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Overview
Cloud DevOps engineers build and manage continuous delivery for cloud workloads, including repositories, build services, automated tests, deployments and infrastructure as code.
In job descriptions, look for CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, test environments, monitoring, recovery automation and collaboration with software teams.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Cloud DevOps engineer work connects software delivery with cloud infrastructure. The role can include maintaining pipelines, configuring build and test services, defining infrastructure as code, improving deployment reliability and preparing recovery automation for cloud workloads.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes CI/CD design, cloud services, repositories, scripted deployments, automated tests, environment configuration, monitoring, incident recovery and secure handling of credentials and access.
Salary context
Salary context depends on cloud platform depth, production responsibility, automation ownership, on-call expectations, security exposure and whether the role supports one product team or a wider platform.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward platform engineer, site reliability engineer, cloud architect, DevOps lead, release engineering or security-focused cloud automation work.
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Check whether adverts name the cloud platform, pipeline tools, infrastructure-as-code stack, deployment ownership, monitoring duties, recovery targets, on-call expectations and how closely the role works with developers.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Computer programming activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include cloud software developer, cloud engineer and cloud architect.
Explore this activityComputer consultancy and computer facilities management activities
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include cloud software developer, cloud engineer and cloud architect.
Explore this activityComputing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities
Another possibility is this activity. Other occupations there include ICT disaster recovery analyst, enterprise architect and data quality specialist.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
62.1Computer programming activities62.2Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities63.1Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities
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Occupation group
cloud engineer (2512.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cc867bee-ab5c-427f-9244-f7a204d9574b |
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| ESCO code | 2512.7 |
| ISCO group | 2512 |
| Concept type | Occupation |