Week 11 - Cloud Computing Jobs

With cloud computing, there are many jobs and career paths for IT professionals. According to Forbes, "$124,300 is the median advertised salary for cloud computing professionals in 2016."

According to ComputerWorld, here are ten different jobs in the Cloud world -both within a Cloud Service Provider and a business that will be using the cloud

• Cloud Architect - Design and implement cloud initiatives within a company
• Cloud Software Engineer - Develop software that integrates with the cloud
• Cloud Sales - including sales executives, sales consultants, sales managers and sales representative - sell outsourced cloud business
• Cloud Engineer - implement and maintain cloud infrastructure
• Cloud Services Developer - develop customer-facing tools so that they can manage their cloud environment
• Cloud Systems Administrator - configure and troubleshoot the cloud infrastructure
• Cloud Consultant - work with businesses to determine their requirements for Cloud technology and make recommendation for implementation
• Cloud Systems Engineer - build cloud servers to support implementation
• Cloud Network Engineer - Install and maintain the network for the cloud infrastructure
• Cloud Product Manager - product manager for cloud-based products

Columbus, Louis. (2016, March 18). Where Cloud Computing Jobs Are In 2016. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2016/03/18/where-cloud-computing-jobs-are-in-2016/#558d3b3a1a60
Burns, Christine. (2012, October 16). 10 Cloud Computing Jobs in High Demand. Retrieved from http://www.computerworld.com/article/2473788/cloud-computing/10-cloud-computing-jobs-in-high-demand.html#slide2