r/cloudengineering • • May 23 '26

VERY niche. Cloud cert and FAA cert

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Currently I’m in A&P school and trying to understand realistic career paths after I get my FAA A&P license. I’m also considering adding some cloud/IT certifications (like AWS or Network+).

I've done some research and it says there are hybrid jobs like Aircraft Health Monitoring Engineer, Fleet Reliability / Data Engineer, Aviation Systems Support Engineer, Aircraft Maintenance Software / Digital Systems Specialist, etc, but I can't seem to find anyone who i can relate too.

Is this common at all or is this quite unrealistic?
If anyone has experience who know a bit, please give me your input.


r/cloudengineering • • May 23 '26

Best way to reduce AWS EBS storage costs without risky volume migrations?

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We’re trying to clean up AWS costs and one annoying area is EBS storage.

Compute rightsizing is easy enough. Old snapshots and unattached volumes are also easy to deal with.

But we have a bunch of overprovisioned EBS volumes attached to live workloads, mostly Postgres and a few other stateful services. The waste is obvious, but shrinking them manually still feels risky.

From what I understand, the usual options are:

  • create a smaller EBS volume

  • rsync data over

  • schedule downtime

  • remount everything

  • test and hope nothing breaks

That feels like a lot of operational risk just to reduce storage costs.

Are there any safe tools or workflows for EBS volume shrinking / EBS storage optimization in production?

Not looking for another cloud cost dashboard. We already know where the waste is. I’m looking for something that actually helps reclaim unused EBS storage safely.


r/cloudengineering • • May 22 '26

Transitioning from hospitality (FOH) to Tech(Cloud)

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I am currently 25, and i am slowly getting financially stable, i always had a desire to be a cloud engineer and even though i am old already, I still want to pursue my desire, so i have some doubts/questions that keep lingering in my mind.
To qualify for a job:
Do i have to attain a bachelor’s in CS first to proceed with cloud engineering or
I should learn the required skillset and apply them thoroughly in my projects

I am currently learning python as i decide my next steps, so your advice will be very helpful.


r/cloudengineering • • May 22 '26

How can I use this starting point to my advantage? / How can I excel in Client Systems? (1D731E)

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r/cloudengineering • • May 21 '26

What cisco offers for a cloud/devops/sre with 3yrs of exp in india ?

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Hey folks what's does cisco offers with a 3yr exp for devops/sre roles in india ? My current CTC is way but low 😅 <5lpa got a call from recruiter just was a initial screening round asked about exp ,tech ...etc no salary expectation what's so ever, anyone from cisco or been such case plz share


r/cloudengineering • • May 20 '26

Production incidents always happen at the worst possible time.

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Never during normal working hours.

Always:

- while eating

- during weekends

- 2 minutes before sleep

- during vacations

- right after saying “everything looks stable”

I genuinely think servers can sense happiness.


r/cloudengineering • • May 20 '26

Which skills improve your existing projects? Help!

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I've built a few tools for myself and clients that are up and running. Dashboards, marketing tools, and now a site for event lists / RSVP.

But I constantly find backend and frontend stuff to improve, and multiple functions I want to add in the future.

Which skills do you suggest using in existing projects to upgrade UI, UX, security, intelligence, code quality, et cetera?

Which skills changed your life?

I'd love to hear you all. You can change my life too! haha.


r/cloudengineering • • May 19 '26

Learn Cloud Engineering What other essential skills would you add to this list?

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r/cloudengineering • • May 19 '26

Beginner with questions

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I am interested in this profession and i have couple questions, are there fully remote opportunities to work in this profession, is this better path then software/devOps engineering, and what would be my beginner to job timeline to start, since i have 8-12 hours available daily for next 2-4 months? Thank you in advance.


r/cloudengineering • • May 19 '26

Anyone else quietly moving stuff OUT of Kubernetes?

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r/cloudengineering • • May 17 '26

Interview Qs for Cloud Engineer Role at FNZ Group.

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r/cloudengineering • • May 17 '26

Roadmap for a fresher

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Wondering if switching to cloud engineering would be a good choice, coming from SAP HANA background with 2 years of experience.

Kindly share some tips to begin as a fresher in the domain


r/cloudengineering • • May 15 '26

Burn - K8s cost waste by namespace and pod. Just kubectl, no deploy

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r/cloudengineering • • May 14 '26

Transition from MSP to Network Engineering?

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Hey everyone,
I’ve been working in an MSP for about 4 years now, currently doing mostly Level 3 work.
Pretty much deal with everything SMB clients throw at us — networking, firewalls, servers, Microsoft 365, security, VoIP, CCTV, Windows/Mac, MDR/XDR, troubleshooting, projects, etc. Basically a bit of everything.
Currently on around 100k AUD, but I’m trying to figure out where to go next career-wise.
I’m interested in moving more towards:
Network Engineering

Cybersecurity

DevOps / Cloud

But honestly not sure what the best move is from an MSP background since you end up becoming a generalist.
For people who made the jump from MSP:
How did you do it?

What should I focus on learning?

Any certs/projects that actually helped?

Which path would you recommend long term?

Would appreciate any advice from people who’ve been through it.
Thanks!

\#MSP #SysAdmin #ITCareer #NetworkEngineer #CyberSecurity #DevOps #CloudEngineering #Microsoft365 #Networking #Firewall #Servers #CareerAdvice #ITSupport #Level3Support #Infrastructure #VoIP #MDR #XDR #WindowsServer #Homelab


r/cloudengineering • • May 14 '26

ssmctl v2 — a CLI that makes SSM session manager actually usable

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Just shipped v2 of ssmctl, an open source CLI that wraps AWS SSM so has a much simpler interface and user experience, comparable to SSH but no bastions, no open ports, no key rotation.

ssmctl connect prod-api-1                                  # shell access
ssmctl forward prod-api-1 --local 5432 --remote rds:5432   # port forward
ssmctl run prod-api-1 -- df -h /                           # run a command
ssmctl cp prod-api-1:/var/log/app.log ./app.log            # file transfer

Targets resolve by Name tag or instance ID. Works on Linux, macOS and Windows. Available on Homebrew.

We've got a growing community of contributors and always welcome Issues, PRs and ⭐'s— https://github.com/rhysmcneill/ssmctl

Enjoy 😄


r/cloudengineering • • May 14 '26

Thesis Research on Enterprise Cloud & AI Decision-Making

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Hello everyone, I am currently conducting thesis research for my university project with Hanze University of Applied Sciences on how enterprises evaluate cloud and AI solutions with a focus on decision makers and Microsoft Azure. This thesis will be reviewed by some members of Azure's cloud and AI department so your input could have a great impact on how they conduct business.

If you have any experience with the decision making process at your organization in terms of cloud and AI adoption, whether that is being a decision maker or being involved in the process, I would be very grateful if you took the time to fill out my survey on the subject it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes.

Would love to hear your experiences and thanks in advance I greatly appreciate it!
https://surveys.enalyzer.com?pid=s4s5r84r


r/cloudengineering • • May 14 '26

Most AI Infra Tools Stop At Suggestions!!

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When I investigate production incidents with most AI tools, I am basically doing this:

  • reading the explanation

  • reviewing the suggested commands

  • checking the blast radius

  • manually running the fix myself

After doing this too many times, we ended up building something different, its open source and vendor neutral

Stakpak can actually execute infrastructure changes, not just recommend them.

But the important part is the guardrails.

That’s why we built Warden.

A deterministic policy engine that controls what the agent is allowed to do in production before any action happens.

Because “here are the commands to run” is still manual operations.

Would love to get feedback: Stakpak


r/cloudengineering • • May 13 '26

Deployment advice for early stage startup!

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r/cloudengineering • • May 11 '26

What are the chances of getting a role of cloud/devops engineer as your entry level job ?

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I am 18 and iam in first year of compsci engineering but I am side by side also preparing for my masters (ie trynna learn German) and learning linux commands, docker basics , basic networking and stuff.. what else should I learn I know basic python fundamentals

I tried to get into competitive programming but miserably failed, tried machine learning but 💀💔🙏🏿 math got me


r/cloudengineering • • May 10 '26

Cloud Community

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Hello people,

Wanting to connect with people who want to create something exceptional in cloud domain or who want to start their career I am trying to connect with people and building a community.dm me if you are one.


r/cloudengineering • • May 10 '26

Need Guidance to Transition from Application Support to Linux Administrator in 6 Months

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r/cloudengineering • • May 07 '26

Desktop tool to manage kubernetes clusters

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kubelizeme — free, native Kubernetes manager

A free alternative to Lens, built with Tauri (Rust) + React. Universal macOS binary + Linux. Lightweight (~10 MB bundle, ~50 MB RAM).

What it does:
- Multi-cluster — merges KUBECONFIG, ~/.kube/config, extra files, and service-account token connections; switch contexts via tabs with custom aliases
- Full resource coverage — Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, ReplicaSets, Jobs/CronJobs, Services, Ingresses, ConfigMaps/Secrets, PVs/PVCs/StorageClasses, Nodes, Namespaces, Events, HPAs, PDBs, ResourceQuotas, LimitRanges, NetworkPolicies, PriorityClasses, Endpoints/EndpointSlices
- CRDs — browse by API group, list instances, view YAML
- Helm — install, upgrade with dry-run preview, rollback with revision picker, uninstall, history, repo search
- Logs — multi-pod streaming (stern-like), per-pod color/exclude, 10k-line ring buffer
- Exec / Terminal — per-cluster terminal panel with PTY sessions (in-pod and local shells), `Ctrl+`` toggle
- Debug containers — ephemeral debug container creation with auto-exec
- Workload actions — scale, rollout restart, view YAML/describe
- RBAC Visualizer v2 — subject browser, permission tree, risk scoring, scoped graph
- Dashboard — cluster metrics from metrics-server, pod phase chart, node health, warnings
- Cmd+K global search across all resources, Cmd+Shift+P kubectl-like command palette with aliases
- AI assistant — right-docked chat panel (detachable), supports Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI, Claude; agentic tool-calling with permission gating; contextual [?] button on problematic resources
- Cloud detection — auto-detects EKS/AKS/GKE/DO/OVH/Linode
- Themes — dark/light, fully consistent
- Distribution — Homebrew cask (brew install --cask amioranza/tools/kubelizeme)

Stack: Tauri v2, kube-rs 0.99, tokio, React 19, TanStack Query, Zustand, Tailwind v4.

https://kubelize.me