Cloud Governance Analyst (Information Technology Analyst 3)
New Jersey Courts, Trenton, NJ, United States
Salary
The salary range for this position is $91,466.95 to $128,573.18 for Schedule A, and $91,466.95 to $122,144.51 for Schedule B. For newly hired individuals, the starting salary will normally be at the minimum of the salary range. For current Judiciary employees, salary upon promotion or advancement will be an increase of 5% of base salary, not to exceed the maximum of the range, or the minimum salary of the band/level, whichever is greater. Judiciary employees hired prior to June 3, 2014, are considered Schedule A. Newly hired individuals, and Judiciary employees hired on or after June 3, 2014, are considered Schedule B.
Remote Work
The Judiciary currently offers a hybrid work schedule, and this position may qualify for up to 3 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings. To participate in this program, in addition to installing a multifactor authentication app on your phone or tablet, you will be required to have high speed home internet access.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain multi‑cloud governance framework: define policies, standards, and baseline configurations that apply across AWS, Azure, GCP (and any other clouds) to ensure consistent security, compliance, cost control, and operational practices.
Cloud policy design and enforcement: create access, identity, network, encryption, tagging, and resource lifecycle policies; implement enforcement via cloud‑native controls (IAM, SCPs, Blueprints, Organization Policies).
Identity & access governance: define role models, least‑privilege access, MFA/conditional access rules, identity federation, and lifecycle processes; oversee privileged access controls and periodic entitlement reviews.
Compliance & risk management: map regulatory and internal requirements to cloud controls, run continuous compliance assessments, coordinate audits, remediate findings, and maintain evidence and reporting.
Cost governance & optimization: monitor budgets, and implement guardrails to prevent runaway spend (budgets, API limits), and coordinate rightsizing/reservation strategies.
Monitoring, observability & logging governance: define centralized logging/metrics/tracing strategy, retention policies, logging formats, and secure log aggregation and access controls.
Service catalog & approved patterns: maintain an approved‑services list and reusable templates/landing zones to speed safe adoption and reduce shadow IT.
Roadmap & policy lifecycle: maintain a governance roadmap aligned to business and cloud provider changes; review and update policies regularly.
Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in a field related to computer science, information technology, information systems, human‑computer interaction, interactive media, software engineering, computer networking, business analytics, data analytics and/or cybersecurity and three years of professional experience in one of the following areas: analyze, design, program, troubleshoot, resolve technical problems, test, define business requirements, train, install and maintain computer systems; plan, acquire, install, and implement telecommunications facilities; generate and maintain system software; perform business analysis including gathering requirements, validating data, and drafting test plans; conduct business analytics and data analytics.
Substitution: Applicants lacking required education may substitute additional paraprofessional and/or professional IT technical experience or experience related to the area to which the applicant is applying, on a year‑for‑year basis with one year of such experience being equal to 30 semester hour credits.
A bachelor’s degree in any field and one year of additional paraprofessional or professional IT technical experience may be substituted for the required education.
An associate degree in a field related to computer science or other specified fields and two years of additional paraprofessional or professional IT technical experience may be substituted.
An associate degree in any field and three years of additional paraprofessional or professional IT technical experience may be substituted.
A master’s degree in a related field may be substituted for the required education, or one year of experience.
Completed internships within the Central Office Information Technology Office or related units may substitute their experience as interns for the required professional experience, with one year of intern experience equivalent to six months of professional experience.
Education Note: Degrees conferred outside of the United States must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service (e.g., https:/
aces.org/members/).
Physical Ability
Must be able to perform work which requires climbing, prolonged standing, stretching, bending and reaching. The selected candidate must be able to frequently lift and carry supplies weighing from 30 to 50 pounds and, occasionally, materials weighing up to 75 pounds.
Driver’s License
Applicants must possess a driver’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties.
Authorization to Work
US citizenship is not required. Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the U.S. according to Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations.
Background Check
Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that will include fingerprinting. All data received will be kept in strict confidence except to inform the individual of the findings and what action will be taken as a result of this information.
Residency Law
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14‑7, the "New Jersey First Act," all persons newly hired by the Judiciary within one year must establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey. Any person may request an exemption from that requirement from the Employee Residency Review Committee in the Department of Labor & Workforce Development on the basis of either hardship or employer critical need.
Equal Opportunity
The Judiciary of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Committed to Ensuring an Open Door to Justice.
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The salary range for this position is $91,466.95 to $128,573.18 for Schedule A, and $91,466.95 to $122,144.51 for Schedule B. For newly hired individuals, the starting salary will normally be at the minimum of the salary range. For current Judiciary employees, salary upon promotion or advancement will be an increase of 5% of base salary, not to exceed the maximum of the range, or the minimum salary of the band/level, whichever is greater. Judiciary employees hired prior to June 3, 2014, are considered Schedule A. Newly hired individuals, and Judiciary employees hired on or after June 3, 2014, are considered Schedule B.
Remote Work
The Judiciary currently offers a hybrid work schedule, and this position may qualify for up to 3 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings. To participate in this program, in addition to installing a multifactor authentication app on your phone or tablet, you will be required to have high speed home internet access.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain multi‑cloud governance framework: define policies, standards, and baseline configurations that apply across AWS, Azure, GCP (and any other clouds) to ensure consistent security, compliance, cost control, and operational practices.
Cloud policy design and enforcement: create access, identity, network, encryption, tagging, and resource lifecycle policies; implement enforcement via cloud‑native controls (IAM, SCPs, Blueprints, Organization Policies).
Identity & access governance: define role models, least‑privilege access, MFA/conditional access rules, identity federation, and lifecycle processes; oversee privileged access controls and periodic entitlement reviews.
Compliance & risk management: map regulatory and internal requirements to cloud controls, run continuous compliance assessments, coordinate audits, remediate findings, and maintain evidence and reporting.
Cost governance & optimization: monitor budgets, and implement guardrails to prevent runaway spend (budgets, API limits), and coordinate rightsizing/reservation strategies.
Monitoring, observability & logging governance: define centralized logging/metrics/tracing strategy, retention policies, logging formats, and secure log aggregation and access controls.
Service catalog & approved patterns: maintain an approved‑services list and reusable templates/landing zones to speed safe adoption and reduce shadow IT.
Roadmap & policy lifecycle: maintain a governance roadmap aligned to business and cloud provider changes; review and update policies regularly.
Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in a field related to computer science, information technology, information systems, human‑computer interaction, interactive media, software engineering, computer networking, business analytics, data analytics and/or cybersecurity and three years of professional experience in one of the following areas: analyze, design, program, troubleshoot, resolve technical problems, test, define business requirements, train, install and maintain computer systems; plan, acquire, install, and implement telecommunications facilities; generate and maintain system software; perform business analysis including gathering requirements, validating data, and drafting test plans; conduct business analytics and data analytics.
Substitution: Applicants lacking required education may substitute additional paraprofessional and/or professional IT technical experience or experience related to the area to which the applicant is applying, on a year‑for‑year basis with one year of such experience being equal to 30 semester hour credits.
A bachelor’s degree in any field and one year of additional paraprofessional or professional IT technical experience may be substituted for the required education.
An associate degree in a field related to computer science or other specified fields and two years of additional paraprofessional or professional IT technical experience may be substituted.
An associate degree in any field and three years of additional paraprofessional or professional IT technical experience may be substituted.
A master’s degree in a related field may be substituted for the required education, or one year of experience.
Completed internships within the Central Office Information Technology Office or related units may substitute their experience as interns for the required professional experience, with one year of intern experience equivalent to six months of professional experience.
Education Note: Degrees conferred outside of the United States must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service (e.g., https:/
aces.org/members/).
Physical Ability
Must be able to perform work which requires climbing, prolonged standing, stretching, bending and reaching. The selected candidate must be able to frequently lift and carry supplies weighing from 30 to 50 pounds and, occasionally, materials weighing up to 75 pounds.
Driver’s License
Applicants must possess a driver’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties.
Authorization to Work
US citizenship is not required. Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the U.S. according to Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations.
Background Check
Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that will include fingerprinting. All data received will be kept in strict confidence except to inform the individual of the findings and what action will be taken as a result of this information.
Residency Law
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14‑7, the "New Jersey First Act," all persons newly hired by the Judiciary within one year must establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey. Any person may request an exemption from that requirement from the Employee Residency Review Committee in the Department of Labor & Workforce Development on the basis of either hardship or employer critical need.
Equal Opportunity
The Judiciary of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Committed to Ensuring an Open Door to Justice.
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