? Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer (Azure) | Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX | W2 Contract-to-Hire We're hiring a Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer for a national healthcare performance-improvement organization that manages billions in supply chain and pharmaceutical spend for hospitals across the U.S. This is a hands-on role that bridges architecture and implementation -- you'll build prototypes, reference implementations, and reusable cloud patterns that other engineering teams adopt, using modern AI-assisted development tools to move fast. ?

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Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX (Hybrid -- onsite Tue/Wed/Thu) ?

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W2 Contract-to-Hire ?

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$70-$80/H What you'll do: Turn architectural direction into working prototypes and reusable patterns Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines across app, infra, and data workloads Automate infrastructure with IaC (Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi, or similar) Support containerized workloads with Docker & Kubernetes Use AI-assisted dev tools to accelerate coding, testing, and documentation Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing Mentor engineers on cloud-native development and delivery automation What you bring: 5+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure experience (or major cloud, Azure-first ready) CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar) IaC experience (Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi, CloudFormation) Strong Docker, Kubernetes, networking, IAM, and secrets management skills Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, PowerShell, or Bash Real-world experience with AI-assisted development tools Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience Nice to have: OpenTelemetry/distributed tracing, GitOps, Databricks, healthcare/supply chain/regulated industry background, Azure/K8s certifications. All candidates complete a brief video screen before submission. Interested? Apply now or reach out directly to learn more. #LI-MG1 #TECH #LI-Hybrid #Azure #CloudEngineer #DevOps #Kubernetes #Terraform #Hiring #ChicagoJobs #DallasJobs #ContractToHire #HealthcareIT