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Cloud Engineer – Mid/Senior Location: Washington, DC 20024 Schedule: 5 days per week onsite — no remote/hybrid Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen Clearance: Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance Rate: 60-80hr This role focuses on cloud engineering, operations, automation, governance, and modernization within AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud environments. Key Requirements: 3–5+ years of Cloud Engineering experience Strong AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud experience Cloud infrastructure, networking, security, IAM, and data management Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, orchestration, and automation Cloud governance, guardrails, policy enforcement, and FinOps DevSecOps tools and enterprise cloud environments Monitoring, observability, and alerting Experience supporting complex enterprise IT projects Strong written and verbal communication skills Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical experience Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com. JN -082026-108307
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.