Cloud Engineer Jobs

Which levels are hiring

• Junior 3% · 19
• Middle 11% · 61
• Senior 69% · 393
• Lead+ 17% · 96

Few Junior roles — 3%; the usual way in is an adjacent role

Of 569 postings that name a level, Junior — 3%, Middle — 11%, Senior — 69%, Lead+ — 17%.

What postings ask for

• ✔ AWS42%
• ✔ Azure39%
• ○ Terraform17%
• ○ Kubernetes16%
• ○ GCP12%
• ○ Docker11%
• ○ Python10%
• ○ Ansible9%

Share of postings that mention the skill. ✔ — 25%+, ○ — fewer; whether it is required is in the posting itself

Share of open postings that mention each skill: AWS — 42%, Azure — 39%, Terraform — 17%, Kubernetes — 16%, GCP — 12%, Docker — 11%.

Where the openings are

• 🇺🇸 the US231
• 🇸🇬 Singapore153
• 🇵🇱 Poland152
• 🇬🇧 the UK115
• 🇩🇪 Germany86
• 🇮🇳 India69

Open positions by employer country; remote roles are often open to other countries too.

Where to apply

• Company career sites — your application goes straight to the team54%
• Job boards — aggregators and job sites44%
• Telegram channels — job channels2%

Where the openings come from: 54% from company career sites (direct apply), 44% from job boards, 2% from Telegram channels.