AWS Cloud SME

Position Overview

The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) is seeking a highly experienced AWS Cloud SME to support and enhance the State's AWS Organization and Control Tower environment. This role will serve as a senior cloud architect and technical advisor, helping agencies design, troubleshoot, secure, and optimize AWS solutions while mentoring internal teams and contributing to the State's Cloud Center of Excellence.

• Manage and maintain AWS Organizations and Control Tower environments
• Support multi-account AWS governance and operational best practices
• Ensure compliance with cloud governance standards and security controls

• Design, review, and implement AWS solutions that meet performance, security, scalability, and reliability requirements
• Lead architectural reviews and cloud design initiatives
• Support agency cloud migration and modernization efforts

• Serve as senior escalation point for AWS infrastructure, networking, storage, and compute issues
• Troubleshoot connectivity challenges between AWS and on-premises environments
• Coordinate root cause analysis and remediation efforts across agencies and technical teams

• Implement AWS security best practices including:
  • IAM Policies
  • Service Control Policies (SCPs)
  • Encryption
  • Network Segmentation
  • Security Governance Controls
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements

• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using:
  • AWS Cloud Formation
  • Terraform
  • AWS CDK
• Support CI/CD automation and deployment pipelines
• Implement containerized and serverless architectures using:
  • Docker
  • ECS
  • EKS
  • AWS Lambda

• Mentor cloud engineers and technical staff
• Develop cloud standards, architecture diagrams, playbooks, and technical documentation
• Support knowledge transfer and cloud capability development initiatives

Flexible work from home options available.

• Deep expertise with AWS services including: EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, Cloud Formation
• Experience leading enterprise AWS migrations and implementations in complex multi-account environments
• Strong AWS networking expertise and troubleshooting capabilities
• Experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Landing Zone Accelerator
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Cloud Formation, Terraform, and AWS CDK
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops best practices
• Experience implementing AWS security controls, governance, encryption, and SCPs
• Experience with Docker, ECS, EKS, and serverless architectures
• Strong troubleshooting skills across AWS networking, storage, and compute layers
• Excellent communication, mentoring, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience leading technical design reviews and architectural discussions

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer – Professional
• Government or highly regulated industry experience (HIPAA, CJIS, IRS 1075)
• Knowledge of ITIL, PMP, Agile Methodologies, and Enterprise Governance Frameworks
• Experience with Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud environments
• Scripting experience with Python, Bash, and Power Shell