OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - MAINE IT

CLOUD CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

Opening Date: April 24, 2025

Closing Date:  May 8, 2025

Job Class Code: 0871
Grade: 29
Salary: $71,616.48 - $100,535.76*/Annually (includes 15% recruitment & retention stipend and eligible for an additional 5% annual training bonus)
Position Number: 015108112

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) Office of Information Technology (MaineIT) provides information technology support to over 13,000 employees.  MaineIT oversees large-scale enterprise applications that support the critical and diverse business needs of the State and its agencies.

MaineIT is seeking a highly talented individual who will represent our C.A.R.E. values in all that they do.  At MaineIT we:  

• Practice Customer-focus, ensuring that our customers are heard, and their needs are met.
• Hold ourselves to a high level of Accountability by being transparent with our stakeholders.
• Maintain an effective level of Responsiveness by providing timely updates in a proactive manner.
• Strive to provide Empathy driven, people-focused services by applying emotional intelligence skills and behaviors.

This position reports to the Director of the Cloud Center of Excellence within the Office of Information Technology. This position will support the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) by implementing and overseeing cloud standards, governance, guardrails, and architectures across MaineIT and the Executive Branch. This role will help bridge existing gaps and ensure consistent technical and business requirements are properly vetted and implemented throughout this new program.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with architecting State of Maine cloud infrastructure utilizing AWS, Azure, and Oracle cloud environments.
• Solve hard core technology problems around availability, scalability, performance in the cloud, and prevent significant business impacting risks.
• Work with stakeholders and vendor partners on cloud solutions and cloud optimization topics.
• Work with Enterprise Architecture and Platform Teams to document and present methodologies and architectural documents to operations, engineering, and executive teams.
• Design, develop, publish and maintain reference architectures for Cloud technologies.
• Assist with design in cloud applications/database guidelines, standards, best practices and operational readiness model for the various cloud platforms.
• In collaboration with Cybersecurity, assist with designing redundancy and resiliency for cloud environments and assist with the planning and documentation of DR and plans for the cloud platforms.
• Helps deliver a cloud services catalog roadmap to best determine processes and procedures to continually analyze and adopt new native cloud services (i.e. cloud native storage, DBaaS, Serverless Compute, etc.)
• Assists with defining and creating reference architectures based on standardized technologies.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: 

• Knowledge of and understanding of cloud architectures and implementation across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services.
• Ability to identify risk as it relates to MaineIT policy, cloud services and desired outcomes
• Ability to collaborate with subject matter experts across MaineIT to develop a concise position on cloud services, products, and services.
• Knowledge of Cloud concepts and tools.
• Knowledge of cloud (AWS, Azure, OCI) architectures and implementation or equivalent experience with vendor specific cloud certification.
• Knowledge of risk assessment processes for information technology systems as outlined in NIST Publications.
• Knowledge of information security controls outlined in NIST Special Publication 800-53.
• Ability to translate business requirements to technology requirements.
• High level of attention to detail reviewing complex documents related to cloud architecture and solutioning
• Ability to conduct research, analyze, and communicate risks associated with implementation of solutions or approved architectures

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A minimum of 8 years of a combination of related post-secondary education, technical certifications, or technology related work experience.  Related training, internship experience etc. may be credited as related experience on a month-per-month basis

The selected candidate will be required to pass the required background checks(fingerprinting may be required) as a condition of employment.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extensions.

Benefits of working for the State of Maine:

No matter where you work across Maine state government, you find employees who embody our state motto—"Dirigo" or "I lead"—as they provide essential services to Mainers every day. We believe in supporting our workforce's health and wellbeing with a valuable total compensation package, including:

• Work-Life Fit – Rest is essential. Take time for yourself using 13 paid holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually. Vacation leave accrual increases with years of service, and overtime-exempt employees receive personal leave.
• Health Insurance Coverage – The State of Maine pays 85%-95% of employee-only premiums ($11,196.96 - $12,514.32 annual value), depending on salary. Use this chart to find the premium costs for you and your family, including the percentage of dependent coverage paid by the State. 
• Dental Insurance – The State of Maine pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums ($387.92 annual value).
• Retirement Plan – The State contributes the equivalent of 13.29% of the employee's pay towards the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS). 

State employees are eligible for an extensive and highly competitive benefits package, covering many aspects of wellness. Learn about additional wellness benefits for State employees from the Office of Employee Health and Wellness.

Note: Benefits may vary somewhat according to specific collective bargaining agreements and are prorated for anything less than full-time.

There's a job and then there's purposeful, transformative work. Our aim is to create a workplace where you can learn, grow, and continuously refine your skills. Applicants demonstrate job requirements in differing ways, and we appreciate that many skills and backgrounds can make people successful in this role. 

As an Equal Opportunity employer, Maine State Government embraces a culture of respect and awareness. We are committed to creating a strong sense of belonging for all team members, and our process ensures an inclusive environment to applicants of all backgrounds including diverse race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, familial status or genetics. 

If you’re looking for a great next step, and want to feel good about what you do, we’d love to hear from you. Please note reasonable accommodations are provided to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

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