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Cloud Engineer

Designing and managing cloud infrastructure

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59 skills

293 requirements

176 mandatory

13 domains

Awareness 59 Working 59 Advanced 59 Expert 116

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All domains Programming Fundamentals 7 Backend Development 2 Database Management 1 API & Integration 3 Cloud & Infrastructure 18 DevOps & CI/CD 4 Testing & QA 2 Security 4 AI-Assisted Development 4 Architecture & System Design 4 Observability & Monitoring 6 Version Control & Collaboration 3 Documentation 1

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Programming Fundamentals

7 skills · 35 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Algorithms & Data Structures
Algorithms & Complexity	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Data Structures	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
OOP & Design Patterns
OOP & SOLID Principles	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Design Patterns	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Concurrency & Parallelism
Multithreading	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Async Programming	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Clean Code & Refactoring
Code Quality & Refactoring	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Backend Development

2 skills · 10 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Caching
Redis	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
File & Object Storage
S3 / Object Storage	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Database Management

1 skills · 5 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Relational Databases
PostgreSQL	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

API & Integration

3 skills · 15 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
REST API
REST API Design	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
GraphQL
GraphQL Design	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
API Management
API Documentation	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Cloud & Infrastructure

18 skills · 90 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Containerization
Docker	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Container Security
Container Security Scanning	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Kubernetes & Orchestration
Kubernetes Core	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Kubernetes Advanced	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Helm	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Pulumi	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Ansible	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Serverless
Serverless Functions	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Serverless Containers	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Cloud Providers
AWS	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Google Cloud Platform	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Yandex Cloud	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Microsoft Azure	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Networking
Network Fundamentals	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
DNS & Networking
Load Balancing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
CDN & Edge Computing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
VPN & Network Isolation	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

DevOps & CI/CD

4 skills · 20 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
CI/CD
GitHub Actions / GitLab CI	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
GitOps
ArgoCD	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Deployment Strategies
Blue/Green Deployment	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Canary Deployment	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Testing & QA

2 skills · 10 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Unit Testing
Unit Testing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Integration Testing
Integration Testing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Security

4 skills · 18 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Application Security
OWASP & Application Security	Awareness	Working	Advanced	—	—
Secure Coding Practices	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Infrastructure Security
Secrets Management	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Cloud Security	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

AI-Assisted Development

4 skills · 20 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
AI Coding Assistants
GitHub Copilot	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Cursor IDE	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
ChatGPT / Claude	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Prompt Engineering
Prompt Engineering for Code	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Architecture & System Design

4 skills · 20 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
System Design
System Design Fundamentals	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
High Load Architecture	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Capacity Planning	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Disaster Recovery Design	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Observability & Monitoring

6 skills · 30 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Logging
Structured Logging	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
ELK Stack	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Metrics & Monitoring
Prometheus & Grafana	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Distributed Tracing
OpenTelemetry	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Alerting & On-Call
SLI / SLO / SLA	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Incident Management
On-Call Management	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Version Control & Collaboration

3 skills · 15 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Git & Workflows
Git Advanced	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Code Review
Code Review	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Collaboration Tools
Documentation as Code	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Documentation

1 skills · 5 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Technical Documentation
Runbook & Playbook Writing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

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