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Cloud Engineer Roadmap
Build evidence around cloud architecture, networking, automation, cost control, and operations.
Cloud engineer and infrastructure candidates building deployable proof.
Timeline
9 weeks
Level
Intermediate
Final outcome
A cloud architecture portfolio with networking, IAM, automation, observability, cost notes, and diagrams.
Skills to prove
AWS
Networking
IAM
Terraform
Containers
Monitoring
Portfolio projects
- AWS-hosted app with private networking, IAM roles, logs, and cost notes
- Terraform-managed environment with reusable modules and promotion notes
- Cloud migration plan with architecture diagrams, risks, and rollback steps
Prebuilt build path
Follow these phases in order. Each one ends with a portfolio artifact you can show in GitHub, on your resume, or in interviews.
Step 1
Weeks 1-3
Design the cloud foundation
Show you can explain architecture before provisioning resources.
- Create diagrams for VPC or network layout, compute, storage, IAM, logging, and secrets.
- Define least-privilege roles, environment boundaries, and basic cost assumptions.
Deliverable: A cloud architecture plan with diagrams, risks, and cost notes.
Step 2
Weeks 4-6
Provision and deploy
Turn the design into a repeatable cloud environment.
- Provision infrastructure with reusable modules or documented automation.
- Deploy a small service with logs, secrets, health checks, and rollback steps.
Deliverable: A running cloud-hosted service backed by infrastructure code.
Step 3
Weeks 7-9
Operate and optimize
Demonstrate the operational side of cloud engineering.
- Add monitoring, backup notes, access review notes, and basic runbooks.
- Write a cost and reliability review with concrete improvements.
Deliverable: A cloud operations case study with architecture, automation, and runbooks.
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