Comptroller - Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Austin, Texas


Employer: CAPPS
Industry: Computer and Mathematical
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time

Job Description

Applications must be filed at: https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=00043360

Please note that this job posting can be closed without notice and earlier than the closing date indicated in the posting if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage applicants to submit and complete the application promptly.

Are you ready to grow, make a positive impact? If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

Innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence best describes the culture here at the Comptroller's Office. We take pride in the work we do serving as Texas' accountant, tax collector, treasurer, and much more! The Comptroller's office serves virtually every citizen in the state. As Texas' chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer and purchasing manager, the agency is responsible for writing the checks and keeping the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government.

Our agency workforce is as diverse as the people of Texas we serve. We value our employees and take very seriously our collective commitment to public service. Personal development opportunities are strongly encouraged through available workshops, teambuilding exercises, and on the job training. We offer flexible scheduling that helps employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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ABOUT THE Division

General Description

We are looking for motivated and self-driven Systems Administrators to join our Cloud Support team. The team primarily supports and manages CPA's AWS cloud environments. Your day will be anything but routine as a member of this team. You will be assisting in multiple areas, including AWS account provisioning, security management, server management and maintenance, networking, storage management, and automation. You will be working with multiple development teams, assisting in code and content deployments, and proof of concept designs. You will coordinate with security teams to ensure the systems and environments meet the highest security standards and follow industry best practices. You will work collaboratively to diagnose a variety of complex infrastructure issues as well as automating routine processes and keeping up to date on new services. Growth opportunities are available as you step up and lead. You will learn and grow as we help shape the future of the Agency's IT infrastructure.

Work Hours

Work hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 40-hour week, Monday - Friday. Occasionally work additional hours including evenings, weekends and/or holidays. Cloud support activities periodically require on-call responsibilities or work during non-standard hours. Hours may change based on business need.

Teleworking may be considered if certain working conditions are met. The candidate must have permanent residency within the state of Texas and must be able to meet in office requirements, which can vary among different sections (i.e., report to office 1 day/month, 1-3days/week, etc.). Travel reimbursements are not provided for teleworking.



Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.

• Five (5) years system engineering

• Three (3) years developing and deploying solution proofs of concept and capability demonstrations.

• Three (3) years automation framework experience (i.e.: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CloudFormation etc.)

• Two (2) years AWS cloud computing technologies and techniques

• Two (2) years performing customer service in an IT environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business information systems, computer information systems, or management information systems.

• Four (4) years Linux-based development environment

• Three (3) years Apache configuration

• Two (2) years Linux system administration

• Two (2) year web server performance and capacity planning within distributed environment (i.e.: Windows, Unix, Linux, etc.)

• Two (2) year disaster recovery backup and recovery operations and

• Scripting language such as Ruby, BASH, PHP and Python

• Firewalls and load balancers (i.e.: F5, Nginx, etc.) in a production data center and/or cloud vendor

• Deployment management of public/government cloud solutions

• Analysis of performance/load testing and security issues

• Three (3) years of experience with AWS cloud technologies the following areas:

o Gateways and networking

o Management

o Orchestration

o Security

Substitutions

One (1) additional year of experience in systems engineering may substitute for thirty semester hours of educational requirement with a maximum substitution of 120 semester hours (four years).

Licenses and Certifications (Preferred)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

• Cloud+

• Linux+/LPIC-1

• LPIC-2

• LPIC-3

In this role you will:

Technical / Operational Support

• Analyzes, recommends, and implements system changes for security, efficiency and performance.

• Deploys and maintains services comprised of management, orchestration and security technologies.

• Monitors performance, capacity, and security of cloud resources and supporting technologies.

• Performs advanced root cause analysis.

Architectural Support

• Assists in the development of solution architectures, policies and procedures. Performs research and analysis required for project proposals, system modifications and new products.

• Develops and supports complex implementations using automation frameworks and scripting. Collaborates with SME's and customers for requirements and propose solutions that meet the objectives.

Administration

• Reviews tool sets regularly for efficiency, cost, and performance.

• Prepares disaster recovery plans and participates in disaster recovery hot site testing.

Performs other duties as assigned, including responding to incidents when on-call 24 hours a day during assigned rotation.

Maximize Your Earnings!

At the Comptroller's office, we know potential employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. The agency offers a strong benefits package for you and your family. Insurance, retirement plans, and a flexible work schedule are just the start. See our benefits offering

If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

Important Note to the Candidate:

Salary is contingent upon qualifications. If you are scheduled for an interview and require any reasonable accommodation in our interview process, please inform the hiring representative who calls you to schedule your interview. Whenever possible, please give the hiring representative sufficient time to consider and respond to your request.

MILITARY PREFERENCE

To receive MILITARY PREFERENCE, you are required to provide proof by attaching the necessary documentation to this job application.

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions

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Additional MOS can be found at the State Auditor's Office,

Military Crosswalk Guide.

The Texas Veterans Commission provides helpful employment information. Go to: http://www.texasskillstowork.com, http://www.onetonline.org, https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/ or www.careeronestop.org for assistance translating your military experience and training courses into civilian job terms, qualifications/requirements and skill sets.

Applications submitted through Work in Texas:

Work In Texas (WIT) applicants must complete supplemental questions to be considered for the position. To complete the supplemental questions please go to CAPPS Recruit to register or login and access your profile.

The Comptroller's Office is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.

Created: 2024-07-02
Reference: 00043360
Country: United States
State: Texas
City: Austin
ZIP: 78749


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