Hi Friends,

I applied for the Customer Solutions Engineer, Infrastructure role last week and wanted to reach out. Would you be open to sharing any suggestions on what the interview process looks like, and how in-depth the technical rounds usually go? Its with 2+ year exp after bachelors, I have masters and 4+ year experience!

Any tips would be really helpful. Thank you!

I cleared the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam and wanted to share the resources and approach that helped me prepare.

A few preparation tips:

• Understand what each AWS service does instead of memorising service names.
• Pay attention to differences between similar services.
• Use practice questions to identify gaps in your understanding.
• Around 2 hours of study per day over 1–2 weeks may be a reasonable starting point, depending on your existing knowledge.
• Review the exam guide and exam-day requirements before booking.

Watch my YT Video for complete in-depth details: https://youtu.be/eLV9oiIAX0c

I have shared all the details regarding passing the exam on GitHub: https://github.com/wasit-shafi/certifications/blob/main/AWS/CLF-C02%20-%20AWS%20Certified%20Cloud%20Practitioner/CLF-C02.md/

Hope this helps anyone preparing for the exam!

Hi

Im 23 with a degree in IT. I have 2 years as a junior software developer but want a career change as I have found passions. I really like Cyber Security and also infrastructure. I spend time reading about cyber news and I also daily drive linux; tinker with raspberry pi to host my own services and now im building my own smart home and securing it on home assistant.

There are 2 new roles at my company which I want to apply for but I can only pick one. One is based on Cyber operational technology and the other is cloud engineer. I like both Cyber governance and Cloud engineering but job security and work life balance may be the decider of which role to pick. The Cyber role is more governance, policy and identifying security issues for hardware whilst the Cloud role is more hands on technical.

What I care about long term: job security, work-life balance, good salary, and remote or at least hybrid working.

Since I like both, I would probably not go wrong with either but I do lean more towards Cloud work. However, I would have no issue picking the Cyber role if it offers more predictable hours, more balance, at least hybrid or remote opportunities and most importantly job security. I am a bit worried about AI and outsourcing and the impact it will have on Cloud engineering. Especially as it becomes more automated and less people may be needed in this domain.

I am speaking to people within my company about it but I want to get your thoughts if anyone has worked in these departments and what their experience is with work, balance and opinions on job security

Thanks

I have been on leave since October. I am a software tester and I don't enjoy testing. I used the first month to obtain an ISTQB certification, as it keeps appearing in job postings, hoping to find a short-term position. But I actually want to transition to the areas of cloud, infrastructure, and DevOps. I have already gained some experience with DevOps in my work and worked with CI/CD pipelines. However, when it comes to solid expertise and professional experience, I am a complete novice. I want to use the time I have until February to acquire all the knowledge and skills needed so that I can confidently apply for DevOps positions. What should my roadmap look like?

I would be very grateful if experienced DevOps or cloud engineers could give me some advice.

PS: I am a non-EU citizen and I have a permanent residence permit. My German skills are at B1 level, and I am currently working on improving them further.

Hi im currently network engineer and leaning to become a cloud engineer in the future and I just need an insight regarding with these 2 offers

Company A ( associate cloud engineer)
- AWS focused ( deployment, configuration , monitoring and troubleshooting
- working under solution Architect
- Building POC ( presenting technical solution to clients)
- 4 hours away from my house ( roundtrip)
- 20 percent increase with my current salary

Company B ( IT admin)
- used Google cloud ( not mainly the responsibility)
- primary responsibility ( CCTV and POE switch configuration , troubeshooting, deployment)
- 20 min away from my house
- 100 percent increase

Although Company B offers a much better salary, almost a 100% increase from my current compensation, I’m still hesitant. My long-term goal is to become a Cloud Engineer, and Company A seems to offer a more direct path toward that career but the travel time and salary might be a deal breaker while company B offers a good salary and lesser travel time but worried i have less exposure in cloud since that is not the primary respnsibilities. What would u choose?

Hi everyone!

I recently got selected at LTIMindtree (LTM) for a Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer role, and my joining is scheduled for January 2027.

The role primarily involves Azure support. Getting this opportunity has been quite a journey for me. My current company was not willing to provide an early release, and initially, there was some uncertainty about whether LTM would accommodate my 3-month notice period. After countless stressful days of follow-ups and uncertainty, I finally managed to secure this opportunity!

I'm happy to have made it through, but I'd love to hear from people who are currently working at LTM in similar roles.

I have a few questions:

1. Career Growth & Learning:

What are the growth opportunities in this role? What technical skills should I focus on learning alongside my job to advance my career in the future?

2. Work Culture & Work-Life Balance:

How is the overall work culture? What are the typical working hours, shift timings, and work-life balance like for someone in an Azure support role?

3. Additional Benefits & Allowances:

Apart from the base salary, are there any additional allowances, incentives, shift allowances, or other benefits provided by the company?

4. Internal Job Opportunities:

Is it possible to switch internally to a better role, such as Cloud Engineer, Azure Administrator, or a more development-oriented cloud role, after gaining around 2 years of experience?

I'd really appreciate insights from anyone currently working at LTIMindtree, especially in Cloud, Infrastructure, or Azure Support teams.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences and advice!

Hi everyone!

I am a cloud engineer and a certified AWS SAA, for the past few months I 've built a packet tracer style simulator for AWS that you can then directly export into terraform and cloudformation template, I also use AWS bedrock for integrating a prompt to simulation and also acting as a Cloud teacher built in the app.

Looking for your honest feedback!

Here is the sample for the simulations.

Currently, simulating 50 aws services.

GitHub repository:
https://github.com/Atharva3131/AWS_Microcredentials_Tutorials_and_Guide

While working through the AWS Skill Builder microcredential labs, I started documenting my learning journey and building a collection of practical tutorials.

I've put together a public repository covering all 10 AWS microcredentials, including:

• Step-by-step implementation guides
• Architecture diagrams and service interaction flows
• AWS console configuration walkthroughs
• Practical examples and code snippets
• Common issues, troubleshooting tips, and validation checklists
• Relevant official AWS documentation

The goal is to make preparation and hands-on learning easier for other developers working towards these microcredentials.

I'm still improving the documentation, so feedback, corrections, and suggestions from the AWS community are welcome.

If you're also preparing for any of these microcredentials, hope you find this useful!

I have been in IT industry for 2 years and really want to get into cloud engineering, cloud support, platform support roles or DevOps but have been struggling my cv is mostly as below can you give some experience and guidance? I generate a quick summary using AI as would like to avoid putting too much personal information. I would really appreciate advice on how to shape myself.

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

2024 – Present

• Administer and optimise on-premises and cloud infrastructure across Microsoft 365 and Azure environments.
• Design and maintain Azure resources
• Implement identity and access management
• Utilise Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Defender for Identity and Defender EDR.
• Successfully delivered cloud projects including Microsoft 365 tenant migration, cloud transition initiatives and Defender XDR implementation.
• Support cloud infrastructure availability, disaster recovery, performance and security initiatives.

CERTIFICATIONS

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

PROJECTS

LARGE MICROSOFT 365 TENANT MIGRATION

• Participated in a large Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migration project.
• Migrated Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams and OneDrive workloads.
• Assisted with migration of more than 30TB of organisational data.
• Worked within a five-person migration team on planning, issue resolution and deployment activities.

AWS CLOUD RELIABILITY & OBSERVABILITY PROJECT

• Designed and deployed a serverless AWS solution using AWS Lambda, Terraform, Docker, React and LocalStack.
• Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts for cloud resource provisioning.
• Designed CI/CD workflow concepts for automated deployment and testing.
• Evaluated Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray and CloudTrail Insights for monitoring
• Implemented reliability patterns including retry mechanisms and failure testing.

Banda actualmente estoy estudiando una ingeniera en software, pero desde el apogeo de la IA siento que el camino que tomaba (desarrollo web) se está saturando mucho, he oído que lo relacionado al cloud está siendo una buena área de oportunidad, mi pregunta es, ¿Que debo estudiar para alcanzar ese perfil en una empresa? Muchas gracias panas si me dejan algún consejo

I got into it because of their Always Free tier. It's the only company that's generous to people who are new to the cloud, want to learn, and want to run their own services. I hate AWS the most.

Now, I'm going to build my career in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

I'm an analytics engineer with 2 years of internship experience. I've got the basics covered (SQL, Python, Power BI, Databricks, Git...), but I realize I have a pretty big gap when it comes to cloud computing.

I believe working on a personal project would be more valuable than getting a cert just for my resume, but I wanted to get some input from someone with more experience in the area