Cloud and Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Join the Information Systems Department (ISD) as a Cloud and Infrastructure Systems Engineer!

Starting salary up to $76.32/hour ($159,289/year) and a competitive total compensation package!*

As a Cloud and Systems Infrastructure Engineer, you will maintain the County's hybrid cloud and on‑premises infrastructure. Working as part of the Data Center Operations team, you will support an enterprise environment that includes cloud platforms, virtualization, cybersecurity, automation, disaster recovery, and physical data center operations.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Maintaining hybrid cloud infrastructure across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments
• Applying Dev Ops practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated deployment processes using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, and Ansible
• Administering and troubleshooting virtualized server environments supporting Windows Server, Linux, and other enterprise operating systems
• Managing the County's Public Key Infrastructure, including certificate issuance, renewal, lifecycle management, and enterprise certificate services
• Administering physical server infrastructure, including hardware, host operating systems, and equipment lifecycle management
• Supporting data center operations, including environmental systems and critical infrastructure
• Administering enterprise security technologies, including SIEM, vulnerability management, endpoint protection, and tools such as Qualys, Crowd Strike, Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM), Intune, and Microsoft Purview
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex infrastructure, systems, and security issues

As the ideal candidate, you are a collaborative technology professional who thrives in a fast‑paced environment and enjoys solving complex technical challenges. You communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders, exercise sound judgment, and adapt quickly to changing technologies and business needs. You will also possess many of the following:

• Experience designing and supporting hybrid cloud environments across Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
• Experience supporting complex enterprise infrastructure in production environments
• Knowledge of Dev Ops methodologies, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git‑based source control, and automation using scripting languages such as Power Shell or Python
• Familiarity with enterprise identity, networking, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra , DNS, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and container technologies such as Kubernetes or Docker
• Experience applying project, asset, and change management principles to enterprise technology initiatives
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• A commitment to continuous learning, exceptional customer service, and delivering reliable technology solutions

This position requires being on‑call and participates in a standby rotation, and may require working occasional evenings or weekends during maintenance windows or critical system events. This position is also required to have access to the Sheriff’s Office or Probation Department facilities. This requires a more extensive “Security Clearance” that will be performed after hire. Successful completion of the probationary period may be contingent upon passing the security clearance, which may include completion and review of a Personal History Statement packet, Live Scan fingerprint‑based criminal history checks, warrant checks, written reference checks, etc.

If you are offered a position that requires a security clearance, the job offer letter will clearly specify this as a condition of the probationary period.

Working at the County of Sonoma offers expansive opportunities for growth and development, the ability to be a part of a challenging and rewarding work environment, and the satisfaction of knowing you're working to better our communities. You can also look forward to flexible work arrangements and excellent benefits
* including:

• Hybrid Telework
  - A schedule that meets the needs of our staff, department operations, and the communities we serve…