Cloud Engineer at Sentinel
Lakewood, CO
$60–$69/hrfrom the description
Jun 30, 2026
Lakewood, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A six-month hybrid contract role focused on designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure and identity management systems. Day-to-day work centers on AWS services — including WorkSpaces and potentially Amazon Connect — alongside Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid Active Directory, and related IAM tooling such as Intune, Conditional Access, and Privileged Identity Management. Suits a mid-to-senior cloud engineer comfortable working with minimal supervision, with one day per week onsite in Lakewood, Colorado.
Senior level · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Contract
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 95 people in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 20–140
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 $140,636 (middle half $126,359–$175,118). 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 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
This is a 6-month hybrid contract (1 day/week onsite in Lakewood, CO; 4 days remote). The role is not fully remote.
The posting is titled 'mid-to-senior level' — advertised seniority is read as Mid from that framing, but the actual scope (enterprise cloud design, IAM governance, cross-functional leadership collaboration) supports a Senior classification.
A Bachelor's degree is listed but explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience,' so no formal degree is hard-required.
Amazon Connect is explicitly called 'highly preferred' and candidates without it are encouraged to apply — treated as preferred.
AWS and/or Microsoft certifications are stated as 'a plus' — treated as preferred.
The role sits between cloud infrastructure engineering (15-1252) and systems/network administration (15-1244). The emphasis on designing and optimizing cloud infrastructure, identity governance, and IAM leans toward engineering/development work, but the heavy operational and administration content (Intune, Autopilot, AD, PIM) is a meaningful pull toward 15-1244. 15-1252 selected as primary given the design and implementation framing.
The posting requires the candidate to have a personal vehicle and valid driver's license for travel between locations and equipment transport — an unusual physical requirement noted here as it cannot be captured in structured fields.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AWS Well-Architected Framework, Windows Hello for Business, Privileged Identity Management.
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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