NCDIT - Cloud Engineer- Mid Level

OST Workforce; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

OST Workforce seeks a Cloud Engineer to lead enterprise data integration for North Carolina state programs. You will design and modernize cloud ingestion patterns and secure data pipelines, reengineering legacy feeds into scalable cloud-native services while aligning with security policies and compliance requirements.

You will also build cloud-based data warehouse capabilities with medallion architectures and drive governance and AI-assisted development to improve reliability and readiness for

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud data integration architectures (lakehouse/medallion).
• Strong ETL/pipeline development with orchestration, error handling, validation, and lineage.
• Data quality, metadata management, and governance practices for compliance.
• Security and privacy alignment across HIPAA, CJIS, and NIST; DevSecOps awareness.
• Networking and cloud platform fundamentals; IAM; distributed compute and storage in Azure/AWS/SAS Viya.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data integration across statewide programs and agencies.
• Design, implement, and modernize the enterprise landing zone and data pipelines.
• Promote governance, privacy controls, and metadata lineage across frameworks.

Skills

Cloud data engineering

ETL pipelines

Data governance

Security/privacy

Azure/AWS/Viya fundamentals

Job description

Typical Experience: 36-60 months

*This is a hybrid position where the candidate will be expected on site once a week.

This role serves as the technical and strategic lead for enterprise data integration across statewide programs and agencies. The Cloud Engineer designs, implements, and modernizes the enterprise landing zone, cloud ingestion patterns, and secure data pipelines, re engineering legacy feeds such as SFTP, Azure Blob, and batch pathways into scalable, automated, cloud native services aligned with state security policies and compliance requirements. The position collaborates with architects, security teams, vendors, and agency partners to ensure reliable, secure, standardized pipelines from ingestion through transformation and delivery, and it drives operational support across the full lifecycle.

Beyond integration, the role builds and maintains cloud based data warehouse capabilities, including medallion structures (Bronze, Silver, Gold), to enable governed, analytics ready transformations. It defines storage and partitioning conventions for performance and traceability, promotes governance alignment and privacy controls across frameworks such as HIPAA, CJIS, and NIST, and serves as the division s ETL subject matter expert on metadata, lineage, and modeling. The engineer also advances innovation by evaluating emerging tools and AI assisted development to improve reliability, efficiency, and readiness for future capabilities.

The Enterprise Data Office (EDO), a division within the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (DIT), is responsible for delivering enterprise data and analytics capabilities that support statewide programs, agencies, and strategic initiatives. Through these capabilities, the EDO enables improved decision making, operational efficiency, and better outcomes for citizens across North Carolina.

Required/Desired Skills

SkillRequired /DesiredAmountof ExperienceCloud data engineering and integration, including modern lakehouse and medallion architecturesRequired5YearsETL and pipeline development with robust orchestration, error handling, validation, and lineageRequired5YearsData quality, metadata management, and governance practices to ensure accuracy and complianceRequired3YearsSecurity and privacy alignment across frameworks such as HIPAA, CJIS, and NIST, plus DevSecOps awarenessRequired3YearsNetworking and cloud platform fundamentals, identity and access management, and distributed compute and storage in Azure, AWS, or SAS ViyaRequired3Years