Automates cloud provisioning, operations and governance with IaC and pipelines.
Entry
Intermediate
Coding
High
Key skills
Career overview
The Cloud Automation Engineer turns manual cloud work into code: Terraform modules, CI/CD for infrastructure, policy-as-code and self-service. The role is the automation engine of a mature cloud organisation.
Main responsibilities
- Automate cloud provisioning and operations
- Describe infrastructure as code and version it
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Automate recurring tasks with scripts
- Provision and secure cloud resources
- Prepare and execute change requests in production
- Monitor platform health, alerts and dashboards
- Keep technical documentation up to date
- Track and optimise cloud spending
- Mentor junior team members and review their work
Technical skills
Technologies
Education level
Education requirements vary depending on the company, country and experience. Professional experience, certifications and technical skills can sometimes compensate for formal education.
High School / Bac
Less common
Bac+2 (2-year degree)
Less common
Bac+3 (Bachelor)
Common entry point
Bac+5 (Master / Engineering)
Common entry point
Experience & coding level
Experience level
Coding level
Useful certifications
Certifications are never mandatory. They are one way among others to prove a skill.
- Terraform Associate
- AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
- CKA
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Possible branches
Where can you go next?
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Overlap: 38% · Difficulty: Medium
Skills to learn: CI/CD pipelines, Linux, Docker
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Skills to learn: Observability & tracing, Linux internals, SLO & error budgets
View roadmapOverlap: 36% · Difficulty: Medium
Skills to learn: CI/CD at scale, Developer experience, Cloud architecture
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Soft skills
- Problem solving
- Technical curiosity
- Big-picture thinking
- Autonomy
- Clear communication
- Documentation writing
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