What are the responsibilities and job description for the WI RESIDENT Certified Cloud Architect position at Sundial Software?
The State of Wisconsin DOA is looking for one (1) Certified Cloud Architect (no certification is required for this role)
Candidate MUST be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI prior to starting the role at their own expense.
Objective: To build long-term internal capabilities while operationalizing and enforcing the State’s newly updated Flaw Remediation (SI-2) Standard. This initiative transitions the State from reactive, manual vulnerability management to an AI-accelerated, continuous authorization, and automated DevSecOps posture.
Top Required Skills & Years of Experience:
Must be able to demonstrate prior experience doing the following in a large/complex environment:
- Proven experience serving as a trusted technical advisor to CISOs, CIOs, or senior executive leaders within public sector or heavily federated enterprise environments.
- Documented success as a technical mentor, trainer, or engineering lead focused on pair-engineering and technical upskilling of infrastructure and security operations staff.
- Comprehensive expertise operationalizing security controls, including tiering models, compensating control validation, and time bound risk governance structures.
- Enterprise cyber stack Google Threat Intel or VirusTotal, Google SecOps, Mandiant ASM, Tenable.io, Microsoft Azure Arc, GitHub, GitHub Advanced Security, Ansible Tower, and Gemini/Anthropic AI security frameworks.
-Cloud Architecture & DevSecOps Engineering
Nice to have Skills:
-Federated/Government environment
-Tech Stack to include: Google, Microsoft, AWS, Splunk
Duration of the Contract: 1,800 Hours over 12 Months
Onsite or Remote: Candidate MUST be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI prior to starting the role at their own expense. This position can work 100% remote with occasional onsite visits 1-2 times required throughout the duration of the contract.
Project details (project overview, who the contractor will work with, soft skills needed, etc.): The State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration (DOA), Division of Enterprise Technology (DET), Bureau of Security (BOS) requires an expert senior technical leader and engineer to serve as a strategic advisor to the CISO and drive the statewide implementation of the Accelerated Exposure Reduction Plan.