Senior Cloud Engineer

Role - Senior Cloud Engineer

Location E Broad Street 13th Floor Columbus Ohio

Rate: $64/hr. on W2 or $70 on C2C
Exp:- 15 Plus

Description

Question 1

Do you understand and will abide by the provision in your subcontract with OST that it is PROHIBITED for government equipment to be taken or used outside of the United States by your contractors The consequences of this occurring can and will result in repercussions to you the prime vendor regardless if the candidate works for a sub-vendor of yours. It will also result in immediate termination of the contractor and make them ineligible for rehire in the program.

Question 2

DODD prefers candidates based in Ohio in case contractors are required to work on-site in the future. Where is your candidate currently located

Question 3

The candidate will be required to report on-site to pick up equipment on first day. Is your candidate able to report to 30 E Broad Street 13th Floor Columbus Ohio for their 1st day

Question 4

Selected candidate will be required to complete an FBI Fingerprint check. Does your candidate accept

Interviews will be via Teams.

Position is 95% offsite but selected candidate must be available for in-office as needed.

The Senior Cloud Engineer Consultant (ITC1) serves as a senior-level technical resource responsible for the design implementation administration and optimization of multi-cloud environments across the State of Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities 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.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Cloud Engineering & Administration (60%)

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

Administer cloud services including compute storage networking identity and access management (IAM) firewall certificate cryptographic serverless functions managed databases and other services as needed.

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

Manage cloud-native DevOps pipelines CI/CD toolchains containerized workloads (Docker/Kubernetes) and API gateway integrations.

Implement and maintain cloud disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) plans in compliance with the State of Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities BCDR planning standards.

Cybersecurity and Vulnerability management for cloud-based resources and external to internal modalities.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Technical Leadership (25%)

Partner with Application Development teams to evaluate cloud-native architectures and accelerate migration of legacy applications.

Coordinate with the Cybersecurity team 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.

Collaborate with the Networking team to design and maintain hybrid connectivity solutions including VPNs ExpressRoute Direct Connect and SD-WAN integrations.

Work alongside Database Administrators to deploy and optimize managed cloud database services (Azure SQL Amazon S3 Snowflake etc.).

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

Engage with Help Desk Infrastructure and DevOps teams to develop runbooks escalation procedures and technical training on cloud platforms.

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

Governance Compliance & Project Support (15%)

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

Participate in technology procurement evaluations vendor assessments and Statements of Work (SOW) review for cloud services.

Support Agile/Scrum delivery teams by providing cloud infrastructure planning within sprint cycles and product roadmaps.

Maintain thorough documentation of cloud architecture diagrams configuration standards and system inventories in the States CMDB.

Donato Technologies Inc. is a trusted IT staffing consulting and software development partner headquartered in Dallas Texas. We support clients across industries by understanding their unique business needs and delivering tailored technology and workforce solutions. Our focus is on connecting the right talent with the right opportunity-ensuring clients receive dependable skilled professionals and candidates receive meaningful career growth and support. We work closely with small to mid-sized organizations to provide flexible high-quality services that drive performance innovation and long-term success.