SENIOR SYSTEMS / CLOUD ENGINEER

Office of the Minnesota Attorney General; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of the Minnesota Attorney General seeks a senior infrastructure engineer to design, deploy, and secure hybrid cloud/on‑prem environments (Azure/AWS, Windows Server, VMware/Hyper‑V). You will lead migrations, implement governance, and drive automation across identity, storage, and backups.

You will act as a senior escalation point, improve resiliency, and partner with security and networking teams to uphold statewide standards while shaping modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• Degree in information technology, information systems, or closely related field plus four+ years of related work experience
• OR six+ years of related work experience
• Experience administering Azure and/or AWS cloud environments, including IAM, compute, networking, storage, governance, billing, and monitoring
• Experience with Windows Server, virtualization, storage technologies, certificates, and enterprise backup solutions such as Veeam or CommVault
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex incidents across cloud and on‑prem environments
• Automation experience (PowerShell, CLI, APIs) and monitoring
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, HA architectures, and backup strategies

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, configure, and administer AGO's cloud and on‑prem infrastructure (Azure, AWS, Windows Server, virtualization)
• Implement governance, security baselines, monitoring, logging, alerts, and access policies
• Lead cloud migrations, resiliency improvements, lifecycle management, and platform upgrades
• Manage backup, replication, and DR configurations with Azure and Veeam
• Serve as senior escalation point for complex incidents across servers, cloud services, identity, storage, and backups
• Develop automation using PowerShell, CLI, IaC, and cloud APIs
• Monitor performance with dashboards, baselines, proactive tuning
• Maintain directory services and hybrid identity components (Entra ID, CA, MFA)
• Coordinate with security, application, and networking teams on changes
• Evaluate emerging technologies and modernize AGO infrastructure
• Plan high‑impact infrastructure changes requiring senior judgment

Skills

Azure/AWS cloud

Windows Server

VMware/Hyper‑V

Automation (PowerShell)

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring/observability

Identity services

Security best practices

Disaster recovery

Communication

Tools

Veeam

Azure

AWS

SharePoint

Job description

Who May Apply:Open to all qualified applicants

Date Posted:10/1/2026

Closing Date:10/15/2026

Position Salary Range:$78,759 - $129,894 / annually

Job Summary

The Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison has a clear mission: we help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. We are a dynamic group of dedicated professionals who choose public service as a calling, and we are actively and intentionally committed to supporting an internal culture that affirms that calling. The Office is one of Minnesota’s largest public law offices and as of 2026, has been recognized as a Top Workplace Minnesota six years in a row and Top Workplace USA five years in a row.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design, engineer, configure, and administer the AGO's cloud and on premises infrastructure, including Azure, AWS, Windows Server, virtualization platforms (VMware/Hyper V), storage systems, and identity services.
• Implement and maintain governance, security baselines, monitoring, logging, alerting, and access policies across infrastructure to ensure compliant, reliable, and secure operations.
• Lead modernization and architecture improvements by planning and executing cloud migrations, resiliency enhancements, lifecycle management, and platform upgrades.
• Manage and optimize backup, replication, and disaster recovery configurations using Azure and Veeam to ensure recoverability of critical AGO systems.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for high complexity incidents involving servers, cloud services, identity platforms, storage, virtualization, and backups; conduct root cause analysis and lead remediation efforts.
• Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, CLI, Infrastructure as Code principles, and cloud APIs to improve consistency, reduce manual effort, and enhance operational reliability.
• Monitor infrastructure performance by building dashboards, establishing baselines, identifying early degradation, and implementing proactive performance tuning or corrective actions.
• Maintain and enhance directory services, identity integrations (Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA), certificates, and related security components supporting AGO's hybrid environment.
• Coordinate closely with security, application, and networking teams to ensure that infrastructure changes, cloud configurations, and system updates align with AGO and statewide security standards.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, platform updates, and industry best practices, and apply relevant advancements to AGO infrastructure to support ongoing modernization and efficiency.
• Plan and execute high impact infrastructure changes or migrations that require senior level judgment, careful risk assessment, and cross team communication.

• Provide technical leadership by contributing to architectural discussions, mentoring IT staff, and communicating complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work environment (combination of required in-office work and optional telework) after successful completion of onboarding and training.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in information technology, information systems, or closely related field AND four or more years of directly related work experience
• OR six or more years of directly related work experience
• Experience administering and supporting Azure and/or AWS cloud environments, including identity and access management, compute, networking, storage (Azure Files, Azure Blob, SharePoint), governance, billing, and monitoring.
• Professional experience administering and troubleshooting Windows Server, virtualization platforms (VMware/Hyper‑V), storage technologies, certificates, and enterprise backup solutions (e.g., Veeam, CommVault).
• Ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex, multi‑platform technical incidents and conduct thorough root‑cause analysis across cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Experience with infrastructure automation (PowerShell, CLI, APIs), monitoring tools, and performance tuning of cloud and hybrid systems.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, resilience patterns, high‑availability architectures, and enterprise backup strategies.

• Strong communication, documentation, collaboration, organizational, and customer‑service skills; ability to work independently, multitask, and adapt to evolving technologies and priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IT service management practices (incident, problem, change management) and cross‑team operational coordination.
• Experience with advanced cloud and infrastructure technologies beyond the minimum requirements, including multi‑cluster virtualization, enterprise storage, virtual firewalls, cloud security, and hybrid identity.
• Proficiency with programming and scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, SQL, Python, .NET) and experience developing automation or workflow integrations for multi‑tier systems.
• Experience designing, administering, or optimizing enterprise‑scale monitoring and observability frameworks (log analytics, dashboards, automated remediation workflows).
• Experience leading technical initiatives such as cloud modernization, architectural design, infrastructure migrations, or cross‑functional working groups, including producing documentation or standards.
• Experience evaluating and applying emerging automation or AI technologies to improve infrastructure engineering, troubleshooting, monitoring, or documentation.
• Broader security engineering background, including certificate/PKI design, secrets management, secure access controls, or incident response across cloud and on‑prem systems.

Why Work For Us

Working together to improve the state we love.

What do Minnesota's State employees have in common?

• A sense of purpose in their work
• Connection with their coworkers and communities
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Minnesota state agencies are equal opportunity, affirmative action, and veteran-friendly employers. State agencies are committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity of the state and strongly encourages persons of color and Indigenous communities, members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, individuals with disabilities, women, and veterans to apply. The varied experiences and perspectives of employees strengthen the work we do together and our ability to best serve Minnesotans.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and disabilities related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, disability, veteran status or activity in a local Human Rights Commission or any other characteristic protected by law.

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