Cloud Integrations Solutions Architect (Remote From Anywhere In CO)

State of Colorado; Colorado; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) seeks a senior Cloud Integrations Solutions Architect to design, architect, and support secure, scalable cloud platforms across Colorado agencies. You will lead SDLC processes, drive standardized cloud operations, and enable cost-effective cloud hosting with strong governance and compliance.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate strategic roadmaps into production-ready cloud architectures, ensuring high availability,

Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Cloud based engineering.
• Minimum of three (3) years of hands-on experience designing, architecting, and deploying enterprise-grade solutions on GCP and AWS with expertise in GKE, Cloud IAM, BigQuery, EKS, AWS IAM, and Redshift.
• Experience designing secure multi-tenant cloud environments with governance and IaC in GCP/AWS.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead secure, multi-tenant cloud hosting across the enterprise.
• Design and deliver IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and DBaaS to optimize performance and cost.
• Drive DevSecOps, cloud orchestration, and immutable infrastructure practices.
• Lead SDLC planning, governance, and compliance across agency workloads.
• Develop reusable architecture and CI/CD patterns to accelerate delivery.
• Partner with product/operations to translate roadmaps into production cloud architectures.
• Ensure GovRAMP, FedRAMP, CJIS and DoD IL4 compliance in designs.
• Build robust data recovery and DR plans with RPO/RTO targets.
• Validate failover capabilities and business continuity across services.

Skills

Cloud engineering

GCP

AWS

GKE

EKS

Redshift

IAM

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Azure DevOps

Job description

Together, we innovate for a stronger Colorado

The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

Watch this video to learn more about how we're Serving People. Serving Colorado.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please review your application to ensure completion. For the most equitable applicant experience, OIT's hiring team considers only the contents of your application to review your qualifications. Please do not include any attachments (such as resume or cover letter) with your application as these items are not used by OIT's hiring team.

Do you want to make our beautiful state even better? At OIT, we provide secure digital services that put Coloradans first.

The Cloud Integrations Solutions Architect will act as a senior Subject Matter Expert (SME) and technical authority within the Office of Information Technology (OIT). You will be responsible for designing, architecting, and supporting mission-critical, secure, and highly efficient cloud hosting and enterprise-class platforms and solutions across the agency. As an integral leader, you will participate in the development and formulation of plans, policies, standards, and programs in the areas of secure multi-tenant cloud hosting services and the Service Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of those services.

• Establishing scalable cloud hosting standards, policies, and SDLC frameworks to ensure secure, uniform multi-tenant service delivery across the enterprise. Outcome: Standardized, secure, and compliant cloud operations across all agency teams.
• Architecting and delivering robust IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and DBaaS solutions to maximize system performance, uptime, and operational cost-efficiency. Outcome: High-performance, reliable, and cost-optimized digital infrastructure.
• Executing seamless hybrid-cloud migrations and deploying enterprise shared hosting services to reduce legacy infrastructure costs and modernize agency workloads. Outcome: Modernized digital services with reduced technical debt and lower operational overhead.
• Accelerating software delivery cycles and harden environment reliability by embedding DevSecOps, cloud orchestration, and immutable infrastructure practices across teams. Outcome: Faster, safer software releases with increased system stability and security.
• Standardizing and promoting reusable architecture and deployment patterns and CI/CD pipelines to shorten release cycles, eliminate redundant development, and improve deployment consistency. Outcome: Streamlined development processes and consistent, high-quality application deployments, enabling delivery teams to move faster, rather than creating gated governance that slows them down.
• Adopting a product-lifecycle approach to cloud services - measuring success not by 'go-live' dates, but by user feedback, system reliability, and actual business outcomes for agency partners.
• Resolving high-level multi-tenant engineering bottlenecks to ensure seamless, secure interoperability across agency systems. Outcome: Frictionless system integration and improved operational agility.
• Translating strategic product roadmaps into production-ready cloud architectures through lifecycle analysis with product and operations leaders. Outcome: Architectures that directly align with and accelerate business and product objectives.
• Integrating best-of-breed security controls into all cloud designs to successfully pass audits and secure GovRAMP, FedRAMP, FISMA, DoD IL4, and State compliance accreditations. Outcome: Guaranteed compliance posture and minimized organizational risk.
• Building robust data recovery and DR strategies to strictly enforce target RPO and RTO metrics, protecting critical systems against outages or data loss. Outcome: Resilience against data loss and assurance of system availability during disasters.
• Validating active-active and active-passive failover capabilities through rigorous testing and BIA alignment to guarantee business continuity during enterprise disruptions. Outcome: Minimized downtime and guaranteed continuity for mission-critical services.
• Evaluating cloud market research and feasibility studies to recommend data-backed technology investments that drive continuous operational improvement. Outcome: Strategic, fiscally responsible technology choices that promote long-term efficiency.
• Evaluating and managing relationships with cloud service providers and vendors to ensure alignment with organizational goals, service level agreements (SLAs), and total cost of ownership (TCO) targets. Outcome: Optimized vendor partnerships that meet performance standards and budget constraints.

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience working within Cloud based engineering.
• A minimum of three (3) years of professional, hands-on experience designing, architecting, and deploying enterprise-grade solutions specifically on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS), with demonstrated expertise in services such as GKE, Cloud IAM, BigQuery, EKS, AWS IAM, and Redshift.
• Experience designing secure, multi-tenant cloud environments with a focus on governance, compliance (e.g., FedRAMP, CJIS), and infrastructure-as-code within GCP and AWS environments.
• Experience with Mulesoft.
• Experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD.
• Familiarity with performing data research to determine proper data relationships and source validation.

Substitutions:

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification is strongly preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) certification is a preferred credential.

Conditions of Employment:

• OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state agency locations where they might perform work. A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. Post-employment background checks will be required for specific agencies as business needs dictate, which may include a polygraph exam, fingerprint-based criminal history search, reference checks, and a drug test.
• This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.
• If this posting indicates "remote from anywhere in CO" in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.
• While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.
• We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time. Visit our benefits to learn more about some of our great offerings that allow us all to have fulfilling lives.
• The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.
• The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at [e-mail] or call [phone].
• This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need.
• The Governor's Office of Information Technology does NOT offer sponsored Visas for employment purposes.