Senior Application Administrator
State of WashingtonAbout the role
Posting number: 2026-74
Department: Administrative Office of the Courts
Job classification: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS
Posting type: Open
Categories: IT and Computers
Summary
Join a highly functioning project team in support of a transformational software replacement project for the Washington Courts of Limited Jurisdiction (District and Municipal Courts). We are replacing a legacy Case Management System with a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution to improve services for the court and probation customers of AOC.
The Courts of Limited Jurisdiction (CLJ-CMS) project is seeking a Senior Application Administrator. This position is responsible for leading, coordinating, and overseeing the system technical administration, maintenance, configuration, and IT support of complex enterprise-wide applications that address the business requirements of the new case management system. This position provides senior-level technical expertise to all application administration functions.
Reporting to the CLJ-CMS Project IT Supervisor, this senior-level position is expected to work independently and has decision making responsibility commensurate with the role.
Washington Courts Employment Opportunity
Administrative Office of the Courts
Senior Application Administrator
Information Services Division
Our Mission: To advance the timely, effective, and equitable operations of the Washington State judicial branch.
The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is looking for top-performing employees who embody its core values integrity, inclusion, accountability, and teamwork. It is committed to both employee growth and work-life balance.
Our diversity and inclusion efforts include embracing different cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives while fostering growth and advancement in the workplace.
POSITION DETAILS
Job #: 2026-74
Status: Project – Limited Duration, Full-Time*
Location: Olympia, Washington
Salary: Range 72: $95,676 - $125,544 per year (DOQ).
Opens: August 11, 2026
Closes: August 25, 2026. AOC reserves the right to close the recruitment at any time but no sooner than seven calendar days after posting.
*Duration: This is a CLJ-CMS project position that is currently funded through December 31, 2027.
WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENCY AND TELEWORK INFORMATION
AOC requires employees to reside in Washington State. Any exceptions must be approved. If you are invited to interview and currently reside outside of Washington State, seek more information about residency requirements from the AOC hiring manager of this recruitment.
This position requires at least two (2) days per week working onsite at AOC facilities
Examples of duties
- Leads collaboration efforts with customers, business analysts, and other IT resources to administer application configuration, operation, maintenance, security, integrations, workflows, reports, and other key features.
- Responsible for upgrading the applications this position supports.
- Responsible for ensuring software compatibility with other existing software.
- Responsible to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities.
- Coordinates directly with software vendors on issues, upgrades, and support requirements.
- Works with Infrastructure to determine specifications for new hardware and configurations required by the applications.
- Leads staff activities to upgrade the applications this position supports.
- Resolves application software issues within critical applications.
- Responds to customer service requests and provides senior-level consulting and troubleshooting.
- Advises journey-level staff on resolution of service requests of moderate (Tier 2) complexity related to assi
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