AWA and Azure Cloud Engineer W-2 ONLY
United Global Technologies · Columbia, SC
$187,200–$216,320
Jul 27, 2026
Columbia, SC
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hybrid contract role (mostly remote, ~3 days/month onsite in South Carolina) focused on cloud infrastructure architecture and engineering. The work centers on administering and automating a Cloud Management Platform, supporting migrations to AWS and Azure environments, and maintaining shared cloud services. Candidates need deep multi-cloud architecture experience across AWS and Azure, strong Terraform skills, and a background in enterprise cloud governance.
Senior level · 10+ years · Columbia, SC · Bachelor's required · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4 people in the Columbia, SC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2–6
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $126,093 (middle half $92,102–$151,490).
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 (7)
The posting title blends 'Security Architect' and 'Cloud Engineer' — the daily duties and required skills are primarily cloud infrastructure architecture and engineering (AWS, Azure, Terraform, migrations, governance), so this is classified as Software Developers (15-1252) rather than Information Security Analysts (15-1212). Security is a component, not the primary function.
The role is explicitly W-2 only, no sponsorship, and the candidate must already be a South Carolina resident — no relocation is offered. The CBSA is assumed to be Columbia, SC as the most likely metro, though the exact city is not stated.
The posting lists a 10-year infrastructure/DevOps/architecture requirement as the top-line experience gate, so total experience minimum is set to 10 years.
AWS IAM, AWS Organizations, Azure AD, and networking/cost management controls are called out explicitly within the AWS and Azure experience bullets and are treated as required sub-skills of those platforms.
Kubernetes, Docker, ServiceNow, Datadog, Dome9, and Aviatrix all appear under the Preferred Skills section and are marked accordingly.
No compensation figures are 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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