Cloud Engineer

Are you excited about taking your technical career to new heights with a full-time, W-2 role as a consultant in a dynamic and rapidly growing company? If you are, let's get in touch –

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Core Skills and Requirements

1\. Basic Linux Knowledge

• Comfortable working in a

Linux terminal (CLI)

environment.

• Able to perform

basic file operations

(create, copy, move, delete files/folders).

• Understand and manage

file and directory permissions

, ownership, and basic user management.

• Use of common Linux utilities like grep, top, df, ps, and chmod.

2\. Basic Networking Fundamentals

• Understanding of

IP addressing

, subnetting, and what private/public IPs mean.

• Knowledge of

DNS (Domain Name System)

and how name resolution works.

• Familiarity with

HTTP/HTTPS protocols

, what ports are, and what

firewalls

do at a high level.

3\. Scripting Basics

• Ability to read and write

basic shell scripts (Bash)

to automate repetitive tasks.

• Some hands-on experience or learning in

Python

for simple scripting or tool use.

4\. Git Version Control

• Comfortable using

Git

for source code management.

• Understand how to

clone repositories

,

commit changes

,

push and pull code

, and create branches.

• Familiar with

GitHub

5\. CI/CD Concepts

• Basic understanding of what

Continuous Integration (CI)

and

Continuous Deployment (CD)

are.

• Awareness of tools like

Jenkins

,

GitHub Actions

, or

Azure DevOps

, even if not deeply experienced.

• Understand how code goes from development to production in an automated way.

6\. Container Awareness

• Have heard of

Docker

and understand the

basic purpose of containers

(e.g., "run applications in isolated environments").

• Understand the difference between containers and virtual machines at a high level.
• Basic idea of what

Docker images

and

containers

are.

7\. Cloud Computing Fundamentals

• Awareness of cloud platforms like AWS and Azure
• Understand concepts like virtual machines, storage, and networking in the cloud.
• Know why organizations use the cloud (scalability, flexibility, cost-efficiency).