WI RESIDENT Certified Cloud Architect

The State of Wisconsin DOA is looking for one (1) Certified Cloud Architect (no certification is required for this role)

Candidate MUST be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI prior to starting the role at their own expense.

Objective: To build long-term internal capabilities while operationalizing and enforcing the State’s newly updated Flaw Remediation (SI-2) Standard. This initiative transitions the State from reactive, manual vulnerability management to an AI-accelerated, continuous authorization, and automated DevSecOps posture.

Top Required Skills & Years of Experience:

Must be able to demonstrate prior experience doing the following in a large/complex environment:

- Proven experience serving as a trusted technical advisor to CISOs, CIOs, or senior executive leaders within public sector or heavily federated enterprise environments.

- Documented success as a technical mentor, trainer, or engineering lead focused on pair-engineering and technical upskilling of infrastructure and security operations staff.

- Comprehensive expertise operationalizing security controls, including tiering models, compensating control validation, and time bound risk governance structures.

- Enterprise cyber stack Google Threat Intel or VirusTotal, Google SecOps, Mandiant ASM, Tenable.io, Microsoft Azure Arc, GitHub, GitHub Advanced Security, Ansible Tower, and Gemini/Anthropic AI security frameworks.

-Cloud Architecture & DevSecOps Engineering

Nice to have Skills:

-Federated/Government environment

-Tech Stack to include: Google, Microsoft, AWS, Splunk

Duration of the Contract: 1,800 Hours over 12 Months

Onsite or Remote: Candidate MUST be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI prior to starting the role at their own expense. This position can work 100% remote with occasional onsite visits 1-2 times required throughout the duration of the contract.

Project details (project overview, who the contractor will work with, soft skills needed, etc.): The State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration (DOA), Division of Enterprise Technology (DET), Bureau of Security (BOS) requires an expert senior technical leader and engineer to serve as a strategic advisor to the CISO and drive the statewide implementation of the Accelerated Exposure Reduction Plan.