Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Lead

DC Department of Human Resources; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

District of Columbia OCTO is seeking a Supervisory IT Specialist to lead the Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Services (ECIS) team, shaping citywide infrastructure strategy and mentoring a high‑impact engineering team. The role focuses on hybrid/multi‑cloud, platform reliability, and critical services across 75+ DC Government agencies.

The incumbent will manage budgets, roadmaps, vendor relations, and ensure compliant operations while guiding staff with leadership and security‑sensitive

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the grade 14 level.
• Specialized experience is experience directly related to the line of work of the position and has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Responsibilities

• Leads the strategic direction and execution of DC Cloud’s platform engineering and operations, including hybrid cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Manages the DC Cloud staff of IT specialists responsible for core infrastructure services such as compute, storage, networking, identity, observability, and backup/disaster recovery.
• Oversees design, deployment, and lifecycle management of cloud-native and on‑prem platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.

Job description

District of Columbia OCTO is seeking a Supervisory IT Specialist to lead the Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Services (ECIS) team, shaping citywide infrastructure strategy and mentoring a high‑impact engineering team. The role focuses on hybrid/multi‑cloud, platform reliability, and critical services across 75+ DC Government agencies.

The incumbent will manage budgets, roadmaps, vendor relations, and ensure compliant operations while guiding staff with leadership and security‑sensitive