Cloud Solution Architect at ManpowerGroup
Redmond, WA
$75/hrfrom the description
Jul 31, 2026
Redmond, WA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Cloud Solution Architect role on an 18-month contract, based in Redmond, WA, supporting enterprise customer-facing initiatives within a Cloud Services Department. The position centers on designing large-scale, complex cloud and enterprise solutions, leading customer-facing technical presentations at the leadership level, and authoring detailed architecture specifications. It suits an experienced architect with a background in cloud platforms, enterprise application design, and data/BI environments.
Senior level · 10+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 55 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 15–80
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 $139,113 (middle half $87,748–$176,150). 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 Aug 3, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The pay rate is listed as '$75' with no explicit 'per hour' label, but given the contract nature and typical staffing-firm formatting, this is almost certainly an hourly rate — treated as such.
The degree requirement states 'B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this is not treated as a hard degree gate.
The SOC classification is a judgement call: the role is framed as a Solution Architect (design and advisory) rather than a hands-on software developer or a pure systems analyst. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best fit; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is noted as a plausible alternative given the architectural design emphasis.
Skills such as 'scalable/secure/reliable solution design' and 'services-related processes' appear in the requirements section but name no specific technology or tool, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
No specific cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP) is named anywhere in the posting despite the 'Cloud Solution Architect' title — this is a notable gap in the job description.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Cloud Architecture, Enterprise Solutions Architecture, Application Systems Design, Financial Modeling.
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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