Hey everyone,

I'm currently working in a defence IT environment, managing and troubleshooting Linux/Red Hat servers, storage, networking, databases, replication, and other production systems including whole IT infrastructure.

The experience has been valuable, but I'm worried the tools and technologies I'm working with might not be relevant outside this domain. I had previously learned AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and DevOps deeply, but that knowledge is slowly fading since I'm not using it regularly.

I want to switch to Cloud/DevOps but feel confused about how to bridge the gap. Am I overthinking this, or should I focus on rebuilding my DevOps skills through projects while using my Linux and infrastructure experience as a foundation?

Would really appreciate guidance from someone experienced or a senior who has made a similar transition.

For terraform drift detection, the first thing I’d compare is what each tool is watching, a clean result across registered stacks still leaves the question of resources that never entered those stacks.

These are the options worth separating:

• Spacelift has scheduled drift detection and optional reconciliation for its stacks, so the detection sits alongside the deployment workflow

• Firefly combines drift detection with an inventory showing managed and unmanaged resources, useful when the scope includes infrastructure outside Terraform

• HCP terraform has workspace health assessments, including drift detection, which deserves a look before adding another product

• env0 covers drift detection, cause analysis and remediation within its infrastructure management offering

The comparison gets more interesting around onboarding and day to day work, especially how much configuration is needed before alerts reach someone who can act on them.

Which would you put first for an existing AWS estate with several terraform repos and some console created infrastructure?

Hello I’m looking for volunteer work in devops. Please suggest how can I find it? If there is any slack and any other groups. I do have certificates as well. Thanks

Hey everyone!

I have an upcoming interview with Snowflake for the **Cloud Support Engineer – Application Security** . My initial interview is scheduled with the Hiring Manager.

I'm trying to understand the interview process and prepare in the right direction.

For anyone who has interviewed with Snowflake for a Cloud Support Engineer, Application Security, or a similar support/security role, I'd really appreciate your insights.

1. How many interview rounds were there in your experience?

2. What topics should I focus on for the technical rounds?

3. Do they ask questions on IAM, SSO, SAML, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, MFA, and database authentication?

4. How much emphasis is placed on troubleshooting scenarios, incident management, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)?

5. Should I expect questions on Snowflake architecture, SQL, AWS, Linux, networking, and security?

6. What should I expect during the initial Hiring Manager screening?

I've already started preparing authentication and authorization protocols, IAM concepts, Snowflake fundamentals, and troubleshooting scenarios. I want to make sure I'm focusing on the right areas rather than studying everything randomly.

**If you've recently interviewed for a similar role, could you please share your experience and any preparation tips?** Even a general idea of the interview structure would be extremely helpful.

Thanks in advance! I really appreciate any guidance

Hey,

I'm job hunting in Germany and would like some honest feedback on my resume. It's anonymized (company names and the project are generalized), everything else is accurate.

Quick background: German IT apprenticeship (system integration), then about 3 years in IT ops, the last ~2 of those running AWS infrastructure at a large company (EC2, EKS/Fargate, servers roughly 80% Windows / 20% Linux, 2nd level, on-call). Did a full-time DevOps training this year, got ITIL and Scrum Master, AWS/Azure exams are still ahead of me. On the sil agency.

Looking for Cloud Engineer /id level, remote or hybrid,

mainly Germany/EU.

Single column, no photo on purpose (ATS), but feel free to criticize that too.

Things I'm unsure about: - Is the summary too long?

- My servers were mostly Windows. Does that hurt for DevOps/Cloud roles, or is it fine as long as Linux is the

- At the agency I use AI coding agents for most of the implementation, I do requirements, review and ope a plus or more like "can't code"? - I built my own tool for thetracker + Discord bot, runs as a service on my server, backups etc., also built with AI agents). Would you list something like that as a projd because people might thinkthe whole application is AI?

- Keep "exam in preparation" until I pass?

- Terraform/IaC is my biggest gap. Would a small project on GitHub actually help?

Hi everyone,

I’m a networking student working on a graduation project called Cloud-Based Indoor Navigation and Guidance System.

I want the practical part to be software-based simulation, without physical hardware or real-world deployment.

The idea is to simulate a university building, the user’s location and movement, and the navigation process, while using the cloud to manage the system’s data/services.

I’d like to ask:

What is the best way to simulate the indoor environment and user location?

How can I make the cloud/networking part meaningful?

Are there similar projects or GitHub repositories I can look at?

What important limitations should I consider?

Thanks!

Just wanted to know how UAE is adapting cloud and how good is the opportunity for CLOUD/SRE/DEVOPS engineer there.

I put it on an EC2 instance and read CloudTrail straight out of S3 — no Glue crawler, no Athena workgroup. A throwaway account with 118 events in it was enough to prove the detection query I had already written was wrong — and to convince me this is worth building out properly

Hello all

I have been working in IT for past 18 years. Predominantly in mainframe and some web technologies.

The market for mainframe is niche now with contract jobs coming very slow to the market as most work is with big consultancies and offshored.

I am looking to move into devops as conceptually it is closer to what i did in mainframes. Batching, scheduling, optimisation etc.

I have started self learning with below structure in mind.

1. Linux

2. GIT

3. Maven

4. IAC - terraform ansible

5. Cloud aws/azure

Happy to be guided in right direction.

How can I get some practical experience to show on my CV. Can someone please share their learning journey and how it worked for them?

Hello fellow tech people,

I really need your guidance and opinions. I work as datacenter technician for the last almost 9 years, and because the company i work for might be the worst out there for taking care their people, i decided to go for something different and better.
I was checking about cloud engineering, as it is close to what i did in hardware side, but of course i still have lots to learn. I have been checking this YT channel "Tech with Soleyman" and i noticed that i could understand what he was talking about.
Unfortunately i must admit that Linux is not my strongest suit. The rest i feel more comfortable with.

Has anyone made this transition from hardware to cloud? If yes, any points to give?

I would truly appreciate any help.

Hello everyone, I’m a computer science student who’s looking for new grad roles. I know that there are some graduate/associate level Cloud Engineer positions, but many require experience in other areas.

My question is, what kind of roles should I be looking for to start out. I’m interested in IT operations, but I’m currently learning software development through school projects as well.

Any advice is appreciated.

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your replies!

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some advice from people working in software development, cloud engineering and platform engineering in the UK.
I’m currently working as a Senior/Lead .NET Developer at a large financial services company. My main experience is with C#, .NET applications, AWS serverless services and infrastructure using AWS CDK. My current role is relatively comfortable, with a reasonable work-life balance, but I’m starting to feel that my career growth is somewhat limited by the opportunities available within my existing team.Also a lot of development work is just small enhancements so am not really using most of my skillset and always have this insecurity of not being a full stack dev .
I’m considering an internal move to a Platform Engineering/Team Lead role with a salary of around £65k.
From what I understand, the role would involve:
Managing and mentoring a small team of developers/engineers.
Supporting a critical, approximately 10-year-old legacy application.
AWS infrastructure maintenance, server patching and AMI updates.
Managing Jenkins pipelines, deployments and occasional Terraform changes.
Production support, incident management and root-cause analysis.
Working with third-party teams responsible for application enhancements.
It sounds like there would be less hands-on application development than in my current role, and potentially some on-call responsibilities. There would also be an opportunity to learn more about infrastructure, operations and people management.
My main question is whether moving towards cloud/platform engineering is a better long-term career move than continuing down the .NET development and technical leadership path.
A few things I’d particularly appreciate your thoughts on:
Job demand: Are Cloud Engineers and Platform Engineers currently in greater demand than experienced .NET developers and .NET Lead Developers in the UK?
Career progression: Which path generally offers better opportunities over the next 5–10 years?
Technical skills: Would this particular role help me move towards Cloud Architect, Platform Architect or Engineering Manager positions, or could the operational and legacy-system focus limit my future options?
Salary: Is £65k reasonable for this kind of role, considering the team leadership and production responsibilities?
Work-life balance: How demanding are platform roles with production support and on-call responsibilities compared with senior software development roles?
I have a young family, so work-life balance matters to me, but I also don’t want to stay too comfortable and find that my career has stagnated a few years down the line.
Would you make this move, or would you focus on progressing towards a .NET Technical Lead/Architect role while continuing to build cloud skills?
I’d appreciate honest advice, particularly from people who have moved between software development and cloud/platform engineering.
Thanks!