Cloud Engineers

Any cloud engineering experience one can obtain via an internship, co-op, volunteering, or a part-time job will be useful for aspiring engineers.

Cloud engineers need both technical and soft skills to be successful in this career. In terms of technical skills, engineers must have a comprehensive understanding of popular cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. Many employers are using multi-cloud environments as a way to manage fault tolerance, so knowledge of several platforms will be an asset for engineers. Cloud professionals should also be familiar with existing application programming interfaces and know how to build their own; be familiar with software configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, and Ansible; and have an understanding of Agile development methodologies.

In regard to soft skills, engineers must have excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, be able to perform effectively in a high-stress environment, be creative, have leadership ability, possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, be organized and good time-managers, and be willing to continue to learn throughout their career.