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Description
GENERAL SERVICE
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
IT System Administration - Journey (Azure)
$85,764 - $115,344 annually
Closes April 25,2025
The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) seeks to fill an Azure Administrator – Journey position. This full-time position is based in Olympia, Washington. This position may be eligible for partial teleworking up to two days a week. Telework is a combination of in-building and off-site days. We encourage interested candidates to visit the OSPI website to gain insight into our agency.
About OSPI and our initiatives
OSPI is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state. Working with the state's 295 public school districts and 7 state-tribal education compact schools, OSPI allocates funding and provides tools, resources, and technical assistance so every student in Washington is provided with a high-quality public education.
At OSPI, we recognize that our employees are the key to the success of the agency. We are committed to our work but value the balance with our personal lives. We demonstrate our commitment to employees by providing an environment that stimulates professional growth and values them for their expertise. OSPI is a great place to work and has several initiatives to help create a great working environment, including:
- We support a healthy work/life balance by offering flexible/alternative work schedules and mobile and telework options. (Depending on job duties and work location.)
- We have a tuition assistance policy and support employees seeking tuition waiver through participating higher education organizations.
- We have an Infant at Work Program that is based on long-term values of newborns and infant-parent bonding. Eligible employees who are new parents or legal guardians can bring their infant (six weeks to six months) when returning to work. (Depending on job duties and work location.)
- We value and are actively involved in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within OSPI by way of cross-divisional, collaborative committee. The focus of the committee includes employee engagement and education; reinforcing OSPI values; and maximizing the value of diversity and identifying strategies for inclusion.
Vision, Mission, and Values
Vision: All students prepared for post-secondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement.
Mission: Transform K-12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators, families, and communities.
Values: Ensuring Equity, Collaboration and Service, Achieving Excellence through Continuous Improvement, Focus on the Whole Child
Equity
Each student, family, and community possess strengths and cultural knowledge that benefits their peers, educators, and schools. Ensuring educational equity:
- Goes beyond equality; it requires education leaders to examine the ways current policies and practices result in disparate outcomes for our students of color, students living in poverty, students receiving special education and English Learner services, students who identify as LGBTQ , and highly mobile student populations.
- Requires education leaders to develop an understanding of historical contexts; engage students, families, and community representatives as partners in decision-making; and actively dismantle systemic barriers, replacing them with policies and practices that ensure all students have access to the instruction and support they need to succeed in our schools.
Position Overview
The Azure System Administrator is part of a team that works with a variety of programs that support school districts across the state. You will learn about our systems and customers to provide services used in delivering funding, policy, and equity to school districts across the state.
You will be responsible for managing and maintaining the organization's Azure cloud infrastructure and resources. You will ensure the availability, performance, and security of cloud resources, supporting the organization's mission and goals by providing reliable and scalable cloud services.
Key Responsibilities (highlights)
You will have a range of responsibilities related to Azure Management and conferencing:
- Manage integrations between Azure resources and on-premises infrastructure, ensuring seamless operations.
- Manage the MDM software infrastructure with Azure tools that facilitate automated configuration of cell phones.
- Deploy and manage cloud applications, virtual machines, and features using Azure App Service. (i.e. file services, identity management, Azure key vault).
- Monitoring, Performance Optimization, and Automation.
- Implement and monitor Azure Diagnostics to track logs and analyze performance metrics.
- Develop and manage Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates for infrastructure provisioning.
- Create automated workflows using Azure Functions PaaS and SaaS solutions.
- Security Management and Compliance.
- Administer multi-factor authentication (MFA), conditional access policies, and identity protection using Azure Active Directory.
- Implement and enforce Azure Policies to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
- Assist the Security Engineer to implement their direction and policies.
- Backup and Disaster Recovery.
- Implement and manage Azure Backup to ensure data and virtual machines are backed up.
- Configure Azure Site Recovery for business continuity and disaster recovery.
- Implement and manage data retention policies to comply with organizational and regulatory requirements.
- Voice Communications and Web Conferencing Support.
- Configure and manage desktop phones to ensure seamless voice and video communication.
- Prepare and submit detailed purchase requests for desktop phones to meet program and agencies’ needs.
Required Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or Information Technology. Working experience may be substituted for education year for year.
AND
And two (2) years of information technology experience such as consulting, analyzing, designing, programming, installing and maintaining computer software applications, hardware, or network infrastructure equipment in information technology. This is in addition to formal training, education or the years of experience above.
Desired Qualifications:
In addition to the required skills, we’ll recognize some of your other skills too:
- Experience with automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Azure CLI).
- Knowledge of DevOps practices.
- Management of Azure storage
Compensation
The annual compensation for the position is $85,764 and $115,344 per year and depends upon experience, educational background and qualifications. Geographic differentials may be applied based on work location of successful candidate. Washington State offers a generous benefit package including health, dental and life insurance, retirement and an optional deferred compensation program. Please visit Health Care Authority for information regarding health benefits and the Department of Retirement Systems for retirement plan information. This position is represented by a bargaining unit.
Application Process
Those interested in this position must apply through Careers.wa.gov. Applications must include the following documents in MS Word and PDF format only:
- A letter of interest specifically addressing the qualifications listed in this announcement;
- A current résumé, and;
- A list of three or more professional references.
Please address any questions to:
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
600 Washington Street Southeast
Olympia, Washington 98504-7200
600 Washington Street Southeast
Olympia, Washington 98504-7200
360-725-6278: sal.salazar@k12.wa.us
Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the Human Resources Office at (360) 725-6270 or (360) 725-6066, or e-mail hroffice@k12.wa.us.
Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the Human Resources Office at (360) 725-6270 or (360) 725-6066, or e-mail hroffice@k12.wa.us.
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OSPI is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from job seekers who will contribute to our diversity. OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. If you would like, please include your name and gender pronouns in your application, to ensure we address you appropriately throughout the application process. Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the human resource consultant listed in “Application Process.”
Salary : $85,764 - $115,344
