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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR JOB POSTING |
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Position Number: 50362726 |
Description Activated On: 12/29/2025 3:53:40 PM |
Position Purpose: Describe the primary purpose of this position and how it contributes to the organization’s objectives. Example: Provides clerical and office support within the Division to ensure its operations are conducted efficiently and effectively. The Director of Cloud Engineering leads the Commonwealth’s enterprise cloud strategy, engineering, and operations, with responsibility for designing and maintaining secure, scalable, and cost-effective multi-cloud infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud environments. This role drives cloud transformation initiatives to support enterprise architecture, security, and modernization goals. The Director provides strategic guidance to the CTO, CISO, and CIO on cloud platforms, capabilities, and investments. Responsibilities include overseeing vendor-managed cloud services, contracts, and professional service engagements to ensure performance, cost efficiency, and compliance. The position plays a key role in enabling innovation and modernization across Commonwealth agencies. Through long-term planning and execution, the Director helps shape a secure, efficient, and future-ready digital infrastructure for the Commonwealth. |
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Description of Duties: Describe in detail the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Descriptions should include the major end result of the task. Example: Types correspondence, reports, and other various documents from handwritten drafts for review and signature of the supervisor. Lead enterprise cloud strategy and governance for the Commonwealth, ensuring adoption of best practices in architecture, security, and service delivery. Oversee multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Oracle), including architecture, automation, provisioning, migration, and lifecycle management. Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Cybersecurity teams to ensure cloud solutions are secure, compliant, and resilient. Manage and hold accountable managed service providers (MSPs) responsible for cloud engineering, operations, and support. Develop and manage multi-cloud billing and cost optimization strategies, including chargeback models and enterprise agreements. Lead modernization and cloud-native transformation projects, enabling agility, scalability, and innovation across agencies. Build and lead a diverse team, fostering collaboration across OIT and agency delivery centers. Serve as an advisor to the CTO, CISO, and CIOs on cloud standards, emerging technologies, and strategic opportunities. Ensure alignment of all cloud initiatives with enterprise objectives, budgets, and long-term IT transformation goals. Maintain vendor relationships, monitor SLAs, and oversee professional services to ensure accountability and value delivery Provide a full range of supervisory duties including hiring, coaching, evaluation, and workforce planning. Maintain 24/7 availability to handle critical issue escalations and provide emergency support as required. Travel as required, including overnight stays. Perform other related duties as assigned. |
Decision Making: Describe the types of decisions made by the incumbent of this position and the types of decisions referred to others. Identify the problems or issues that can be resolved at the level of this position, versus those that must be referred to the supervisor. Example: In response to a customer inquiry, this work involves researching the status of an activity and preparing a formal response for the supervisor’s signature. This position is responsible developing and leading a comprehensive multi-cloud strategy that aligns with the Commonwealth’s enterprise technology vision and business goals. You will oversee daily operations and long-term planning for all cloud environments, ensuring performance, availability, and compliance. Key decisions include driving modernization efforts to transition legacy systems to cloud-native architectures and implementing governance policies that enforce security, identity, and lifecycle management standards. You will also guide FinOps practices to optimize cloud costs and ensure budget accountability across units. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing vendor relationships requires balancing speed, cost, and risk while enforcing SLAs and service delivery expectations. Additionally, you will provide strategic input to senior leadership on personnel, tooling, and budget to support cloud operations and serve as deputy to the Director of Compute Operations. Finally, you will make critical decisions during escalations and emergencies, maintaining 24/7 readiness to ensure operational resilience. |
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Requirements Profile: Identify any specific experience or requirements, such as a licensure, registration, or certification, which may be necessary to perform the functions of the position. Position-specific requirements should be consistent with a Special Requirement or other criteria identified in the classification specification covering this position. Example: Experience using Java; Professional Engineer License Experience: Licenses, registrations, or certifications: 1. N/A 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. 5. 6. |
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Essential Functions: Provide a list of essential functions for this position. Example: Transports boxes weighing up to 60 pounds.
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