Career Galaxy / Cloud & Infra
Cloud Engineer
You build the environments everything else lives in.
You design, deploy, and secure cloud infrastructure, usually with code rather than clicks.
Mid levelHands on buildingDesigningEarning potentialFast growthFlexibility
Entry
$85k
Median
$135k
Senior
$185k
Outlook: Growing much faster than average. Ranges are US estimates and vary by market and employer.
A day in the life
- Provision an environment from code
- Tighten access policies
- Cut cloud spend without breaking anything
Skills that matter
AWS or AzureTerraformNetworkingScripting
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