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Cloud Architect jobs in Omaha, NE
Cloud architects design how an organization's systems run on platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP — balancing reliability, security, and cost, and guiding teams through migrations and growth.
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Experience: 10+ years in IT, with at least 4-5 years specifically focused on Azure Architecture and cloud migration projects. Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) s…
Position: Cloud Data Engineer Mid-level Location: Omaha, NE Job type: Contract MUST HAVE: SNOWFLAKE - STRONG HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH SNOWFLAKE: SQL DEVELOPMENT, WAREHOUSING CONCEPTS, AND WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT PYTHON - SPE…
ABOUT US: We use American corn and existing bioethanol infrastructure to produce critical chemicals right here at home—powering U.S. competitiveness and securing our nation's supply chains - while reinvesting in agricult…
Position Overview MetroSys is seeking an experienced Resident Storage Engineer to provide onsite operational and engineering support for a large-scale enterprise storage environment during a strategic migration from NetA…
$140k - $200k
Proven proficiency with Agile Software Development methodologies, architecting solutions, and troubleshooting technical issues are important... ...software engineering methodologies. Experience with other cloud platforms…
$121.9k - $162.5k
reside within two hours of one of these locations. As a Cloud Engineer IV, you will assess cloud infrastructure needs, lead the... ...platforms, such as CompTIA Cloud+, AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Certified Kube…
$120k - $140k
solutions used by those customers. Key Responsibilities: Deploying and maintaining critical services supporting both on-prem and cloud- native architecture. Working with the Cybersecurity team by implementing industry be…
$56 - $70 per hour
Job Description Job Description Cloud Engineer | $56 - $70 per hour | Hybrid Contract What Matters Most ~ Competitive Pay of $56 - $70 per hour ~ Schedule: Flexible Hybrid (50% per week in-office after 100% onsite traini…
Job Title: Automation Test Engineer Location: Hybrid (Local preferred) Pay rate : $32.00/hr. on W2 Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Test Engineer with a strong background in JavaScript programming and…
What We Offer: Our excellent salary and benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, education reimbursement, 401(k), performance bonuses, and an employee st…
What We Offer: Employee Resource Groups and Programs offered include the Young Professionals Group, Women at Wade Trim, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professional Development, Leadership Development, Rotation Program,…
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What cloud architects earn in Omaha
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $42–$55 | $87k–$115k |
| Mid level | $55–$73 | $115k–$152k |
| Senior | $71–$97 | $147k–$202k |
Adjusted for the Omaha market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Deep AWS, Azure, or GCP expertiseArchitecture patterns and tradeoffsNetworking and security designInfrastructure as codeCost modeling and FinOpsMigration planningKubernetes and containersStakeholder communicationWriting architecture documents
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Design a highly available architecture for a customer-facing web application.
Ask about requirements and budget first. Cover multi-AZ, load balancing, data replication, and failure modes — and say what you would deliberately not build at this scale.
How would you plan a migration from on-premises to the cloud?
Talk about assessment, choosing rehost versus refactor per workload, sequencing by risk, and running hybrid during the transition. Phased beats big-bang.
A team's cloud costs doubled in a quarter. How do you investigate?
Visibility first — cost explorer, tagging — then the usual suspects: data transfer, oversized instances, forgotten environments. Show you treat cost as an architectural property.
When would you advise against microservices?
Small teams, unclear domain boundaries, or operational immaturity. Arguing against a fashionable pattern with specifics is a strong signal for an architect.
How do you get engineering teams to actually follow your architecture?
Influence over mandate: reference architectures, paved-road templates, and review checkpoints. Acknowledge that unused architecture documents are a failure mode.
How do you design for disaster recovery, and how do you set RTO/RPO?
Explain that RTO/RPO are business decisions with price tags, then map them to backup, pilot-light, or active-active patterns. Mention actually testing the recovery.
Tell me about an architecture decision you got wrong.
Pick a real one, explain the reasoning at the time, and what your process learned from it. Architects who claim a clean record are not believed.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For cloud architects specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Anchor each role in scale and outcomes: workloads migrated, availability achieved, annual spend managed or reduced.
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List current professional-level certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect); they are near-mandatory screens for this title.
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Show breadth across compute, networking, data, and security — architecture hiring looks for T-shaped depth.
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Include the organizational side: teams guided, architecture reviews run, standards adopted.
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Name a migration or greenfield build you owned end to end; a single deep case study outweighs a list of services.
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Where this role goes
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