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name: cloud-devops-engineer
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'cloud DevOps engineer' (also: devops analyst, devops consultant, cloud devops solution specialist, devops administrator, devops engineer, cloud infrastructure devops engineer). Use when the user asks for typical cloud DevOps engineer work such as: typical cloud DevOps engineer responsibilities"
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# Cloud Devops Engineer

Cloud DevOps engineers implement and manage continuous software delivery systems and methodologies. This includes managing and configuring code repositories, build services, automated testing, and deployment mechanisms. For cloud-based workloads, a Cloud DevOps Engineer define and deploy infrastructure as code, automating test and development environments. They can define and configure automated disaster recovery solutions that meet business objectives.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- automate cloud tasks
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- cloud technologies
- computer engineering
- deploy cloud resource
- design cloud architecture
- design cloud networks
- design database in the cloud
- design for organisational complexity
- develop with cloud services
- DevOps
- do cloud refactoring
- ICT system programming
- implement cloud security and compliance

## Hot technologies

- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- AJAX
- Alteryx software
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2


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## Hot technologies

Top tools from 52 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-10):

- Terraform — 62 %
- docker — 46 %
- kubernetes — 44 %
- Ansible — 42 %
- AWS — 42 %
- Jenkins — 31 %
- Azure — 17 %
- git — 17 %
- GitLab — 17 %
- Puppet — 17 %

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cc867bee-ab5c-427f-9244-f7a204d9574b), O*NET 30.3 (15-1252.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*