Information Technology Specialist 3 (NY HELPS)
state of new york usaAlbany (NY)
Information Technology Specialist 3 (NY HELPS)
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state of new york usaAlbany (NY)
SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
Overview:
In this NY HELPS role, you help sustain and secure state cloud platforms (Azure, OCI, AWS) to support critical IT services. You will guide data governance, disaster recovery, and cost controls while ensuring high availability. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to drive cloud migrations and standardize best practices. The work supports government IT modernization and resilient cloud operations at scale. Compensation / Benefits paid vacation leave sick leave paid State holidays health insurance including vision & dental entry into the NYS retirement (pension) system telecommuting
Responsibilities:
Monitor Azure and OCI services and provide cloud expertise Champion cloud services to improve business efficiency Lead migrations from on‑premises to public government cloud Develop standardized, best‑practice approaches for cloud apps Create models/plans for cloud strategy implementation and performance improvements Establish financial safeguards for cloud cost containment Collaborate with IT teams on system analysis and architecture for cloud initiatives Coordinate with Security Operations on cloud security analysis and hardening Contribute to enterprise cloud architecture aligning with long‑term goals Implement cloud policies for disaster recovery and archiving Maintain technical documentation of cloud configurations and procedures Perform other duties as assigned
Key requirements:
Five years of professional IT experience in network, server, storage and systems management or related fields OR a bachelor’s degree in any field with 15 CS credits and two years of related experience OR a bachelor’s or higher degree with three years of related experience OR an associate degree with 15 CS credits and four years of related experience Team collaboration Clear communication Analytical thinking Cloud networking and compute (Azure, OCI, AWS) Large-scale cloud and hybrid architectures Cloud infrastructure and PaaS services (firewalls, VMs, storage, backups, gateways, load balancers, databases)
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