Supervisor IT Cloud Engineering

Summary

Supervisor IT Cloud Engineering

Are you passionate about building cloud platforms that are secure, scalable, and transformational? We're looking for a forward-thinking Cloud Engineering Supervisor to lead our new cloud team and help shape the future of infrastructure at APS.

In this high-impact leadership role, you'll drive the design, implementation, and support of both Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments—while playing a critical role in our hybrid-cloud evolution. You'll guide a team of engineers through automation, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code best practices using tools like Terraform, PowerShell, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins.

We’re looking for someone who can lead with technical expertise and strategic vision—whether it's troubleshooting a major incident, translating complex architecture for business stakeholders, or navigating ambiguity to drive clarity and results.

What you’ll bring to the table:

• Deep knowledge of Azure and OCI cloud services (compute, networking, IAM, Exadata, and more)
• Experience building and supporting hybrid-cloud environments
• Strong DevOps skills: CI/CD pipelines, IaC, scripting, observability
• Proven leadership in incident management, resource planning, and team development
• A passion for driving innovation and making complex systems work better

If you're ready to lead a team that’s building the future of cloud at APS—and want to work where your ideas matter—apply now and make a real impact.

Minimum Requirements

Supervisor IT Cloud Engineering

• Bachelors' degree in Information Technology or related field
• PLUS five (5) years' prior relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience plus 1 year prior leadership experience.
• Advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• Knowledge of all infrastructure technologies (compute, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, commercial off the shelf (COTS) and open source packages and solutions, virtual and cloud including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS);
• Knowledge of infrastructure management tools and monitoring tools, solution sizing for hardware/software platforms, industry standard security requirements and designs.

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications

Multi-Cloud Expertise

• Azure: Deep understanding of core services (VMs, networking, Azure AD, AKS, etc.).
• OCI: Knowledge of OCI compute, networking, storage, IAM, and database services (especially Exadata).
• Hybrid cloud architectures and cloud interoperability.
• Security tools and best practices in both Azure and OCI.

Infrastructure & DevOps Knowledge

• Familiarity with IaC tools (Terraform, ARM, OCI Resource Manager).
• CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Monitoring and observability (Azure Monitor, OCI Monitoring, Prometheus, etc.).
• Identity and access management across clouds.

Leadership & Management Skills

• Incident management: Leading major incidents, root cause analysis.
• Resource planning: Managing team capacity and prioritization of tech debt.
• Stakeholder communication: Translating technical details to business leaders.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity.

Major Accountabilities

1. Lead a team in the architect and build of automated cloud solutions; including cloud adoption plans, cloud management and monitoring, new cloud technologies integration, and data center migrations.
2. In conjunction with other function groups and other business units, determine cloud infrastructure requirements and specifications
3. Work with senior leaders to shape the go-forward vision for the organization from a specific domain perspective
4. Works with vendors and partners to manage the successful planning, and implementation of critical tooling and platforms
5. Recommend, coordinate and perform the implementation of cloud solutions.
6. Oversee the Installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of all supported cloud infrastructure and services.
7. Participates in and influence development of technology roadmaps across the enterprise
8. Perform or provide oversite regarding installation and upgrade activities with minimal disruption to the business while following standard change management policies.
9. Evaluates new technologies for adoption across the enterprise
10. Drives thought leadership and innovation among team members

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

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