Cloud engineer: certifications, study paths and pay
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You design, build and run workloads on cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, with a focus on reliability, cost and security.
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What you do
- Provision and manage cloud services
- Automate deployments and monitor cost and performance
- Support teams moving applications and data to the cloud
Skills that matter
- One major cloud platform in depth
- Networking and identity in the cloud
- Infrastructure as code
- Cost and security basics
What does this role pay?
United States, May 2025, annual wages for the closest official occupation: Network and computer systems administrators, 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
Cloud native and DevOps path
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STUDY PATHAWS AI track
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STUDY PATHAI infrastructure and MLOps
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STUDY PATHDeveloper to AI engineer
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Job titles this page covers
- Cloud developer
- Cloud engineer
- Cloud engineer on AI platforms
- Cloud infrastructure engineer
- Cloud or AI solutions associate
- Junior AI and cloud practitioner
- Junior AI and cloud specialist
- Senior cloud engineer on 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.
Related roles
- DevOps and platform engineer
- Machine learning and AI engineer
- Technical sales and customer success
- Systems administrator
- Site reliability engineer (SRE)
- IT support specialist
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