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Senior Cloud Engineer

Kelly Services

Chicago, ILFull-time$120–205K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$120–205K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

A leading financial technology organization seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer in Chicago to design, build, and maintain highly available cloud infrastructure. The engineer will provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers while supporting cloud platforms, automation, and DevOps practices from development through production operations. The ideal candidate has deep AWS expertise and experience with Docker, Kubernetes, IaaS, PaaS, and scripting or programming.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

DockerKubernetesSoftware DevelopmentIaaSPaaSScriptingProgrammingCommunicationCloud FrameworksChaos EngineeringRPO/RTO Requirements

Qualifications

5+ Years Software Development ExperienceBachelor's in Related Field3+ Years Relevant Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

$120000 - $205000

A leading financial technology organization is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join its team in Chicago, IL. This company powers the connection between millions of merchants and consumers, enabling real-time access to funds while delivering innovative solutions across the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

In this role, you will serve as a technical leader, guiding and mentoring junior engineers while designing, building, and maintaining highly available cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a self-driven engineer with deep AWS expertise and a strong background supporting cloud platforms, automation, and DevOps practices from development through production operations.

Required Skills

  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

  • 5+ years of software development experience.

  • Experience with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).

  • Hands-on scripting and programming experience.

Desired Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field and 3+ years of relevant experience.

  • Strong communication skills.

  • Familiarity with cloud frameworks and chaos engineering.

  • Understanding of RPO/RTO requirements.

Offer

  • Bonus eligible.

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

  • Vacation Time.

  • Stock Options.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,302 open Cloud Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$120–205K/yr
  • Illinois median$115–191K/yr88 salary ranges
  • US median$113–210K/yr3,530 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $163K, is 3% above the Illinois median midpoint ($158K) — in the middle half of Cloud Engineer salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 109 open Cloud Engineer jobs in Illinois and 4,302 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Cloud Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,711 postings).
Education
1,910 of the 4,302 open Cloud Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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