, and supporting, new and existing HCL Notes/Domino applications. The successful candidate will be adept at designing, coding, and maintaining complex Notes applications with integrations to external systems with a focus on quality to ensure high system uptime and performance.
This role demands proficiency in both preventative maintenance and reactive support to guarantee seamless operation of all business applications. The ideal candidate will also demonstrate the ability to remain calm in high-stress, public-facing environments with frequent changes in direction. Similar to other LCS professional legislative staff, the successful candidate will work in a non-partisan manner.
The Colorado General Assembly is a small but high-profile state government department with approximately five hundred users including one hundred legislators. LIS provides computing, network and storage technology infrastructure, applications and systems support to all legislative staff, legislators, and others in the Capitol building. Within this unique organization, you will experience challenging work while directly contributing to the betterment of Colorado.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE, WORK AUTHORIZATION, AND REMOTE WORK

This is a full-time, salaried state employment, in-person, onsite position with very limited work from home options. You must be authorized to work in the US. Persons seeking contract positions, full time remote or visa sponsorship need not apply. Pursuant to the Colorado constitution, legislative employees, including this position, are not part of the state personnel system.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

You must have demonstrable experience in varying degrees in the following areas:

• extensive experience (5+ years preferred) in developing complex HCL Notes/Domino

applications;

• proven expertise in XPages development, including custom controls;
• strong hands-on experience with HCL Enterprise Integrator (HEI) for data integration and workflow automation;
• proficiency in LotusScript and Formula language;
• familiarity with REST services and API integration in Domino;
• experience with HCL Domino server administration, including:

o database management (replication, compaction, fixup)
o user and group management
o security configurations (ACLs, server certificates)
o troubleshooting server issues

o server upgrades

• experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) is a plus.
• experience with tools such as Teamstudio developer tools, JIRA, confluence, etc.

Your tasks and responsibilities in this position:

• design, develop, and maintain complex HCL Notes/Domino applications,
• do front-end development using XPages;
• integrate Domino applications with other systems using HCL Enterprise Integrator (HEI);
• perform troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning of existing Domino

applications;

• collaborate with product owners and business users to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications;
• provide support for Domino server administration tasks, including database maintenance, user management, and security configurations;
• participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards;
• document technical designs, processes, and procedures;
• provide excellent technical support with a focus on customer service;
• identify, analyze, plan and advise using best practices on design and code improvements to meet business needs and improve maintainability;
• proactive troubleshooting of issues to isolate and diagnose system problems; documenting system events to ensure uninterrupted functioning of critical applications;
• collaborate across various technical and business teams;
• constantly innovate: evaluate upcoming industry trends and implement as needed; and
• work on various projects as assigned.