Cloud and AI solutions architect: certifications, study paths and pay
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You turn business needs into a workable technical design across cloud, data and AI services, and guide teams as they build it.
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What you do
- Translate requirements into architectures and diagrams
- Choose services and weigh cost, security and performance
- Review designs and advise delivery teams
Skills that matter
- Broad cloud and AI service knowledge
- Design trade-offs
- Stakeholder communication
- Security and cost awareness
What does this role pay?
United States, May 2025, annual wages for the closest official occupation: Computer network architects, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pay grows with experience, scope and certifications. Pay in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries is different, so check local job boards and salary guides. These figures are a guide, not an offer or a promise of pay.
Practice tests that fit this role
Certifications that appear most often alongside this role. Start with the first one if you are new to it.
Study paths that lead here
AI path: from foundations to builder
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STUDY PATHAWS AI track
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STUDY PATHDeveloper to AI engineer
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STUDY PATHMicrosoft AI track
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Job titles this page covers
- AI solutions architect
- AI solutions engineer
- Applied AI consultant
- Cloud architect
- Cloud solutions architect
- Solutions engineer
- Technical AI consultant
- Technical consultant for AI
- Technical lead for AI products
Employers use many names for similar work. Requirements vary by employer and country, and a certificate supports your application but does not guarantee a job.
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- Machine learning and AI engineer
- Data scientist
- Cloud engineer
- Data engineer
- Software developer
- Technical sales and customer success
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