Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Company Description

Coding it Forward is a 501(c)(3) with a mission to create new pathways into the public sector. We build career paths for technologists interested in public service while helping government agencies, nonprofits, and social service organizations build out their tech infrastructure and capacity. Since 2017, we’ve placed over 700 technologists in cyber, data, design, product, and software roles in more than 80 government offices across the country.

Role Description

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will support the Office of Information Technology and the Colorado Department of Human Services in conducting a structured, enterprise-level current-state assessment of county-supported IT infrastructure environments that support critical health and human services systems. This role will be strictly focused on documentation, assessment, and impact analysis. It will not include solution design, implementation planning, or modernization execution.

This is a
full-time
position ending on
June 30, 2026.
You will be expected to work
40 hours per week
for
8 weeks
for a total of
320 hours at a rate of $110/hr
. The State will provide a laptop for the duration of the project.

Qualifications

- 8+ Years in Infrastructure Architecture:
Extensive experience in high-level systems design and documentation.
- Expertise in "Discovery" Projects:
Proven track record of auditing complex, "messy" environments and mapping out undocumented dependencies.
- Hybrid Networking & Identity Knowledge:
Professional-level understanding of WAN/LAN, VPN tunnels, and Active Directory/SAML identity models.
- Legacy System Literacy:
Comfortable navigating mainframe to modern data flows and identifying risks in aging hardware/software lifecycles.
- Technical Writing & Diagramming:
Ability to translate technical findings into clear, executive-level reports and architectural diagrams.
- Stakeholder Interviewing:
Excellent soft skills for extracting technical details from busy or siloed IT staff across different organizations.