Cloud engineers and DevOps specialists are among the highest-paid entry-level tech roles in any market. UK £45-65K starting, Germany €55-80K, USA $80-120K. AWS and Azure are the dominant platforms. Plus you can do most of the work remotely.
A senior counsellor will help match the right tech track to your target destination and field of study.
Cloud engineers consistently rank in the top 3 entry-level tech salaries globally. Entry salaries beat most senior data analyst roles. The work is heavy on logical problem-solving, light on customer-facing communication.
Cloud and DevOps work is largely platform-based. Once you have access to AWS/Azure consoles, you can work from anywhere. Cloud roles have the highest remote-work rate of any tech field.
When companies cut software engineers, they almost never cut cloud and DevOps. Reason: cloud infrastructure is operational - if it stops, the business stops. Most stable tech career through 2020-2024 layoffs.
Each phase produces a real artifact. By the end you have a portfolio you can show on LinkedIn and GitHub, not just certificates.
EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, networking basics. AWS Solutions Architect Associate prep. Build a real multi-tier web app deployed on AWS by end of week 4.
Azure fundamentals, AKS, App Services, Azure Active Directory. Multi-cloud architecture decisions. AZ-104 exam prep.
Container fundamentals, Dockerfile authoring, multi-stage builds. Kubernetes core: pods, deployments, services, ingress. Deploy a real microservices app on AKS or EKS.
GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Terraform, Ansible. End-to-end pipeline: code push → automated tests → staging deploy → production deploy with approvals.
Take AWS SAA + Azure AZ-104 if possible. Behavioural interview prep, system design at junior level, on-call scenario role-play. Portfolio finalisation.
Free 30-minute call to confirm this track fits your destination, field, and timeline.