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How do I become a Cloud Network Engineer?

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What exactly does a Cloud Network Engineer do and what skills and certifications do I need to become one?

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What the role is A Cloud Network Engineer designs and operates connectivity inside and between cloud environments: VPC/VNet design, hybrid links to on-prem data centres, segmentation, load balancing, DNS, and network security in the cloud.

Learning path

  1. Networking fundamentals (CCNA level) - non-negotiable.
  2. Linux + Python basics.
  3. One cloud provider deeply: AWS (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect) or Azure (VNet, Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute).
  4. Hybrid connectivity: IPSec VPN, BGP over the tunnel, routing design.
  5. Infrastructure as code: Terraform.
  6. Cloud security: security groups/NSGs, NACLs, firewall appliances, private endpoints.

Skills required Routing and BGP, subnetting and IP planning, TLS/DNS basics, automation, troubleshooting with cloud-native tools (flow logs, reachability analyzers).

Certifications (helpful, not mandatory) CCNA -> AWS Solutions Architect Associate / AZ-104 -> AWS Advanced Networking or AZ-700.

Hands-on projects Hub-and-spoke topology with transit routing, hybrid VPN with BGP, and a Terraform repo that deploys it all.

Possible roles Cloud Network Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Network Automation Engineer, Cloud Solutions Engineer.

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