Colorado PERA

Colorado PERA runs the retirement accounts of more than 730,000 current and former public employees and the payroll-adjacent systems of more than 500 government agencies, school districts, universities, courts, municipalities, and law enforcement entities across Colorado. That is the threat model in one sentence: a pre-funded pension trust holding member contributions and long-horizon investments, backed by benefits data for a workforce that spans the entire public sector. Established in 1931 by act of the Colorado General Assembly and governed by a Board of Trustees, it is the state's largest public pension plan, and for most of its members it substitutes for Social Security outright. The technical surface is financial rather than consumer-facing. Core domains run through actuarial science, investment management, retirement trust fund management, pension benefits administration, and long-term financial sustainability planning. Assets are invested under Board direction against actuarially established objectives, with contributions fixed as a percentage split between members and employers - so the systems under scrutiny carry both fiduciary weight and identity-grade personal data at population scale. Stated operating priorities are transparency, good governance, long-term sustainability, and service quality to membership. Interested candidates should review open roles and organizational detail at https://copera.org/.