Senior Cloud Engineer Consultant

Senior Cloud Engineer

Mostly Remote (Onsite when needed)

Description:

Diversified Systems is searching for a Senior Cloud Engineer Consultant who serves as a senior-level technical resource responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and optimization of multi-cloud environments across the 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.

Responsibilities:

Cloud Engineering & Administration (60%):

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

Administer cloud services including compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, firewalls, certificates, cryptographic services, serverless functions, managed databases, and other services as needed required.

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

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

Implement and maintain cloud disaster recovery and business continuity plans in compliance with State of Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities BCDR planning standards required.

Provide cybersecurity and vulnerability management for cloud-based resources and external to internal modalities required.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Technical Leadership (25%):

Partner with application development teams to evaluate cloud-native architectures and accelerate migration of legacy applications required.

Coordinate with cybersecurity teams 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 required.

Collaborate with networking teams to design and maintain hybrid connectivity solutions including VPNs, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, and SD-WAN integrations required.

Work with database administrators to deploy and optimize managed cloud database services including Azure SQL, Amazon S3, Snowflake, and other platforms required.

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

Engage with help desk, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to develop runbooks, escalation procedures, and technical training on cloud platforms required.

Provide technical mentorship and knowledge transfer to junior ITS staff and present cloud strategies and project updates to leadership required.

Governance, Compliance & Project Support (15%):

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

Participate in technology procurement evaluations, vendor assessments, and Statements of Work review for cloud services required.

Support agile and scrum delivery teams by providing cloud infrastructure planning within sprint cycles and product roadmaps required.

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

Requirements:

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

5 years working knowledge of network fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, and hybrid connectivity solutions required.

5 years of experience implementing cloud security controls, identity management (Azure AD/Entra ID, AWS IAM), and encryption standards required.

About Diversified Systems

Founded in 1990, Diversified Systems is an award-winning Technology Services corporation providing all levels of IT project consulting services nationwide. DSI is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with regional offices in the American Midwest and East Coast. We offer our consultants a number of flexible and competitive compensation benefit packages.

Diversified Systems is committed to the principles of equal employment. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

DSI values authenticity and is committed to making sure our employees and partners are valued and respected. At DSI, we believe building a diverse culture is important because we know when people work together, we can achieve better results as a team. DSI realizes that everyone comes from various backgrounds. We celebrate these differences because our employees are our greatest asset as we strive to best meet the needs of those we serve. As part of our ongoing efforts, DSI is focused on advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion by setting high standards to continually evolve our culture. This includes but is not limited to recruiting, community involvement, client delivery, and career development.