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name: cloud-engineer
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'cloud engineer' (also: hybrid cloud engineer, cloud computing engineer, cloud infrastructure engineer, cloud software engineer, cloud-native engineer, cloud security engineer). Use when the user asks for typical cloud engineer work such as: typical cloud engineer responsibilities"
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# Cloud Engineer

Cloud engineers are responsible for the design, planning, management and maintenance of cloud-based systems. They develop and implement cloud-applications, handle the migration of existing on-premise applications to the cloud, and debug cloud stacks.

## 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)

- align software with system architectures
- analyse business requirements
- analyse software specifications
- automate cloud tasks
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- cloud technologies
- computer programming
- cyber security
- database development tools
- debug software
- deploy cloud resource
- design cloud architecture
- design cloud networks
- design database in the cloud

## 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 60 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-10):

- AWS — 42 %
- Terraform — 35 %
- Kubernetes — 25 %
- Docker — 18 %
- CloudFormation — 17 %
- Microsoft Azure — 17 %
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) — 12 %
- Ansible — 12 %
- Jenkins — 12 %
- Python — 12 %

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/349ee6f6-c295-4c38-9b98-48765b55280e), O*NET 30.3 (15-1252.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*