Cloud Services Engineer

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Job ID: 36008

Agency: Bureau of Information and Technology

Location:Pierre or Sioux Falls; SD

Salary: $73,063.30-$91329.12, Annual Salary, depending on qualifications

Pay Grade: 07

Closing Date: 5/16/26

This is a Full-Time position with the Bureau of Information and Technology - Enterprise Platforms and Infrastructure Division. For more information on the Bureau of Information and Technology, please visit https://www.sd.gov/bit .

Enterprise Collaboration Services is looking to fill a Cloud Services Engineer role. The incumbent will participate in a team setting, working on projects involving the implementation, operations and maintenance of the State of South Dakota's Microsoft cloud services as well as Azure cloud services in the BIT Enterprise Platforms and Infrastructure Division, Enterprise Collaboration Services team. The incumbent will assist various state agencies and BIT that are investing in cloud infrastructure. The incumbent will oversee and manage these cloud-based investments across the State of South Dakota to include researching features and advising on best practices. This position will assist clients with problem source identification and resolution; plan, install, and maintain Windows system software and applications in the cloud and on prem to ensure performance, integrity, and security; and provide problem diagnostic and resolution assistance for team members, external staff, and third-party providers.

Employment with state government comes with many great benefits, including:

• a fully funded state pension plan that is rated as one of the best in the nation;
• a generous, health insurance plan;
• three weeks of paid vacation plus 14 days of paid sick leave accruals per year to help ensure work-life balance.
  
  

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• strong communication skills;
• be able to work effectively as both a team and independently;
• form productive relationships with clients and other team members.
  
  

Knowledge Of

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• support and troubleshoot on-prem and hybrid systems and assist other staff with the same;
• standardize how we manage and monitor our enterprise cloud usage and licensing across the organization and state;
• work closely with IT security to monitor the company's cloud privacy and security;
• appropriate provisioning, monitoring, and decommissioning;
• financial considerations and oversight;
• overall planning for interoperability and integration points;
• governance structure principles and practices;
• information technology and resource management;
• project management.
  
  

Skill To

• collaborate with engineering and development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions;
• set up and maintain live metrics summaries for enterprise consideration;
• track multiple areas of responsibility with strong organization;
• maintain current documentation architecture of installed systems;
• identify opportunities for process efficiencies and automation.
  
  

Ability To

• develop, standardize, document and maintain the enterprise architecture across the organization including: business architecture, technical architecture, and security architecture;
• facilitate the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations;
• collaborate with state agencies and internal BIT to assist in technology implementation and modification activities to insure the following: Security posture, best use of resources, scalability and manageability;
• offer guidance in infrastructure movement techniques as well as identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues;
• assist with designing the governance, assurance and standards activities associated with ensuring enterprise technology architecture compliance;
• assist teams understanding options for migrations to the cloud and/or setting up hybrid solutions depending on most appropriate/cost effect/etc. implementation paths;
• communicate with technical and non-technical clients and translate their needs, ideas, or suggestions into logical solutions to business problems;
• assist developing and managing key performance metrics for various technical teams;
• analyze, resolve, and document information system errors.
  
  

Additional Requirements: To be considered, please attach your resume.

This position is eligible for Veterans’ Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment.

NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information here . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=415

You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.

South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources and Administration

Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us

http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus

"An Equal Opportunity Employer"