Public Cloud Engineer

This is a full remote job. The offer is available from anywhere.

The SIS Azure Public Cloud Engineer will serve as the primary technical lead for the district's multi-tenant Azure environment with a specialized focus on disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity.

Reporting to the SIS Application Manager, this role is responsible for designing and implementing robust recovery strategies for various disaster scenarios, including physical site failures, security breaches, and cybersecurity incidents.

The Architect will ensure that critical educational and administrative systems remain resilient through comprehensive incident response planning, cybersecurity defense integration, and the development of offline process preparations to guarantee continuous service delivery to our schools and students.

Objectives:

• Design and manage a multi-tenant Azure architecture that prioritizes high availability and rapid recovery across diverse disaster scenarios.
• Lead the development and testing of Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) and Business Continuity Plans (BCP) specifically tailored to cybersecurity defense and incident response.
• Develop and refine technical contract language for the primary application vendor to ensure strict adherence to district disaster recovery standards and recovery time objectives.
• Coordinate and facilitate comprehensive tabletop exercises with internal stakeholders and external vendors to validate incident response readiness.

• Experience in designing and implementing Azure architecture.
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery and business continuity principles.
• Ability to lead and coordinate tabletop exercises.
• Excellent communication and technical skills.