You can't mine Steem, it has become Proof of Stake.
I haven't cloud mined, since that is just more expansive than mining or just even buying the crypto itself.
I just use the miner I posted here, since it integrates CPU and GPU miners. The electricity is free for me as well, so I am trying to get many things going. The posted miner also works on monero, since that is also a cryptonote. The miner also can mine cryptonote -light cryptos, although I do not know any of these cryptos by name.
Get you IT guy to do the same!
RE: Electroneum mining with a new / better miner