Cloud Engineer

Payrate : $87.00 - $87.00 / hr.

Summary :

The Infrastructure Architect will work on-site at the Sheriff's Department to lead enterprise IT architecture strategy, design hybrid cloud infrastructure, ensure compliance with public safety standards (e.g., CJIS), and act as a senior technical advisor to internal teams. The contractor will be expected to work extended hours when required, particularly during system migrations, outages, security events, or other critical maintenance windows. The architect is also expected to provide direct mentorship, coaching, and skills development to department IT personnel to build internal technical capability.

Responsibilities :

• Lead the technical architecture of a secure, resilient, and scalable hybrid environment
• (Azure, AWS, and on-prem)
• Define integration strategies for legacy systems and cloud-based workloads.
• Develop infrastructure standards, policies, and lifecycle strategies to guide modernization.
• Serve as the lead technical expert (Level 4) for infrastructure, virtualization, networking, and cloud services.
• Work on-site to provide hands-on leadership in system implementation, maintenance, and performance optimization.
• Provide after-hours support and overtime as needed during critical cutovers, incidents, or emergency responses.
• Act as a subject matter expert and technical mentor to IT staff, supporting internal knowledge transfer and skill-building.
• Mentor IT staff on Microsoft 365, Intune, Azure Backup, and Endpoint Manager operations
• Design secure architectures compliant with CJIS, NIST, and state / local law enforcement standards.
• Oversee identity architecture (Active Directory, Azure AD, Entra ID, AWS IAM, MFA, RBAC).
• Oversee the PKI infrastructure, ensure encryption, access control, auditability, and secure connectivity across environments.
• Guide the phased migration of infrastructure workloads and services to cloud platforms.
• Architect hybrid networking (VPN, SD-WAN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect) and ensure connectivity with public safety systems.
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, PowerShell, CloudFormation) to automate deployments.
• Maintain detailed and current documentation : diagrams, SOPs, runbooks, security plans, recovery procedures.
• Conduct technical knowledge transfer sessions and provide formal and informal training to department staff.
• Create and maintain compliance documentation for internal and third-party audits.

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Pay Transparency : The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is : $87.00 - $87.00 / hr. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.

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