Cloud Engineer
Strategic Employment · Chicago, IL
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Jul 5, 2026
Chicago, IL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on cloud infrastructure role at a healthcare nonprofit near Chicago's O'Hare area, focused on designing, maintaining, and migrating workloads within a Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 environment, as well as managing cloud costs. The position starts as a contract engagement with conversion to full-time expected around the three-to-six month mark, and suits someone with a background in Azure administration looking to deepen their cloud engineering focus.
Mid level · 5+ years · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI · Contract
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 880 people in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 660–1,150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $137,335 (middle half $106,829–$171,337).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting is thin on detail — only Azure (3+ years) and Microsoft 365 are named as concrete technologies; all other responsibilities (migrations, cost optimization, architecture) are described in narrative terms with no specific tooling called out.
SOC classification is a genuine toss-up: the role is framed as 'architecting and maintaining' cloud infrastructure (leaning 15-1252 Software Developers / Cloud/Platform Engineer) but could equally be read as operating and administering an existing Azure/M365 environment (15-1244 Network and Computer Systems Administrators). Medium confidence assigned.
The engagement starts as a contract with a stated conversion window of 3–6 months; employment type is set to Contract to reflect the initial engagement.
The 5+ years total IT experience requirement drives total experience, while the 3+ years Azure requirement is specific to that technology.
No compensation figures were provided in the posting.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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