Title: Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer
State Role Title: Info Technology Specialist III
Hiring Range: $140,000 - $150,000
Pay Band: 6
Agency: VA Information Tech Agency
Location: VA Information Technologies
Agency Website: https://www.vita.virginia.gov/
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
The Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer will serve as a senior, hands-on technical resource for VITA's Business Platform Solutions Team, which provides enterprise cloud platforms and digital services to Commonwealth agencies.
Design, develop and implement secure, supportable solutions across Microsoft Power Platform, GitHub Enterprise, Adobe Management Platform, Box Enterprise Content Management, Azure-based services and robotic process automation.
Lead the technical execution of complex platform initiatives, including integrations, automation, deployment patterns and reusable engineering solutions. Develop tools and processes that improve platform administration, monitoring, reporting, licensing and management of consumption-based services such as AI credits, API usage and cloud capacity.
Work directly with agency and internal technical teams to translate business needs into practical solutions, develop proofs of concept, troubleshoot complex cross-platform issues and guide implementations from design through operational support.
Evaluate emerging technologies and platform capabilities and help establish repeatable technical standards, reference architectures and engineering practices that improve security, reliability and scalability.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role that works under the operational and architectural direction of the Platform Operations Manager and does not directly manage or supervise staff.
Minimum Qualifications
Considerable experience leading or providing technical direction to a team responsible for enterprise platforms, cloud services, application development, or automation.
Considerable experience designing and implementing repeatable technical patterns, deployment standards, and reusable automation.
Considerable experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, source control, scripting, or similar approaches used to automate technical operations.
Considerable experience managing cloud-based or consumption-based services, including monitoring usage, forecasting demand, controlling costs, and establishing operational guardrails.
Experience using reporting, logging, or monitoring tools to track items such as AI token consumption, API calls, service capacity, performance, and availability.
Experience improving an organization's technical posture through standardization, documentation, security controls, lifecycle management, and operational processes.
Considerable experience integrating cloud platforms, APIs, data services, and enterprise applications.
Considerable experience diagnosing complex technical issues and guiding them through resolution.
Additional Considerations
Experience working with state agencies in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
This position is telework eligible.
Applicants must consent to a fingerprint background check.
The Commonwealth of Virginia welcomes all applicants authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship is not provided; therefore, applicants must be a citizen or national of the U.S., a Lawful Permanent Resident, or an alien authorized to work.
State applications and/or resumes will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the state applicant tracking system. We will not accept applications, resumes, cover letters, etc. in any other format. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided in the application and/or resume.
Contact Information
Name: VITA Human Resources
Email: Recruitment@vita.virginia.gov
