Dice.com, the popular tech-focused job site, posts upwards of 3,800
cloud-related job listings on any given day. Researchers there crunched the
numbers to come up with a list of the top 10 most available jobs in the cloud.
These job descriptions and credentials were compiled using multiple job listings
in each category.
Cloud architect
Job description: Spearhead the development and implementation of cloud-based
initiatives to ensure that systems are scalable, reliable, secure, supportable,
and achieve business and IT performance and budgetary objectives.
Required credentials: B.S. in computer science or engineering; 10+ years
experience in large-scale, multi-platform networks; expert in Shell, VBScript,
Perl or Python; expert knowledge of Linux and Windows; significant experience
designing, installing and administrating virtualized environments.
Requested credentials: Experience working with public cloud providers; expert
understanding of firewall and load balancing concepts; prior work creating PCI-compliant
solutions.
Cloud software engineer
Job description: Responsible for design and development of distributed
software modules that integrate with cloud service providers.
Required credentials: B.S. in computer science or engineering; 2+ years
professional experience in software development; work experience with ETL
(Extract-Transform-Load) tools and techniques; work experience with system
configuration and deployment automation technologies; hands-on programming
experience on a Linux/Unix operating system; excellent understanding of at least
one compiled-code language.
Requested credentials: Experience in deploying software to cloud computing
infrastructure; experience in SOA technologies; ability to provide accurate ETA
for software modules.
Cloud sales: cloud sales executive, cloud sales representative, cloud
sales consultant, cloud sales manager
Job description: Develop and grow a book of outsourced cloud business with
C-level professionals in midsize and enterprise-level customers.
Required credentials: Bachelor's degree in business administration and 5-10
years business experience in client-facing roles, with some of that spent in
outsourcing or systems integration; highly effective communication skills;
strong understanding and successful experience in building strategic and/or
developmental partnerships at the C-level within midsize and large corporations;
demonstrated consistent quota attainment in selling infrastructure, IT, cloud
and security services.
Requested credentials: Ability to travel more than 50% of the time on the job.
Cloud engineer
Job description: Plan and conduct technical tasks associated with the
implementation and maintenance of internal enterprise-shared virtualization
infrastructure.
Required credentials: B.S. in computer science; 5+ years of implementation
experience with highly virtualized shared infrastructure, platforms or
applications architecture at a large enterprise or service provider.
Requested credentials: Vendor-specific virtualization certification such as
VMware Certified Professional.
Cloud services developer
Job description: Design and build the multi-platform customer-facing tools --
such as sales interfaces and management portals -- that serve as the gateway
into how end users consume the underlying cloud services.
Required credentials: B.S. in computer science or computer engineering; 5 years
of experience with cloud architecture and design; 5 years of experience
architecting and deploying Web services on SOA platforms (examples: Amazon EC2,
Heroku, Azure, Rackspace); 5 years of experience with PHP Python, Java, or C++
with software development methodologies like Agile.
Cloud systems administrator
Job description: Configure and maintain the systems that comprise the underlying
cloud platform. Troubleshoot when problems arise and plan for future cloud
capacity requirements.
Required credentials: B.S. in computer science or computer engineering; 3 years
of experience in operating system administration; 3 years of experience in
supporting enterprise-level platform installations; strong Linux command-line
skills; experience in performance monitoring and capacity planning for
enterprise platforms.
Requested credentials: Knowledge of cloud-based development.
Cloud consultant
Job description: Conduct technical studies and evaluations of business area
requirements and recommends to IT management appropriate cloud technology
options.
Required credentials: At least 8 years of related IT consulting experience;
outstanding understanding of cloud technologies available and vendors providing
cloud services; top-notch communication skills.
Cloud systems engineer
Job description: Build the virtual systems that support the cloud
implementation.
Required credentials: B.S. in computer science, information technology or
related technical degree; 5-10 years of systems engineering experience, holistic
understanding of the Internet and hosting from the network layer up through the
application layer; experience in a 24x7 hosting environment.
Requested credentials: Experience with monitoring tools, scripting,
configuration management, clustering, Drupal and Internet security.
Cloud network engineer
Job description: Perform the implementation, operational support, maintenance
and optimization of network hardware, software and communication links of the
cloud infrastructure.
Required credentials: Related degree in computer science ; 4 years' in-depth
network engineering experience; proven deep understanding of TCP/IP, Subnetting,
DNS, DHCP, NAT and routing; strong knowledge of Layer 2 network protocols;
strong knowledge of Layer 3 IP routing; proven scripting abilities in one or
more language -- Perl, Shell or Python.
Requested credentials: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)/Cisco Certified
Network Professional (CCNP) certification.
Cloud product manager
Job description: Perform product planning for cloud-based offerings including
creating product concept and strategy documents, creating requirements
specifications, identifying product positioning and enabling the sales processes
(licensing, pricing, packaging, benefits, etc.).
Required credentials: Bachelor's degree in business or computer sciences or
equivalent work experience; minimum of 3 years of experience working with a
software development company that deploys its offerings using a SaaS or
cloud-based model; very strong communication skills.
Requested credentials: Advanced degree in business or computer sciences.