AWS Cloud Engineer

Working Title:

AWS Cloud Engineer

• Job
• Location:
  
  St. Paul
• Full/Part Time:
  Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary:
  Limited
• Who May Apply:
  Open to all qualified job seekers
• Date Posted: 02/26/2026
• Closing Date: 03/04/2026
• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit:
  Minnesota IT Services
• Division/Unit: MNIT Department of Health
• Work Shift/
  
  Work Hours:
  
  Day Shift
• Days of Work:
  Monday - Friday
• Travel Required:
  
  No
• Salary Range: $37.07 - $61.14 hourly; $77,402 - $127,660 annually
• Job Class Option:
  Systems Software
• Classified Status:
  Unclassified
• Bargaining Unit/Union: 214
  - Professional Employee (MAPE)
• End Date:
  Anticipated to last up to two (2) years
• Re-Posting:
  Yes
• FLSA Status:
  Exempt - Professional
• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities:
  No

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well‑being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

Join the 2,800+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position serves our partners at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The MNIT MDH team provides services for over 250+ applications and delivers the information technology to drive one of the leading public health systems in the nation. You will support an agency that works to protect, maintain, and improve the health of all Minnesotans.

In this dynamic, fast‑paced role, you’ll serve as a technical expert on our operations team, partnering with MDH to design, deploy, and maintain solutions that leverage the full power of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Your creativity and innovative thinking is not only appreciated but encouraged in our ever‑evolving environment.

Work where you live, contribute to something bigger than yourself, and be challenged every day. Come build technology that makes a real difference in Minnesotans life, join Minnesota IT Services and the Minnesota Department of Health!

This position provides the senior vision, execution, planning and technical leadership in the utilization of the Amazon Cloud for the Minnesota Department of Health. This position oversees the integration and upgrading of software, life cycle monitoring and server patches in all MDH environments. In this capacity, the incumbent will provide oversight for system integrations, servers and assorted infrastructure within the agency using approved standards, processes, technologies and industry best practices.

This position also provides operational support for the application portfolio  application portfolio contains 120+ business applications used s position is a technical authority for infrastructure deployment, management, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities include researching, technical planning, analysis, design, development and implementation of infrastructure within the Amazon cloud environment, coordinating/assuring peer review to assure quality and consistency with department standards and industry best practices and frequent coordination with other IT subject groups such as the security, database, development and messaging teams. This position additionally researches, reviews, recommends, and plans the introduction and integration of new infrastructure technology into MDH’s Cloud environments.

This position is temporary and includes full state fringe benefits; it is anticipated to last two (2) years.

This position requires an employee to be onsite at 625 Robert St. North, St. Paul, Minnesota at least 50% of the time, with some opportunity to perform work from a telework location. Telework for Minnesota IT Services is available on a limited basis. Employees will be required to meet current telework eligibility requirements.

Position requires a minimum of four (4) years of IT related experience in Operations Environment.

• Demonstrated experience with AWS Service in a production environment - EC2, ECS, S3, IAM, KMS, WAF Policies.
• Experience administering Linux server platforms…