Cloud and Infrastructure Delivery Cloud Engineer
Dimondale, MI - USA
Job Summary
The State of Michigan is looking for a candidate with a focus on basic cloud engineering Cloud deployment. This role will wear multiple hats assisting State of Michigan Cloud Architects and team to comprehend objectives generate solutions POC the solution generate recommendations then implement the decisions.
The Entry-Level Cloud Engineer will support the State of Michigans cloud architecture and engineering teams in designing deploying and maintaining cloud-based solutions across public private and hybrid environments. This role is ideal for early career technologists who have foundational cloud knowledge and are eager to grow into a full cloud engineering or cloud architecture role.
The engineer will assist senior architects in understanding business objectives developing solution concepts performing proof of concepts and implementing cloud technologies that improve delivery automation and operational efficiency
| Skill Matrix: | Required | |
| Cloud Delivery Analyst / Business Analyst | 1-3 years | |
| 1-3 years | ||
| Highly Desirable | ||
| Pipeline Design and Architecture to improve development flow and delivery. | Highly Desirable | |
| 1-3 years | ||
| Create maintain and troubleshooting skills for cloud infrastructure | Highly Desirable | |
| Foundational institutional knowledge of State of Michigan platforms cloud architecture security requirements and processes. | 1-3 years | |
| Cloud security and compliance experience |
Highly Desirable | |
| Certification(s): Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
| Highly Desirable | |
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Core Competencies
- Ability to learn and apply cloud engineering concepts quickly.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to interpret technical requirements and assist in developing cloud-based solutions.
- Interest in automation DevOps and continuous improvement.
- Clear communication skills for explaining technical concepts to both technical and non technical audiences.
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to work across teams.
- Other desired skills: Containerization Linux Database skills security and recovery web services and applications programming interfaces (APIs)
- Assist senior cloud architects with the design and deployment of cloud solutions across the State of Michigan AWS and GCP environments.
- Support the build out of multi cloud environments including public private and hybrid cloud models.
- Help maintain and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure components.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.
- Assist with infrastructure provisioning and configuration using automation tools.
- Participate in integrating cloud pipelines with existing DevOps systems.
- Document architecture decisions pipeline configurations and deployment procedures.
- Participate in knowledge transfer sessions and training activities.
- Maintain clear and organized technical documentation for onboarding and future reference.
- Support adherence to cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks (NIST CIS PCI etc.).
- Assist in implementing secure configurations and monitoring controls.
- Work with cross functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into cloud requirements.
- Participate in discussions with vendors product specialists and internal teams to evaluate technologies.
- Support enterprise architecture reviews and solution assessments.
- Assist with performance analysis troubleshooting and optimization of cloud workloads.
- Help design and test workload migrations and disaster recovery scenarios.
- Support integration of cloud services with on-premises technologies (VMware Cisco Dell Nutanix etc.).
- Leverage State of Michigan Institutional knowledge to cloud engineering projects.