Top Senior IT Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA

Provides senior technical leadership for IT support and operations in a remote healthcare technology environment. Owns complex escalations, incident resolution, root cause analysis, endpoint and identity administration, onboarding and offboarding, vendor escalations, documentation, automation, and reliability improvements. Coaches support staff, develops scalable processes, partners with Security, Compliance, Engineering, Product, and clinical teams, and communicates clearly during high-impact incidents affecting clinical workflows.

Lead and execute IT audits focused on risk assessment, IT governance, information security, SDLC/change management, cloud (AWS) controls, and SOX compliance. Develop AWS data pipelines, Spark jobs, and SQL/Alteryx automations; document findings, prepare audit reports, present to senior leadership, and recommend process improvements.

Design, execute, and analyze performance, load, stress, and endurance tests for cloud-based enterprise applications. Build AWS test environments, create test scripts (JMeter/LoadRunner/NeoLoad/K6), integrate tests into CI/CD, analyze results, identify bottlenecks, validate scalability and resilience, and produce performance reports to ensure releases meet federal performance standards.

Oversee multiple enterprise IT programs and projects for the CIDO organization. Responsibilities include managing schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, staffing, requirements, testing, training, deployment, and change management. The role coordinates business and IT teams, facilitates stakeholder workshops, prepares executive dashboards, supports acquisition and delivery of IT solutions, and aligns digital strategies across corporate, sector, and functional leadership.

Lead backend and full-stack engineering strategy, design and deliver scalable, secure distributed systems and microservices for government customers. Drive architecture, data design, observability, CI/CD, cloud-native patterns, mentoring, and large modernization initiatives while collaborating with product and stakeholders.

Lead frontend engineering strategy, design and deliver accessible, performant government-facing web applications. Define frontend architecture, tooling, CI/CD, design systems, testing and accessibility practices; mentor engineers and collaborate with product to balance UX and implementation.

Deploys, hardens, troubleshoots, and modernizes Windows and .NET applications across on-premises environments and AWS. Responsibilities include Terraform infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, SQL Server and Amazon RDS administration, load balancing, WAF configuration, observability, certificate management, automation, migrations, incident response, documentation, and collaboration with application owners. The role is remote but requires weekly onsite availability in Rockville, Maryland, and may involve occasional after-hours maintenance or outage troubleshooting.

Lead a remote analytics team to deliver dashboards, data products, and decision-support tools. Oversee project plans, stakeholder engagement, data platform modernization, ETL/automation, Tableau/Power BI deployments, statistical modeling, QA, metadata, and staff mentoring to support federal social service programs.

Design, develop, and modernize full-stack web applications using Java and Angular in a cloud microservices architecture. Build and deploy Dockerized services on AWS (ECS/ECR), implement REST APIs, write unit and automated tests, enforce code quality in GitLab pipelines, collaborate in Agile teams, and mentor teammates. Participate in sprint ceremonies, manage user stories, perform testing (functional, exploratory, performance), and resolve defects to deliver reliable production software.

Establishes and maintains enterprise data governance frameworks, standards, ownership models, privacy controls, metadata, quality monitoring, and stewardship practices. Partners with legal, security, privacy, records management, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure compliant data use. The role identifies governance risks, supports audits and remediation, develops documentation and training, monitors program metrics, and contributes to governance roadmaps and maturity improvements for a federal courts modernization program.

Establishes and operationalizes data quality practices across enterprise data domains and systems. Defines quality rules, controls, metrics, thresholds, and validation criteria; profiles data; develops scorecards and dashboards; investigates root causes; manages remediation; and implements automated monitoring. Partners with data owners, stewards, engineers, governance, security, and application teams to improve data reliability, privacy, compliance, standards, metadata, glossary, lineage, and data sharing across modernization initiatives.

Designs scalable, secure technology solutions connecting business objectives with application, integration, data, cloud, and enterprise systems. Responsibilities include developing architectures and roadmaps, modernizing processes through automation, governing APIs and data flows, incorporating security and compliance, guiding engineering teams, evaluating vendors, and facilitating stakeholder discovery workshops.

Leads risk-based IT audit projects covering planning, testing, reporting, IT controls, SOX/MAR compliance, and external auditor coordination. Evaluates control environments, identifies risks and deficiencies, recommends improvements, and communicates findings to management. Leads audit teams, mentors staff, supports professional practice initiatives, develops dashboards and automation, maintains methodology and policies, and builds relationships with business and IT process owners.

Designs and deploys AI/ML solutions from prototype through production for government clients. Responsibilities include generative AI using LLMs and RAG, intelligent classification, agentic frameworks, AI coding tools, legacy-system integration, and automated reporting. The role also establishes AI/ML roadmaps, scales adoption, communicates technical concepts to stakeholders, and mentors data scientists.

Leads enterprise-wide IT and digital transformation strategy, roadmap development, ERP and business application modernization, enterprise architecture, commercial systems, global invoicing, and post-merger technology integration. Oversees transformation portfolios, budgets, vendors, governance, compliance, and value realization across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, finance, human capital, and commercial operations. Builds high-performing technology teams and partners with executives to deliver measurable operational, financial, and customer experience improvements in a regulated environment.

Identify and validate AI opportunities across IT operations and cybersecurity, including service management, threat detection, infrastructure monitoring, identity access, endpoint protection, and vulnerability management. Translate operational challenges into structured use cases, assess business value and risk, document data and integration requirements, promote responsible AI, facilitate stakeholder workshops, build internal champions, and monitor emerging AI capabilities while supporting security compliance and change management.

Provides remote help desk and training support for Medicaid Integrity Institute participants. Manages portal access and email inquiries, troubleshoots real-time user issues, tracks requests in Jira, resolves incidents, monitors inquiry trends, and identifies process improvements. The role requires responsive customer service, clear written communication, collaboration with a remote team, and working hours aligned with Pacific Time before, during, and after training events.

Design, configure, and maintain ServiceNow ITSM workflows and integrations. Build upgrade-safe scoped apps, manage CMDB/CSDM, implement automation (Flow Designer, scripts), develop/integrate REST/SOAP APIs, support upgrades and ATF, and collaborate with stakeholders in Agile teams to deliver platform solutions and mentor teammates.

Administer Epic’s corporate identity, access, endpoints, applications, devices, and employee IT support. Manage onboarding and offboarding, access reviews, authentication and device standards, MDM provisioning, asset inventories, procedures, and audit evidence. Support SOC 2 or similar compliance activities, security reviews, and incident response while partnering with infrastructure and people operations. This is a fully remote, US-based role supporting a global engineering team.

Manage enterprise IT projects for IRS Criminal Investigation: plan, coordinate, and execute initiatives from initiation through closure. Oversee scope, schedule, budget, risk, resources, stakeholders, and change control. Track/report milestones, drive issue resolution, and lead cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure, endpoint, and software deployment projects on time, secure, and compliant.

Owns Okta identity and access management, including SSO, MFA, lifecycle workflows, entitlement governance, contractor access, and automated provisioning. Administers Jira, Confluence, and related Atlassian platforms at organizational scale. Designs identity and platform architecture, automates access processes, reduces security risk, maintains audit-ready documentation, and partners with Information Security and IT Operations on governance, remediation, and continuous improvement.

Provides global presales technical expertise for IT virtualization and infrastructure modernization solutions. Partners with account executives, engages customers, leads architecture discussions, presents solutions, advises on virtualization and migration strategies, develops service scopes, and supports pricing and delivery alignment. Requires deep virtualization architecture experience across VMware or related platforms, cloud, containers, security, AI, and infrastructure modernization.

Administer and optimize SQL Server databases while designing normalized schemas, mapping XML data, and developing SSIS-based ETL and migration pipelines. Responsibilities include database maintenance, backup and recovery, performance tuning, security controls, audit logging, testing, production cutovers, rollback planning, and ongoing migration support. The role also requires collaboration across development, testing, systems engineering, and business teams.

Oversee and finalize legal documents governing data sharing between Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership members and a trusted third party. Collaborate with CMS, HFPP leadership, partner engagement teams, and private payer partners on agreements, compliance, and negotiations. Present to management, support partner relationships, and ensure legal requirements are met for data governance and sharing.

Lead administration of Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SaaS applications, Azure identity, and cloud infrastructure in a fully cloud-based organization. Provide Level 2/3 service desk escalation, execute migrations and cybersecurity projects, establish IT service processes, manage assets and vendors, and support onboarding, offboarding, incident response, change management, and M&A initiatives. The role partners with IT leadership and may help build and manage a growing internal technical team.