Cloud Software Engineer
Strategic Staffing Solutions · Saint Louis, MO
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Jul 1, 2026
Saint Louis, MO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A 12-month W-2 contract role focused on designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure on AWS, including multi-account networking, Databricks data platform administration, and CI/CD pipeline management via Jenkins. The work spans Terraform-based infrastructure automation, data governance with Unity Catalog, IAM security, and monitoring. Suited to engineers with deep hands-on AWS, Databricks, and infrastructure-as-code experience.
Senior level · St. Louis, MO-IL · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 55 people in the St. Louis, MO-IL area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 25–85
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.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $131,867 (middle half $103,906–$159,758).
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 (7)
The role is titled 'Cloud Software Engineer' with no seniority level in the title, but the 'Top Skills' section demands 'advanced expertise', 'expert-level proficiency', and 'deep experience' across AWS, Terraform, and Jenkins — language consistent with a Senior-level hire.
This role blends infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipeline authoring (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers) with heavy networking and systems administration work (pointing to 15-1244). It was classified as Software Developers because the primary deliverables — writing Terraform, building Jenkins pipelines, and automating deployments — are code-shipping activities.
Skills listed under 'Top Skills' (AWS, Databricks, Terraform, Jenkins, TCP/IP, DNS, VPC, Python, Bash) are treated as hard gates given the firm 'advanced', 'expert-level', 'deep experience', and 'proficiency' language used there. Skills appearing only in the 'Key Responsibilities' narrative (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Direct Connect, Route53, Transit Gateway, Unity Catalog) are treated as preferred context.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
Work authorization is restricted to US citizens or Green Card holders; no sponsorship available.
This is a 12-month W-2 contract with possibility to extend or convert to full-time.
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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