Cloud & Infrastructure · Mid · Often remote-friendly
Cloud Engineer
Cloud engineers build and operate infrastructure on cloud platforms.
This is a career education profile, not a live vacancy. Verified salary information is not yet available for this role.
Daily responsibilities
- Provision infrastructure as code
- Monitor reliability and cost
- Manage identity and access
- Automate deployments
Required skills
- Linux and networking
- Scripting
- Infrastructure as code
Transferable from
- Systems administration
- IT support
- Development
Typical progression
- Junior Cloud Engineer
- Cloud Engineer
- Senior / Architect
Certifications to investigate
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Entry requirements
Technical foundations; many start in IT support.
Interview preparation
Expect hands-on or design questions on networking, identity and resilience.