Cloud Infrastructure Manager; Hybrid

Colorado Department of State

• 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

The Information Technology Services (ITS) Division provides information systems and computer support for employees, customers of the Department of State, and therefore the people of Colorado. Much of the work completed by the division can be done remotely, contributing to the positive work‑life balance of its employees. As one of the few state agencies with a fully in‑house ITS Division, the department provides a unique environment where technology leadership directly influences statewide services and supports multiple critical systems for the State of Colorado.

Oversee and support information systems, including cloud infrastructure, network, servers, workstations, software, application development, and data services to support the Colorado Department of State staff and the citizens of Colorado. IT staff ensures that confidentiality, integrity, and availability are integrated throughout the infrastructure.

• 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 Dev Sec Ops  support through collaboration and communication.
• Provide disaster recovery management.
• Complete professional development to enhance knowledge of role.
• Complete other duties as assigned.
• Integrate EDI 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.

Six (6) years of relevant professional experience and/or education is required. Applicants must meet one of the following options.

Six (6) years of professional experience maintaining enterprise systems, including virtualization platforms, servers, Azure cloud infrastructure, and disaster recovery while overseeing system security, system 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 as defined in Option 1 that equals six (6) years. Related education includes accredited coursework in cloud management, information technology, computer science, information systems, network engineering, network administration, cybersecurity, or a closely related field. Education does not substitute for the required one (1) year of professional experience at the leadership level.

• Preference to candidates with previous State service related to the position.
• Professional experience in IT infrastructure, Azure cloud architecture, network administration, systems engineering, and IT operations.
• Professional experience leading and developing technical teams, including systems administrators, network engineers, or IT infrastructure engineers.
• Professional experience managing enterprise infrastructure environments, including servers, storage, virtualization platforms, Azure multi‑region platforms, and network architecture.
• Professional experience administering or supporting Azure cloud infrastructure while maintaining disaster recovery environments.
• Professional experience…