Cloud Infrastructure Manager; Hybrid

colorado department of state

this announcement will remain open for the specified time and is open only to current residents of the state of colorado at the time of submitting your application.

• employee wellness programs and an on‑site fitness center
• 12 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off and sick leave
• access to a diverse array of technical, leadership, and supervisory training opportunities
• strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the pera defined benefit plan or the pera defined contribution plan, plus optional 401k and 457 plans
• medical and dental health plans
• paid life insurance
• automatic short‑term (and optional long‑term) disability coverage
• excellent work‑life balance through flex schedules, flexplace/remote work, and ad‑hoc arrangements

coloradans come from all walks of life and so do we. Our mission is to make government easy and accessible for people to further democracy, support economic opportunity for all coloradans, and demonstrate a standard of integrity and excellence. Our vision is to ensure all coloradans have a voice in our future, help coloradans and their businesses thrive, and be the best at what we do.

The state of colorado is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We highly encourage people from all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply.

oversee and support information systems, including cloud infrastructure, network, servers, workstations, software, application development, and data services to support the department of state staff and citizens of colorado. It staff ensures that the cybersecurity tenants of confidentiality, integrity, and availability are integrated throughout the infrastructure.

unit responsibilities include infrastructure design and management of network, virtualization, and azure cloud services; maintenance of system hardware, software, and peripherals; procurement, installation, upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance of computer applications and system software; and desktop computer services, including peripherals. The team procures, configures, secures, installs, upgrades, enhances, and maintains the domain, including domain controllers, file servers, print servers, mail servers, accounting system servers, domain database servers, phone system servers, utility servers, etc.

The unit manages secure design, implementation, vulnerability management, and patching of systems, performing all actions within budgetary and legislative guidelines.

• direct and supervise the engineering team that supports the department’s hybrid infrastructure.
• provide infrastructure design and systems management.
• provide cloud infrastructure design and implementation.
• provide operational management and customer support.
• provide devsecops support through collaboration and communication.
• provide disaster recovery management.
• complete professional development to enhance knowledge of role.
• complete other duties as assigned.
• integrate edi (equity, diversity, and inclusion) practices, as well as accessibility compliance into everyday practices and workflows.
• maintain confidentiality of all confidential voter and personal identifying information, personnel information, and any other confidential or proprietary information, and comply with all state and department policies regarding professional conduct and professional practices.

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requires a total of six (6) years of relevant professional experience and/or education. Applicants must meet one of the following options:

six (6) years of professional experience in maintaining enterprise systems, including virtualization platforms, servers, azure cloud infrastructure, and disaster recovery while overseeing system security, performance, and resolving outages. One (1) year must be at the level of a work leader, staff authority, or unit supervisor in a related role.

a combination of related education and/or relevant experience equivalent to six…