Senior Cloud Engineer Consultant

Senior Cloud Engineer Consultant (ITC1)

Hands-on experience with two or more of the following platforms: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP).- 5 YEARS

Working knowledge of network fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, and hybrid connectivity solutions.- 5 YEARS

Experience implementing cloud security controls, identity management (Azure AD/Entra ID, AWS IAM), and encryption standards- 5 YEARS

The Senior Cloud Engineer Consultant (ITC1) serves as a senior-level technical resource responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and optimization of multi-cloud environments across the State of Ohio – Department of Developmental Disabilities enterprise. This position requires deep hands-on expertise across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The consultant will operate as a strategic partner and technical authority, collaborating extensively with all enterprise ITS teams — including Application Development, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Database Administration, Networking, and Help Desk — to ensure cloud solutions align with agency missions, security standards, and fiscal objectives.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Cloud Engineering & Administration (60%)

• Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments across Azure, AWS, GCP, and other SaaS/PaaS platforms.

• Administer cloud services including compute, storage, networking, identity and access management (IAM), firewall, certificate, cryptographic, serverless functions, managed databases, and other services as needed.

• Monitor cloud resource utilization, performance metrics, and cost allocation; develop and enforce FinOps practices to optimize state expenditures.

• Manage cloud-native DevOps pipelines, CI/CD toolchains, containerized workloads (Docker/Kubernetes), and API gateway integrations.

• Implement and maintain cloud disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) plans in compliance with the State of Ohio – Department of Developmental Disabilities BCDR planning standards.

• Cybersecurity and Vulnerability management for cloud-based resources and external to internal modalities.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Technical Leadership (25%)

• Partner with Application Development teams to evaluate cloud-native architectures and accelerate migration of legacy applications.

• Coordinate with the Cybersecurity team to enforce Zero Trust principles, cloud security baselines, NIST SP 800-53 controls, FedRAMP compliance requirements, and State of Ohio – Department of Developmental Disabilities compliance requirements.

• Collaborate with the Networking team to design and maintain hybrid connectivity solutions, including VPNs, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, and SD-WAN integrations.

• Work alongside Database Administrators to deploy and optimize managed cloud database services (Azure SQL, Amazon S3, Snowflake, etc.).

• Partner with all State of Ohio – Department of Developmental Disabilities ITS teams to proactively manage and administer all security certificates in accordance with State of Ohio – Department of Developmental Disabilities policies.

• Engage with Help Desk, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams to develop runbooks, escalation procedures, and technical training on cloud platforms.

• Provide technical mentorship and knowledge transfer to junior ITS staff across all teams, present cloud strategies and project updates to leadership.

Governance, Compliance & Project Support (15%)

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of cloud governance policies, standards, and architectural review processes.

• Participate in technology procurement evaluations, vendor assessments, and Statements of Work (SOW) review for cloud services.

• Support Agile/Scrum delivery teams by providing cloud infrastructure planning within sprint cycles and product roadmaps.

• Maintain thorough documentation of cloud architecture diagrams, configuration standards, and system inventories in the State's CMDB.