Cloud Engineer Roadmap

Design, automate and secure cloud infrastructure that scales.

A cloud engineering path that takes you from fundamentals to building and securing real infrastructure with code. You learn one major cloud platform deeply, plus the automation, containers and security practices that turn a beginner into a dependable cloud engineer.

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Duration: 6 to 10 months
Level: Beginner to job-ready
Stages: 6
Field: Cloud

By the end

What you will be able to do

Design and run core cloud infrastructure

Automate everything with infrastructure as code

Containerize and orchestrate applications

Build secure, cost-aware cloud environments

The roadmap

Your step-by-step path

Follow the stages in order. Each one builds on the last, from fundamentals to job-ready.

01
Linux & Networking Foundations
The bedrock under every cloud.
- Linux administration
- Networking and DNS
- SSH and the command line
- Scripting basics
02
Cloud Fundamentals
Learn one major platform deeply.
- Compute, storage and networking
- Identity and access (IAM)
- Core managed services
- The shared-responsibility model
Certification checkpoint Cloud foundational cert (target)
03
Infrastructure as Code
Stop clicking, start automating.
- Terraform fundamentals
- Repeatable environments
- State and modules
- Version-controlled infra
04
Containers & Orchestration
Package and run apps the modern way.
- Docker fundamentals
- Kubernetes basics
- Deployments and scaling
- CI/CD pipelines
05
Cloud Security & Cost
Make it secure and affordable, not just working.
- Cloud security posture
- Secrets and encryption
- Logging and monitoring
- Cost optimization
06
Job-Ready: Cloud Engineer
Build a real, automated environment end to end.
- End-to-end infra project
- Reliability and backups
- Documentation
- Associate-level cert prep
Certification checkpoint NUEXUS Cloud Engineer (Verified)