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Cloud Operations Supervisor (Remote from anywhere in Colorado)

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Cloud Operations Supervisor (Remote from anywhere in Colorado)

Salary

$90,000.00 - $125,000.00 Annually

Location

Statewide, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

EGB93355

Department

Governor's Office of Information Technology

Opening Date

06/20/2024

Closing Date

7/1/2024 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Primary Physical Work Address

(Remote from anywhere in CO)

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

oit_hr@state.co.us

Type of Announcement

This announcement is not governed by the selection processes of the classified personnel system. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

Serving People. Serving Colorado.

The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

We believe equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time, and benefits that allow us all to have fulfilling lives.

Watch this two-minute video to learn about how OIT's mission, vision, and values inspire us to provide solutions that power the services Coloradans rely on every day.

Description of Job

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please review your application to ensure completion. For the most equitable applicant experience, OIT’s hiring team considers only the contents of your application to review your qualifications. Please do not include any attachments (such as resume or cover letter) with your application as these items are not used by OIT’s hiring team.

Our new Cloud Operations Supervisor will be responsible for the work unit's day-to-day operations and for supervising a team of Cloud Operations professionals. This critical role is often a working manager who assigns, prioritizes, monitors, and maintains workflow while coaching, leading, and motivating staff. Responsible for delivering services assigned to the work unit, this role shares information across the team, management, and work units to accomplish tasks with an eye on continuous improvement.

This position supervises the efforts of a cloud team that supports OIT and targeted State products. The position will apply knowledge of cloud computing platforms and services and coordinate support activities to meet customers' needs. The position acts as the internal consultant providing direction on aspects of hosted services, cloud administration, and cross-team collaboration to improve customer service and business continuity. The position supports the organization by developing infrastructure designs, implementation, and operational plans using standard practices, procedures, guidelines, and process workflow.

Some of the day to day duties include :

Staying current on the evolution of public cloud platform capabilities and service offerings

Proactively understand customer needs for cloud platforms to identify gaps in offerings.

Ensuring policies, standards, and standard operating procedures are available and up to date for supported cloud platforms and services

Continuous improvement of team processes and technologies to improve the value and reduce costs

Manage vendor relationships to ensure the greatest value is provided from such.

Oversee month-by-month spending on the Google Cloud Platform and tools used by the team to identify inefficiencies and risks and propose solutions to customers and leadership to address these.

Assignment of duties and deadlines to staff, workload and resource management, and cross-training of duties to ensure coverage

Develop staff performance plans and conduct performance reviews.

Coordinating coverage across supported agencies, ensuring procedures and documentation are in place.

Drive and influence technical scope, requirements definition, estimates, coordination of technical resources, and schedules.

Tracked progress of projects' technical interdependencies and prepared project status reports.

Actively engage in improving leadership skills, attitudes, and knowledge, especially as related to equity, diversity and inclusion. Attend training, development and group training on topics of inclusive leadership.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis.

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or

education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:

Minimum Qualifications:

A minimum of five (5) years of increasingly challenging work experience in the systems administration/system infrastructure field. Experience must include the following:

Experience with contemporary DevSecOps automation toolchain, infrastructure as code and Continuous Delivery techniques.

Foundational solid understanding of Cloud Platforms and Services, preferably with Google Cloud Platform.

Experience organizing and managing work with Agile toolsets.

Substitutions:

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with staff and budget allocations for technical projects, status reporting, and maintaining effective and timely communications.

Knowledge of multiple Cloud provider offerings - AWS, Google, Azure

Experience with Agile project management and LEAN methodologies

Experience integrating legacy platforms and applications with cloud-based systems

Scrum Master certification or PMP or equivalent experience

ITIL Foundation certification or equivalent experience

Experience in a supporting role for Information Technology operations

Conditions of Employment:

OIT candidates and employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

Positions supporting some agencies such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety will also require a pre-employment drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.

Supplemental Information

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. There is no form of relocation assistance, financial or otherwise, available for any position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.

Our application process and what to expect after you apply are described in the videos found here (https://careers.colorado.gov/how-to-apply) .

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at OIT_HR@state.co.us or call (303) 764-7900.

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology does NOT offer sponsored Visas for employment purposes.

Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.

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What is it about this job that led you to apply?

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Please describe how you learned of this job opening.

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The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) complies with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. While a wide salary range is posted, specific criteria (experience, education, state seniority, etc.) will be used to determine any salary offer. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis. It is this salary analysis, rather than any negotiation process, that determines any salary offer. Please acknowledge your understanding of this process and the posted salary range for this position.

• Yes, I understand the above statement.

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  All remote work must be performed from within the State of Colorado. If you live out of state and are selected for this position you must relocate to Colorado before commencing employment. There is no form of relocation assistance, financial or otherwise, available for any position. Do you wish to proceed with your submission?

• Yes, I understand the above statement.

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  If any of the State of Colorado positions listed in your employment history were performed as a contract employee, you MUST list the position/s, State Agency, and the name of the contracting company by whom you were paid during the contract position. If this does not apply, please type "N/A".

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  Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status, including but not limited to H-1B or F-1 student visa status?

• Yes

• No

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  Do you currently reside in the state of Colorado?

• Yes

• No

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