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Cloud Architect
Design scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Levels
4
Entry Salary
$80k-$105k
Senior+ Salary
$200k-$280k+
Total Skills
24
Junior
0-2 years
Mid-Level
2-5 years
Senior
5-8 years
Staff / Principal
8+ years
Career Progression
1
Required Skills
- Core cloud services (compute, storage, networking)
- IAM and basic security groups
- Cloud CLI tools
- Basic infrastructure as code
- Cost awareness and billing dashboards
- Cloud networking (VPCs, subnets, routing)
Tools to Master
- AWS Console / CLI
- Terraform (basic)
- CloudFormation
- S3
- EC2
- VPC
Responsibilities
- Provision and manage basic cloud resources
- Follow established architecture patterns
- Monitor cloud spending and flag anomalies
- Write and maintain simple Terraform modules
- Support application teams with cloud questions
Recommended Certifications
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
- Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
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Expert / Distinguished
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