Cloud Platform Specialist

The Bureau of Infrastructure Support is seeking a Cloud Platform professional! A successful candidate has the skills to ensure smooth & secure deployment whether its workload is hosted in a legacy data center, a modern cloud container, or a SaaS application!

All employees are expected to live and work in Wisconsin. This position will have the option of working remotely upon agreement of the supervisor but may be asked to come into the office periodically. This schedule may change based on operational needs and organizational requirements.

The DET (Division of Enterprise Technology) is a great place to work! We offer amazing benefits such as a casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, ample vacation time, excellent health benefits, and an exceptional employee assistance program that offers a variety of programs and tools to help promote an employee's wellness and health.

Our competitive benefits package features:

• State Employee & Retiree Health Plan including health, dental and wellness benefits, and supplemental Vision Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Long-Term Care Insurance and Pre-Tax Savings Accounts (for health, dental, vision, day care and commuter expenses).
• WRS Retirement Benefit pension plan that is intended to provide you with a lifetime retirement payment. It offers an employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan.
• Substantial leave time including at least 3.5 weeks of vacation to start, 9 paid holidays and ample accrued sick time that rolls over each year.
• Accumulated Sick Leave which allows retirees to convert unused sick leave into credits to help pay for health insurance premiums.
• Disability Benefits to cover the possibility of becoming disabled while working for a WRS employer making you eligible to receive disability benefits that will give you income for the time you are unable to return to work.
• An Income Continuation Insurance that replaces a portion of your income if you are unable to work because of sickness or injury (both short and long term).
• Group Life Insurance providing life insurance coverage up to five times your annual earnings and covers death and dismemberment.
• Well Wisconsin Wellness Program with tools and resources to help set health and well-being goals, track progress, stay motivated, and earn incentives.
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being.

Join an organization that strives to exceed customer expectations by delivering efficient, high-quality state government services. The Department of Administration (DOA) provides direct services to state agency customers and designs and leads initiatives to make government more innovative and cost-effective. Working at DOA offers you the opportunity to make an impact on the quality of life in Wisconsin., Under general supervision, the Cloud Platform Specialist is a hands-on builder and automation expert responsible for designing, implementing, and operating a cohesive hybrid environment that spans the State's on-premises data centers, public cloud infrastructure, and enterprise SaaS portfolio. This role moves beyond traditional system administration to treat the entire technology stack as code, creating a unified operational model where regardless of location all resources are provisioned, managed, and secured through automation., Due to the nature of the position, DOA will conduct fingerprinting and background checks on applicants prior to selection. DOA does not sponsor work visas and is not an eligible OPT (Optional Practical Training) employer for F-1 international students. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States, and to complete the required employment eligibility form upon hire.

Minimally qualified applicants will have the following:

• Experience designing, implementing, and operating systems in an enterprise-scale hybrid environment with both an on-premises data center and public cloud presence (Azure, AWS, and/or GCP).
• Experience with DevSecOps building and maintaining automated security controls within modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins). Experience should include integrating and managing automated testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning)
• Experience with designing, building, and managing enterprise hybrid-cloud platform using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to ensure consistency, versioning, and reproducibility.
• Strong scripting and coding skills with fluency in at least one language (e.g. Python, PowerShell).

Starting salary for the IS Enterprise Technical Services Specialist (07-33) be between $35.19 - $52.00 hourly. Salary will be determined by applicant qualifications. A 12-month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be in accordance with the State Compensation Plan.