This position is for an AWS Engineer primarily located in our Carson DMV Office within the Motor Vehicles IT Division and will support the Department's cloud modernization efforts as part of the multi year transformation initiative. The incumbent will assist in the design, maintenance, and optimization of the DMV's cloud infrastructure, ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient operations across enterprise environments. Key responsibilities are to maintain and enhance the DMV's cloud infrastructure to ensure reliability, security, scalability, and overall performance. This includes supporting cloud environments, applying knowledge of managed and serverless services, the Shared Responsibility Model, and the Cloud Well Architected Framework. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and deploying cloud architectures, implementing infrastructure automation, and researching and modifying enterprise cloud systems and application software. The incumbent will maintain documented procedures and standards, stay current on cloud engineering technologies and industry developments, and utilize expertise in cloud security, monitoring, compute, network, storage, and database services. Additional responsibilities include supporting hybrid cloud integrations, demonstrating strong analytical and communication skills, working both independently and collaboratively within cross functional teams, and employing agile methodologies and tools such as Azure DevOps, Confluence, and Jira. Under the authority of

NRS 239B.010.1

(b), the DMV utilizes

NRS 205.4605 - 205.810, NRS 293.504, NRS 293.5045, 6 CFR 37.45, 49 CFR

1572.103, and 49 CFR 384.228 as criteria to obtain a FBI fingerprint clearance check on current and prospective employees. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Information Technology (IT) Professionals analyze, develop, implement, maintain, and modify computer operations, systems, networks, databases, applications, and/or information security. Incumbents may perform duties in one or more IT specialization areas depending on the needs of the agency.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and two years of professional IT experience relevant to the duties of the position which may include computer operations, systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security; OR two years of experience as an IT Professional I in Nevada State service; OR four years of relevant technical experience as an IT Technician IV or above in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Conduct detailed alternative analyses and determine end-user requirements through consultation with end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others. Maintain documentation related to the assigned IT specialization's architecture, operations, and other records of work activities as required. Maintain current knowledge of technological trends and advancements in the IT field as well as security management practices, laws, policies, and ethics. Participate in recommending and justifying resource allocations and expenditure decisions, tracking, and recording expenditures, preparing purchase requests, and writing technical requirements for grant proposals. Perform related duties as assigned. Under general supervision, incumbents perform journey level duties and may serve as a lead worker to lower-level IT staff as assigned. This is a supervisory level for the Computer Operations function. This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.

Applications Analysis and Development:

Working knowledge of: at least one general purpose programming language (in software-oriented positions); basic programming techniques such as table handling and on-line file updates; principles, practices, and procedures required to design and implement information systems-based solutions; principles, tools and techniques as applied to writing, modifying, and documenting programs; techniques of diagramming program flow.

General knowledge of:

access methods and file structures; at least one formal systems design methodology; principles of designing test procedures; principles, practices and procedures required to develop, design, and implement information system-based solutions in a wide range of problem domains.

Ability to:

decompose problems into constituent parts; interview users to identify needs; make decisions and use independent judgment (independently choose appropriate action after reviewing alternatives); test and validate systems.

Recruiter Contact Information:

Susan Ashley - q.ashley@admin.nv.gov