Roles/Responsibilities:

This position will serve as the primary architect for the agency's Azure cloud initiatives. The architect will design and oversee the adoption of public cloud solutions, establish strategy and policy for cloud usage, and lead workload migrations from on-premises environments to Azure. A major component of this effort will be developing and executing plans to transition enterprise systems, including the state payroll system (SPAHRS), currently operating on zLinux mainframes into secure, scalable cloud platforms.

Duties:

• Develop Azure-based IaaS and PaaS solutions.
• Implement automation for provisioning, configuration management, and lifecycle tasks.
• Ensure strong cloud governance, security, and compliance.
• Integrate hybrid environments and containerized workloads.
• Provide expertise in Windows Server, Linux, and legacy system migration to guide successful adoption.

This role is both strategic and hands-on, requiring the ability to design enterprise-level architectures, oversee implementation, and support knowledge transfer so DFA staff can manage and sustain cloud services long term.

Mandatory Skills:

1. A four-year degree from an accredited school in Computer Science, Information Technology, or like field.
2. Five (5) years or more of direct and specific experience creating Azure environments and migrating systems and services
3. from on-prem to the cloud.
4. Five (5) years or more of direct Azure solutions architect experience.
5. Five (5) years or more of DevOps engineering experience.
6. Five (5) years or more of experience driving cloud security, privacy, and compliance decisions.
7. Five (5) years or more network administration skills.
8. Documentation and knowledge transfer experience.
9. Excellent English-speaking skills, written communication skills, and knowledge transfer skills
10. 5-7 years of Windows Server- Versions 2019, 2022, 2025
11. 5-7 years of Azure Architecture- Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
12. 5-7 years of Azure DevOps- Azure Test Plans, Pipelines, and Boards

Desirable Skills:

1. Mainframe administration experience, zLinux, Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE- 5-7 years
2. Experience AI and machine learning, and application monitoring.