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§ OCCUPATION · GLOBAL STANDARDS

cloud engineer

Cloud engineers are responsible for the design, planning, management and maintenance of cloud-based systems.

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Description

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.

Theoretical Knowledge
ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
ICT system integrationweb servicesoperating systemscloud security and complianceICT system programmingcloud monitoring and reportingcomputer programmingcyber securitydatabase development toolssystems development life-cycleservice-oriented modellingcloud technologiessystems theory
OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit
ethicsJava (computer programming)data engineeringICT security standardssecurity engineeringRuby (computer programming)Python (computer programming)
Practical Skills
ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
debug softwarerespond to incidents in cloudimplement cloud security and compliancedesign database in the cloudalign software with system architecturesautomate cloud tasksdesign for organisational complexitydevelop with cloud servicesanalyse software specificationsinterpret technical textsdesign cloud architectureplan migration to clouddeploy cloud resourcesolve ICT system problemsanalyse business requirementsdo cloud refactoringmanage cloud data and storagedesign cloud networksdevelop software prototypemanage keys for data protection
OPTIONALOptional competences
apply risk management processesdesign interaction modelapply ICT systems theoryperform data analysisuse query languages

GLOBAL RESOURCE

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SKILLS OVERVIEW

45 total
33 essential · 12 optional

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)

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