ITPRO-USA-RV-MNSITE-3311-MNITDPS BCA Cloud Engineer

Title : Cloud Engineer

Client : MNIT / DPS BCA

Work Type : Hybrid

Duration : 2 Years

Project Start Date : March 1 2025

Work location : 1430 Maryland Avenue St. Paul MN 55106.

• The work is expected to follow BCAs hybrid approach requiring Mondays and Tuesdays in the office Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays work from home. Days onsite and telecommuting could shift based on work team schedules.

Description of Project

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with Department of Public Safety (DPS) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is seeking one fulltime Cloud Engineer to work in the Minnesota Justice Information Services (MNJIS) section of the BCA to embark on a significant cloud transformation initiative to modernize its IT infrastructure and applications currently hosted onpremises by moving towards a cloudfirst strategy. The Cloud Engineer will be migrating existing applications to the cloud which involves assessing application dependencies architecture as needed for optimal cloud performance and executing the migration process with minimal disruption. The Cloud Engineer will implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) where automating infrastructure provisioning and management using IaC will be essential for efficiency and consistency. The Cloud Engineer will establish cloud best practices to help define and implement cloud standards security policies and cost optimization strategies.

At a high level the resource will aid in the delivery of a modernized and optimized application portfolio hosted in the cloud by migrating and architecture the onpremises applications with the expectation of achieving increased scalability improved reliability and reduced operational costs. The resource will implement IaC which will ensure consistent and repeatable infrastructure deployments while adhering to cloud best practices will enhance security and performance.

Requirements

Sample Tasks

Automate server creation.

Migrate onpremises files to Azure.

Secure VMs with Azure Security Center.

Set up application monitoring in Azure.

Implement automated database backups.

Assist in Configure a sitetosite VPN.

Optimize cloud resource costs.

Troubleshoot a network connectivity issue.

Document cloud infrastructure.

Train team members on Azure services.

Innovate with :

configuration development and management of Cloud security policies and frameworks (FBI CJIS and MN State policies)

Cloud network configuration including subnet provisioning DNS management firewall management WAFs network peering routing private network connection between OnPrem and Cloud infrastructure (i.e. ExpressRoutes or Direct Connect) IPS and load balancers.

Cloud identity management frameworks AAD / EntraID RBAC role assignment and identity federation

Integration of IAC tools for provisioning configuration management and automation (AWS / Azure)

Establish strong business partnerships with senior MNJIS team members and with criminal justice and technical staff

Communicate highly technical concepts and to introduce new technological tools or methods

Provide knowledge transfer.

Desired Skills

5 years of expert level experience designing and supporting public cloud environments (Azure preferred AWS GCP) including IaaS and PaaS in both Cloud and hybrid Cloud / OnPremises environments

3 years of recent experience using a prevalent infrastructure as code and configuration as code tool and maintaining that code in source control preferably Git

Demonstrable experience deploying enterprise workloads to cloud

Expert level proficiency with Azure CLI / PowerShell or equivalent scripting languages

3 years of recent experience with infrastructure and application monitoring tools

Experience with cloud network security tools preferably with a zero trust mindset

Experience working with a continuous deployment tool preferably Octopus Deploy

Microsoft Azure Certification (AZ104 AZ304 or equivalent)

Experience with development languages (C# Javascript Python or Java preferred)

Experience working with a For Full time employment on W2 the benefits include 2 weeks vacation and 1 weeks sick leave and 50% covered the health insurance Premium. For Full time employment on W2 the benefits include 2 weeks vacation and 1 weeks sick leave and 50% covered the health insurance Premium. container technology

Handson experience with one or more configuration management systems such as Ansible

Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery planning experience in the Cloud and Hybrid Cloud / OnPrem

Knowledge of more than one cloud hosting solution

Experience with DevSecOps with a Everything as Code mindset including incorporating security into cloud environments and practices

Experience working with Agile teams specifically Scrum and Kanban

Benefits

For Full time employment on W2 the benefits include 2 weeks vacation and 1 weeks sick leave and 50% covered the health insurance Premium.

5 years of expert level experience designing and supporting public cloud environments (Azure [preferred], AWS, GCP), including IaaS and PaaS, in both Cloud and hybrid Cloud / On-Premises environments 3 years of recent experience using a prevalent infrastructure as code and configuration as code tool and maintaining that code in source control, preferably Git Demonstrable experience deploying enterprise workloads to cloud Expert level proficiency with Azure CLI / PowerShell or equivalent scripting languages 3 years of recent experience with infrastructure and application monitoring tools Experience with cloud network security tools, preferably with a zero trust mindset Experience working with a continuous deployment tool, preferably Octopus Deploy Microsoft Azure Certification (AZ-104, AZ-304, or equivalent) Experience with development languages (C#, Javascript, Python, or Java preferred) Experience working with a container technology Hands-on experience with one or more configuration management systems such as Ansible Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery planning experience in the Cloud and Hybrid Cloud / On-Prem Knowledge of more than one cloud hosting solution Experience with DevSecOps with a Everything as Code mindset, including incorporating security into cloud environments and practices Experience working with Agile teams, specifically Scrum and Kanban

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : 5 years

Vacancy : 1