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Cloud Engineer

Montgomery, AL ยท On-site

$55.25 - $73.75/hr

Technical Skills AWS GovCloud Azure Cloud One Infrastructure as Code Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM Cloud monitoring Networking Containers Kubernetes/OpenShift Certifications Required/Preferred: AWS ...

Cloud Engineer

Montgomery, AL ยท On-site

$44.50 - $59.50/hr

Technical Skills โ€ข AWS GovCloud โ€ข Azure Cloud One โ€ข Infrastructure as Code โ€ข Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM โ€ข Cloud monitoring โ€ข Networking โ€ข Containers โ€ข Kubernetes/OpenShift ...

Cloud Engineer

Montgomery, AL ยท On-site

$44.50 - $59.50/hr

... cloud monitoring services, and maintain cloud security and operational availability. This role also supports migration readiness activities, rollback planning, disaster recovery preparation ...

Cloud Engineer

Montgomery, AL ยท On-site

$55.25 - $73.75/hr

Monitor cloud performance, security, and resource utilization. * Manage cloud networking, container, and platform services. * Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and operational issues. Qualifications

$55.75 - $74.50/hr

Monitoring and logging for AI endpoints using New Relic for synthetic monitoring, and Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring for deeper observability and troubleshooting. * Enforce guardrails, approvals ...

Cloud SME X2

Juno Beach, FL ยท On-site

$57.25 - $78/hr

Support monitoring and observability requirements across AWS and GCP environments. * Design and implement cloud monitoring standards, dashboards, metrics, and service health indicators. * Partner ...

Cloud SME X2

Juno Beach, FL ยท On-site

$57.25 - $78/hr

Support monitoring and observability requirements across AWS and GCP environments. * Design and implement cloud monitoring standards, dashboards, metrics, and service health indicators. * Partner ...

Cloud SME X2

Juno Beach, FL ยท On-site

$57.25 - $78/hr

Support monitoring and observability requirements across AWS and GCP environments. * Design and implement cloud monitoring standards, dashboards, metrics, and service health indicators. * Partner ...

Cloud SME

New York, NY ยท On-site

$64 - $87.25/hr

... monitoring and observability requirements for AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. - Design and build cloud monitoring standards, dashboards, key metrics, and health indicators ...

Cloud Engineer

Montgomery, AL ยท On-site

$55.25 - $73.75/hr

Monitor cloud performance, security, and resource utilization. * Manage cloud networking, container, and platform services. * Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and operational issues. Qualifications

Cloud Engineer

Montgomery, AL ยท On-site

$55.25 - $73.75/hr

Monitor cloud performance, security, and resource utilization. * Manage cloud networking, container, and platform services. * Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and operational issues. Qualifications

Cloud Engineer - Immediate placement

Denver, CO ยท On-site

$57.50 - $76.75/hr

Cloud monitoring and troubleshooting experience * Looking for a GCP Cloud Engineer with strong experience in GCP, Terraform, and DevOps to design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure * The role ...

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How much do cloud monitoring jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 4, 2026, the average hourly pay for cloud monitoring in the United States is $62.89, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $53.61 and $71.63 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What does a cloud monitoring professional do?

A Cloud Monitoring professional is responsible for continuously tracking the health and performance of cloud-based systems using specialized monitoring tools and dashboards. Their daily tasks include responding to alerts, investigating incidents, optimizing system performance, and generating regular status reports. They collaborate closely with DevOps, security, and application teams to address potential issues and plan for capacity requirements. This proactive approach is crucial for minimizing downtime and ensuring smooth, reliable cloud operations.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in cloud monitoring?

To thrive in Cloud Monitoring, you need a strong grasp of cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), network infrastructure, and incident response, often complemented by a degree in computer science or related certifications like AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or CompTIA Cloud+. Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog, New Relic, or CloudWatch, and scripting languages for automation, is typically essential. Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication are key soft skills for success in this role. These qualifications ensure you can proactively detect, troubleshoot, and resolve cloud-based issues to maintain optimal system performance and security.

What is a cloud monitoring?

A Cloud Monitoring job involves overseeing cloud-based systems, applications, and services to ensure their availability, performance, and security. Professionals in this role use monitoring tools to track system health, detect anomalies, and respond to incidents in real time. They work closely with IT and DevOps teams to optimize cloud infrastructure, troubleshoot issues, and implement performance improvements. Cloud Monitoring specialists also set up alerts, generate reports, and ensure compliance with service level agreements (SLAs). Strong analytical skills and knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud are essential for success in this role.

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Infographic showing various Cloud Monitoring job openings in the United States as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 92% Full Time, 3% Part Time, and 5% Contract. Highlights an 79% Physical, 6% Hybrid, and 15% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $130,802 per year, or $62.9 per hour.

Cloud Monitoring Engineer (Remote)

Oxley Enterprises, Inc.

Stafford, VA โ€ข Remote

$55.50 - $74.25/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Re-posted 2 days ago


Job description

The following states/districts are excluded from this job ad: AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, LA, MA, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OR, PR, RI, VT, WA, WY

Future Need - Actively Interviewing

Location: Remote in any United States jurisdiction not excluded from this job advertisement.

Provide the eyes-on-glass excellence a mission-critical Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) platform demands. As a Cloud Monitoring Engineer, you will build, tune, and maintain the observability stack tracking latency, error rate, saturation, volume, and incident-free availability across 300+ applications.

Position Description: The Cloud Monitoring Engineer builds and maintains the Capabilities and Services Dashboard and supports monitoring infrastructure, ensuring automated alerting detects production issues before user-reported tickets arrive.

Minimum/General Experience: 5 years of experience in cloud monitoring and observability engineering

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information technology, or related field; Dynatrace Associate certification or equivalent observability platform certification (preferred)

Essential Skills/Qualifications:

  • Excellent experience building and maintaining dashboards displaying latency, error rate, saturation, volume, and incident-free availability in real-time (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk)
  • Excellent knowledge of the four Golden Signals
  • Excellent ability to individually monitor and track latency, error rate, saturation, volume, and incident-free time
  • Excellent ability to implement dependency tracking within monitoring dashboards including latency, error rates, and transaction volumes
  • Excellent experience configuring automated alerts reflecting meaningful degradation or disruption while minimizing false positives
  • Excellent ability to maintain an accurate, complete, and auditable log of all alerts including alerted system, cause, timestamps, corrective actions, and responsible system
  • Above average experience supporting 24/7 monitoring operations and coordinating with on-call Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) during active incidents
  • Above average knowledge of AWS CloudWatch and integration with third-party observability tools in a GovCloud environment
  • Experience supporting federal government programs and enterprise-scale applications operating in cloud-based or hybrid environments
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

General Physical Requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on the location of the assignment.

  • Assignment Location - Remote
  • Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
  • Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.
  • Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
  • Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

Security: Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance

  • U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years

Federal Civilian Public Trust Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:

  • Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events
  • OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)
  • DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)
  • National Agency Check (NAC) records
  • FBI name check
  • FBI fingerprint check
  • Credit report check
  • Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment
  • Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers
  • Law enforcement check
  • Court records check
  • Education check - Attendance and Degrees

Acceptable Credentials

Tasks/activities include, but are not limited to:

  • Builds and maintains the Capabilities and Services Dashboard displaying real-time latency, error rate, saturation, volume, and incident-free availability for all capabilities and services
  • Implements dependency tracking within the dashboard including latency, error rates, and transaction volumes for all capability and service dependencies
  • Configures and tunes automated monitoring and alerting mechanisms ensuring personnel are alerted to production issues prior to receipt of user-reported tickets
  • Ensures all capabilities and services are individually monitored and tracked for latency, error rate, saturation, volume, and incident-free time
  • Maintains an accurate, complete, and auditable alert log including alerted system, description, timestamps, corrective actions, and responsible system
  • Continuously tunes alert thresholds to reflect meaningful degradation or disruption while minimizing false positives
  • Supports the Capabilities and Services Monitoring Plan defining alert conditions, thresholds, notification mechanisms, and escalation paths
  • Coordinates with on-call SREs and the Monitoring and Incident Manager during active incidents to provide real-time dashboard data and historical trend analysis
  • Implements additional or revised dashboard metrics

Compensation & Benefits: The annual projected pay range for this position is $102,075 - $156,237 with consideration being given to various factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, job responsibilities, and geographic location.

Oxley Enterprises, Inc. offers a full array of benefits including:

  • Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage for you and your family.
  • Life Insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability paid for by the Company.
  • Supplemental coverages including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital.
  • Additional Life insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
  • 401k plan with various options to select based on your retirement goals.

Oxley Enterprises, Inc. is a certified service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), veteran-owned (VOSB), and woman-owned small business (WOSB) that has 26 years of experience building and delivering quality IT systems and programs. Oxley is ranked in the INC 5000 7 times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025). Oxley is a 2019 - 2025 Department of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Award Winner. Oxley is Virginia Values Veterans certified.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position at Oxley Enterprises, Inc., please send an email to our Human Resources Department at: careers@oxleyenterprises.com with the following information:

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