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Cloud Consultant

Advises organisations on cloud strategy, adoption, migration and operating model.

Experience level: ExpertCoding level: HighTechnical difficulty: 85/100

Advises organisations on cloud strategy, adoption, migration and operating model.

Entry

Expert

Coding

High

Key skills

Cloud strategyStakeholder mgmtMigration & adoptionWorkshop facilitation
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Career overview

The Cloud Consultant helps organisations make the right cloud decisions: strategy, provider selection, landing zones, migration waves, FinOps and skills. They assess maturity, run workshops, write target designs and guide execution. The role blends deep cloud expertise with consulting soft skills, and it leads naturally toward cloud architecture or enterprise architecture.

Main responsibilities

  • Align stakeholders and report progress
  • Own the technical roadmap of the perimeter
  • Keep technical documentation up to date
  • Coordinate with software vendors and third parties
  • Track and optimise cloud spending
  • Plan and execute cloud migration projects
  • Architect cloud solutions and landing zones
  • Prepare and execute change requests in production
  • Mentor junior team members and review their work
  • Ensure compliance with standards and regulations

Technical skills

Cloud strategy92%
Migration & adoption88%
FinOps82%
Governance82%
Stakeholder mgmt90%
Workshop facilitation85%
AWS / Azure / GCP85%
Security & compliance75%

Technologies

AWSAzureGCPTerraformKubernetesPythonPower BIExcelVisioLucidchartIAMGitPrometheusArgoCDVaultCloudFormationHelm

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)

Less common

Bac+5 (Master / Engineering)

Common entry point

Experience & coding level

Experience level

Entry LevelJuniorIntermediateSeniorExpert

Coding level

No codingLowMediumHighVery High
Technical difficulty85%

Useful certifications

Certifications are never mandatory. They are one way among others to prove a skill.

  • AWS Solutions Architect Professional
  • TOGAF 9
  • FinOps Certified Practitioner

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Direct progression

Cloud ConsultantCloud Architect
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Where can you go next?

Realistic next career moves, with compatibility and a transition roadmap for each.

Cloud ArchitectHigh

Overlap: 85% · Difficulty: Easy

Skills to learn: Landing zones

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Cloud Solutions ArchitectHigh

Overlap: 86% · Difficulty: Easy

Skills to learn: Landing zones

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Where can you go from here?

A typical progression built from real career relationships. Click any role to open its profile.

  1. Cloud Solutions Architect
  2. Cloud Consultant
  3. Cloud Architect
  4. Multi-Cloud Architect
  5. Enterprise Architect
  6. CTO
Soft skills
  • Clear communication
  • Strategic thinking
  • Negotiation
  • Big-picture thinking
  • Documentation writing
  • Stakeholder management
  • Facilitation
Common previous careers

Roles that frequently lead into this career.

Cloud Solutions ArchitectHigh

Overlap: 86% · Difficulty: Medium

Skills to learn: Workshop facilitation

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