IT Cloud Architect - Idaho State Supreme Court : Job Details

Salary : $82,022.00 - $92,602.00 AnnuallyLocation : Boise, IDJob Type: Full-TimeJob Number: 00106Department: Administrative Office of the CourtsDivision: Information DivisionOpening Date: 01/06/2025Closing Date: ContinuousHow We Work:: The Administrative Office of the Courts is committed to supporting the mission of the Idaho Courts using an agile approach that aligns strategy, work, and capacity. This approach empowers our employees to respond quickly and efficiently to meet the needs of our customers: citizens, courts, judges, employees, and other stakeholders. We believe in continual improvement of our services and products to better serve and support our customers and the evolving environment. Courts employees are future-focused, take initiative, and are personally responsible for work delivery and professional growth. Our leaders are committed to professional development and growth of employees by empowering and supporting motivated individuals; providing clarity and focus for projects; giving those individuals the environment and support they need; and fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, learning, trust, and shared accountability. General Position SummaryPosition Title: IT Cloud ArchitectEffective Date: January 2025Salary Grade/Range: Grade 17 / $82,022 - $92,602FLSA Status: Exempt - ComputerEEO Job Category: ProfessionalGeneral Position Summary:The Idaho Supreme Court is seeking a technical, highly motivated, experienced candidate for the IT Cloud Architect position to proactively and holistically lead cloud architecture activities, to include the creation of deliverables that guide the direction, development, and management of the Idaho Courts' technologies. This person will support the Judicial Branch of the State of Idaho to understand, predict, and respond with technological responses to disruptive forces and targeted business outcomes. This role will lead and coordinate all aspects of the Business, Information/Data, Application, and technical domains. Partnering with the CISO to develop integrated cyber security requirements and solutions is part of this role. The Cloud Architect will provide the leadership, facilitation, analysis and design required for the development of the cloud architecture. This role is responsible for helping court leaders enable their future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive the organization's targeted business outcomes through the choice of initiatives in which the organization chooses to invest. This will include facilitating and orchestrating the delivery of targeted business outcomes through technical decisions. This person will also assist the technical organization in understanding how best to improve, troubleshoot, and stabilize existing technologies to achieve current business demands. This position will have many learning and training opportunities to plan, advise, and advance our technology stack, keep the courts up to date and stay current in technology. This position will work within the Information Division with more than 40 IT teammates. The position reports to the Chief Information Officer.Major Duties and Responsibilities(The examples provided do not cover all of the duties which the incumbent of this position may be required to perform.)

• Works with trial court representatives, peer divisions, and IT domain leads to analyze the infrastructure needs, capacity requirements, and performance expectations, then translating those requirements into cloud infrastructure designs;
• Presents gap analyses and/or IT roadmaps that reflect the status of the existing cloud investment, selecting appropriate cloud services, defining system topology, and ensuring scalability, reliability, and security;
• Leads the development of strategies for migrating on-premises systems or applications to the cloud, based on court requirements, including assessing feasibility, identifying risks and implementing migration plans with minimal disruption;
• Understands technology trends and the practical application of cloud models to enable new and evolving court needs;
• Leads the analysis of the current cloud environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommends solutions for improvement;
• Provides recommendations on security best practices and compliance controls in cloud environments, including data encryption, identity and access management (IAM), network security, and compliance with the ISC's security framework;
• Develops automation scripts, templates, and workflows to streamline provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud resources, leveraging tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation;
• Develops continuous monitoring process and makes optimization recommendations for the cloud infrastructure performance, identifying bottlenecks, and developing solutions to improve scalability, availability, and performance;
• Facilitates a collaborative relationship across product owners and agile development teams;
• Collaborates with agile teams to ensure consistency with the cloud architecture, as well as to leverage on-premise and shared technologies, tools and processes that ensure a positive court experience;
• Helps define and track metrics to measure and demonstrate value of cloud platforms;
• Identifies opportunities to optimize cloud costs through efficient resource allocation, utilization monitoring, and leveraging cost-saving features offered by cloud providers;
• Collaborates with business constituents, project teams and staff in various IT functional areas as needed to fulfill the responsibilities described above;
• Communicates technical concepts and recommendations effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum QualificationsThe Idaho Courts reserve the right to consider an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience necessary to successfully perform the major responsibilities of the position.Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience;
• Demonstrated experience creating and maintaining three-year roadmaps for the Business, Information/Data, Application, and technical domains.
• Minimum of five years of design and implementation experience in IT, with a deep knowledge in a minimum of two of the following disciplines and/or cloud platforms: business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure;
• Demonstrated experience modernizing on-premise technology services to take advantage of cloud infrastructure.
• Preferred certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Cloud Security Alliance.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations;
• Demonstrated knowledge of SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS);
• Understanding and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL);
• Demonstrated knowledge of designing scalable, reliable, and secure cloud architectures to meet business requirements;
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices, compliance requirements, and experience implementing security controls in cloud environments;
• Knowledge of financial models and budgeting;
• Skill in written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences;
• Skill in using excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation;
• Skill in providing leadership to a various individuals throughout the organization;
• Ability to use strong analytical and technical skills;
• Ability to use strong planning and organizational skills;
• Ability to work independently;
• Ability to match system solutions to specific user requirements and functions;
• Ability to identify opportunities to optimize cloud costs through efficient resource allocation, utilization monitoring, and leveraging cost-saving features offered by cloud providers;
• Ability to write, read, and interpret flow charts and other documentation;
• Ability to display an attitude of cooperation and work harmoniously with all levels of court employees, the general public, and other organizations;
• Ability to complete assignments in a timely fashion;
• Ability to travel throughout the State of Idaho.

The Idaho Judiciary is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring is done without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other applicable legally protected status. In addition, preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations. If you need accommodation for applying or interviewing, please notify human resources.N/A