Cloud Specialist

S-R-International-Inc; Highland Meadows (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Mississippi – Mississippi Department of Archives & History (MDAH) seeks a Cloud Specialist – Cloud Migration to design, migrate, and maintain scalable cloud architectures for IaaS and PaaS. Focus areas include migrating on-premises apps, workloads, and databases to public cloud platforms while ensuring security, compliance, data protection, performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

Based in Jackson, MS, the role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams, ongoing

Qualifications

• 5+ years Microsoft Windows Server experience.
• 7+ years Azure and/or AWS experience.
• 3+ years Microsoft 365 experience.
• 3+ years PowerShell experience.
• 5+ years networking experience.
• Experience with cloud migration and infrastructure management.
• Experience with cloud security, data protection, and compliance.
• Experience with virtual machines, VPCs, and firewalls.
• Strong automation and scripting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and modify scalable cloud architecture for IaaS and PaaS platforms.
• Migrate existing on-premises applications, workloads, and databases to public cloud environments.
• Support AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms.
• Ensure cloud environments meet security, compliance, data protection, and privacy requirements.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance and proactively troubleshoot issues.
• Manage and optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop automation using Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell.
• Work with cloud networking, VPCs, firewalls, and infrastructure management.
• Manage Windows Servers, Active Directory, and Linux environments.
• Design controls and processes using available audit tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on cloud migration and infrastructure initiatives.
• Maintain current knowledge of cloud technologies and products.

Skills

Windows Server

Azure / AWS

Networking

Cloud migration

Security / compliance

Virtual machines

AD / Windows services

Automation

Linux administration

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Bash

VMware vSphere

Job description

Job Details

Job Title: Cloud Specialist

Job Code: MS 165392

Client: State of Mississippi – Mississippi Department of Archives & History (MDAH)

Location: Jackson, MS – 100% Onsite

Duration: At least 1 year, with likely extension

Rate: Based on Experience

Work Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM CT (40 hours/week)

Work Location: 3771 Eastwood Dr, Jackson, MS 39211

Closing Date: 09/11/2026 at 2:00 PM

Position Overview

The State of Mississippi is seeking a Cloud Specialist – Cloud Migration to develop, modify, and maintain scalable cloud architectures supporting IaaS and PaaS environments. The role will focus on migrating on-premises applications, workloads, and databases to public cloud platforms while ensuring security, compliance, data protection, performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and modify scalable cloud architecture for IaaS and PaaS platforms.
• Migrate existing on-premises applications, workloads, and databases to public cloud environments.
• Support AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms.
• Ensure cloud environments meet security, compliance, data protection, and privacy requirements.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance and proactively troubleshoot issues.
• Manage and optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop automation using Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell.
• Work with cloud networking, VPCs, firewalls, and infrastructure management.
• Manage Windows Servers, Active Directory, and Linux environments.
• Design controls and processes using available audit tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on cloud migration and infrastructure initiatives.
• Maintain current knowledge of cloud technologies and products.

Required Skills

• 5+ years Microsoft Windows Server experience.
• 7+ years Azure and/or AWS experience.
• 3+ years Microsoft 365 experience.
• 3+ years PowerShell experience.
• 5+ years networking experience.
• Experience with cloud migration and infrastructure management.
• Experience with cloud security, data protection, and compliance.
• Experience with virtual machines, VPCs, and firewalls.
• Strong automation and scripting capabilities.

Preferred Skills

• 5+ years Linux administration.
• 3+ years VMware vSphere.
• 3+ years Python.
• 3+ years Bash scripting.
• 5+ years cloud storage technologies.
• Prior government or regulated-industry experience.