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Designs, builds, and maintains cloud infrastructure on platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Manages scalable storage, virtual networks, serverless functions, and DevOps pipelines for enterprise applications.
$95,000
Lower reported wage
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$198,030
Upper reported wage
Annual U.S. salaries. Actual pay varies by location, employer, and experience. The lower and upper figures do not represent starting and senior salaries.

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No Cloud Engineer SOC. Same SOC as Cloud Architect and Solutions Architect.
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Direct technical route; seek labs with networking and security. [1]
Design, deploy, secure, and maintain cloud infrastructure. [1]
Technology teams, enterprises, and cloud service providers. [1]
Mostly office hours, with occasional incident response or on-call work. [1]
Failures, cost control, and security changes require careful tradeoffs. [1]
Experience can lead to architecture, platform leadership, or security roles. [1]
These are possible directions. Promotion timing and pay depend on the role and employer.