Azure Cloud Engineer at World Wide Technology Holding, LLC
$145,000–$165,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level cloud engineering role focused on building and maintaining Azure infrastructure using Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and PowerShell scripting. Day-to-day work involves Azure networking, Azure Virtual Desktop in production, and operating within federal security frameworks such as FedRAMP and NIST. A Secret clearance is required, and the position is largely onsite.
Mid level · 5+ years · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting explicitly targets a 'mid-level' candidate (stated in the qualifications: '5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering (mid-level target)'), so seniority is set to Mid despite the 5-year floor.
The role is classified as Software Developers (15-1252) because it centers on building and shipping infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud automation — not merely operating existing systems. 15-1244 (Network/Systems Admins) is noted as a runner-up given the Azure networking and AVD operational duties.
Secret clearance is the hard gate ('Minimum of Secret clearance required'); the ability to obtain Top Secret is stated as an additional requirement but is framed as a growth expectation rather than a day-one gate.
Azure networking specifics (VNets, NSGs, routing, VPN/ExpressRoute) are consolidated under 'Azure VNets' as a representative required skill; the full list appears in the qualifications section.
FedRAMP, NIST, and RMF are listed in the required qualifications as federal cloud security frameworks; they are captured as required skills even though they are frameworks rather than tools, because the JD explicitly gates on understanding of them.
Docker/Kubernetes are listed together under Preferred Skills; Docker is the primary skill with Kubernetes as an alternative, and AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) is captured separately as it is a distinct Azure-managed service also called out.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Azure Cost Management.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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