Cloud Operations Engineer

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

Delivering results that matter by providing best in class support services.

Cloud Operations Engineer

Job Location :

Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology (ASET)

This position may offer the ability to work remotely within Arizona based upon the departments business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures

Main Office Location : 100 N 15th Ave Phoenix AZ 85007

Posting Details :

Salary : Up to $100000.00

Grade : 29

Open Until Business Needs Are Met

Job Summary :

The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) within the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology (ASET) Division is seeking a skilled professional for the role of Cloud Operations Engineer. The Cloud Operations Engineer serves as the technical lead responsible for the daily support and management of the infrastructure and cloud platforms hosted by the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology Cloud Operations team. This pivotal role requires establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with both internal and external Statewide technical teams as well as vendors. These collaborative partnerships are essential for managing critical services including data center infrastructure telecommunications enterprise network connectivity cloud management service management operations and information security. The successful candidate will drive the operational excellence and stability of Arizonas core technological environment.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility autonomy and trust. Across our many agencies boards and commissions many State employees participate in the States Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes in offices and in hoteling spaces. All work including remote work should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Job Duties :

• Provide expert day-to-day operational support and maintenance for multi-cloud IaaS and PaaS infrastructures hosted across Amazon Web Services (AWS) Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platforms (GCP)
• Design build and manage a Statewide Cloud Management Platform to centralize operations and governance
• Implement comprehensive monitoring and performance management for all infrastructure components including on-premise virtualization environments (e.g. VMware Hyper-V) and multi-cloud services (AWS Azure GCP)
• Lead the planning design and development of cloud-native applications through advanced orchestration and automation of multi-cloud platforms
• Architect and implement secure scalable web services in the cloud including the configuration of geographically redundant and highly available services
• Collaborate closely with the engineering team to research evaluate and deploy the most optimal cost-effective and scalable cloud-based solutions for the organization
• Maintain and enhance Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts and RESTful APIs to ensure reliable repeatable and automated management of the multi-cloud infrastructure and service integrations

Knowledge Skills & Abilities (KSAs) :

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Pre-Employment Requirements :

Possession of at least one technical or cloud vendor certifications such as :

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business then the following requirements apply : Drivers License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits :

The Arizona Department of Administration offers a comprehensive benefits package to include :

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule employees enjoy improved work / life balance report higher job satisfaction and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona please visit our benefits page

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Key Skills

Change Management,Software Deployment,Cloud Infrastructure,High Availability,IaaS,Firewall,Linux,Middleware,Jboss,Network Architecture,Scripting,Technical Support

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1