The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

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Do you want to make our beautiful state even better? At OIT, we provide secure digital services that put Coloradans first. The Cloud Architect is responsible for designing and implementing the foundational infrastructure for a reliable, secure, high-performing, and cost-effective application hosting environment on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role requires deep technical expertise in core GCP infrastructure services and a proven ability to translate architectural designs into tangible deployments. This involves determining the best network design for the cloud, setting standards regarding VPC design and deployment, ensuring appropriate role-based access controls are established, and designing reusable configurations. Additionally, implementing automated provisioning strategies for various GCP compute resources and applications, including virtual machines, serverless services, and managed services. Establishing the monitoring and reporting required to ensure the environment is stable, capacity is well managed, and cost reporting is accurate and timely.

You will be responsible for crafting, publishing, socializing and overseeing adherence to the standards they establish, and modifying such standards to achieve the strategic goals of OIT, and the tactical needs of the applications deployed to the cloud. In addition, they will drive continuous improvement within the CloudOps team, as well as lifecycle management and exploration into evolving cloud-based solutions. You will handle the research, recommendations, and day-to-day interactions with vendors that have been partnered with to help meet work unit and organizational objectives. If using your creativity and innovation in the development and delivery of impactful cloud based solutions is what you love, apply today for the chance to also put your passion into the state you love!

Some of the day to day duties include:

Maintain current expert knowledge and experience with all aspects of GCP to design and build Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) capabilities on that platform.

Directly participate in the hands-on configuration and deployment of core GCP infrastructure components

Architect, oversee, and directly contribute to the implementation/configuration of GCP and automation to allow service consumption.

Champion and implement an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) first approach for all deployable resources within GCP

Define and document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for consumption of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (via IaC) on GCP.

Create design documents/diagrams to show environment topology and data/process flows.

Monitoring system availability across a multi-vendor technology stack, to be able to maximize availability and rapidly diagnose/resolve issues when they arise.

Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues with a hands-on approach

Act as Tier-3 escalation point for on-call/break-fix efforts, collaborating with Cloud Engineers and vendors to diagnose and resolve complex problems.

A minimum of five (5) years of infrastructure development experience with hands-on experience with GCP foundation services related to compute, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, automation technologies.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably using Terraform.

Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability

Experience and understanding of large scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments required.

Experience with automated Continuous Integration/Delivery

Experience with automation/configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, or similar.

Scripting skills in Python, Bash and PowerShell

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

Relevant cloud certifications

Experience with Azure DevOps

Experience with Terraform

OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

Positions supporting some agencies such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety will also require a pre-employment drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time, and benefits that allow us all to have fulfilling lives.

Our application process and what to expect after you apply are described in the videos found here .

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at OIT_HR@state.co.us or call (303) 764-7900.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology does NOT offer sponsored Visas for employment purposes.