AWS Cloud Engineer
Texas Health and Human Services Commission · Austin, TX
$156,000–$176,800
Jul 26, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract cloud engineering role supporting a Texas state agency, focused on migrating Oracle database workloads to AWS using DMS, including full-load, CDC, and real-time streaming architectures. The engineer will design AWS infrastructure and networking, write automation scripts, implement IaC, and develop migration cutover and rollback plans. The engagement runs roughly one year on a hybrid schedule at an Austin, TX office.
Senior level · 8+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 110 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 25–140
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.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $137,069 (middle half $106,287–$172,440).
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 (9)
The posting lists 8 years of experience for every single required skill, which is almost certainly a contract vehicle boilerplate artifact rather than a genuine per-technology demand. In practice, 8 years of AWS DMS experience is implausible given the service's age; treat these as a uniform seniority signal rather than literal per-tool requirements.
This is a fixed-term contract engagement capped at 2,008 hours, running approximately September 2026 through August 2027, for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
Candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Austin, TX; the role is hybrid (on-site + telework), not fully remote.
Terraform and CloudFormation are listed as interchangeable IaC options; Terraform is named first and listed as the primary skill with CloudFormation as an alternative.
Python, Bash, and PowerShell are listed as interchangeable scripting options; Python is named first with the others as alternatives.
AWS certification (Solutions Architect or Database – Specialty) is listed under Preferred Qualifications with a 4-year experience note.
Public sector / state government experience is listed as preferred but names no specific technology, so it is omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role blends cloud infrastructure engineering (15-1252) with significant data migration and pipeline work that could also fit Database Architects (15-1243).
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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