Cloud Architect
Design high-availability, high-scale global systems on cloud infrastructure
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Trabajos a los que lleva
- Cloud Architect
- Solutions Architect
- Enterprise Architect
Antes de empezar
- ✓ Prior experience as a developer, sysadmin, or DevOps engineer
- ✓ Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
16 misiones hasta Cloud Architect
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Before you can architect remote infrastructure, you must deeply understand how systems function underneath.
Master the core services of a major provider (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP). Do not attempt to learn all three at once.
Architecture is about trade-offs. Learn to design robust templates for specific business needs.
Enterprise architects deal with cost, legacy migrations, and executive strategy.
Más sobre esta carrera
Sobre el trabajo, el salario donde vives, preguntas frecuentes y a dónde puede llevarte esta carrera después.
Sobre el trabajo
Qué harías
- Hablar con el personal o los clientes para entender qué debe hacer un sistema
- Identificar los datos, el hardware y el software necesarios para cubrir las necesidades
- Comprobar que un diseño es estable, seguro, portable y capaz de escalar
- Dar a los equipos pautas para construir sistemas seguros
- Trabajar con ingenieros y desarrolladores para elegir las soluciones de diseño adecuadas
- Presentar los diseños a la dirección, los clientes y el personal
Dónde trabajarías
- Empresas de diseño de sistemas informáticos
- Finanzas y seguros
- Empresas de telecomunicaciones
- Sedes centrales de empresas
- Servicios administrativos y de apoyo
Todos los pasos completos
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IT & Systems Foundation 4 pasos
Master networking: DNS, TCP/IP, IP subnets, VPNs, routing protocols, and firewalls.
Master networking: DNS, TCP/IP, IP subnets, VPNs, routing protocols, and firewalls.
Abrir este paso ↑Deepen your understanding of OS virtualization: Hypervisors, VMs vs Containers.
Deepen your understanding of OS virtualization: Hypervisors, VMs vs Containers.
Abrir este paso ↑Learn storage fundamentals: Block vs Object vs File storage, RAID concepts.
Learn storage fundamentals: Block vs Object vs File storage, RAID concepts.
Abrir este paso ↑Familiarize yourself with enterprise directory services (Active Directory, LDAP).
Familiarize yourself with enterprise directory services (Active Directory, LDAP).
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Cloud Vendor Deep Dive 4 pasos
Core computing: Understand VM families, auto-scaling groups, and serverless compute (Lambda).
Core computing: Understand VM families, auto-scaling groups, and serverless compute (Lambda).
Abrir este paso ↑Networking: Setup Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), configure routing tables, NAT gateways, and peering.
Networking: Setup Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), configure routing tables, NAT gateways, and peering.
Abrir este paso ↑Storage & Databases: Navigate managed SQL (RDS), NoSQL (DynamoDB), data warehousing, and object storage lifecycles.
Storage & Databases: Navigate managed SQL (RDS), NoSQL (DynamoDB), data warehousing, and object storage lifecycles.
Abrir este paso ↑Identity & Access Management (IAM): Write least-privilege policies, manage roles, and understand cross-account trust.
Identity & Access Management (IAM): Write least-privilege policies, manage roles, and understand cross-account trust.
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System Design Architecture 4 pasos
Study microservices architectures, decoupled systems utilizing queues (SQS, RabbitMQ), and publisher/subscriber patterns (SNS, Kafka).
Study microservices architectures, decoupled systems utilizing queues (SQS, RabbitMQ), and publisher/subscriber patterns (SNS, Kafka).
Abrir este paso ↑Design for High Availability (HA) across multiple availability zones and regions.
Design for High Availability (HA) across multiple availability zones and regions.
Abrir este paso ↑Design Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies: Backup/Restore, Pilot Light, Warm Standby, Multi-site Active/Active.
Design Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies: Backup/Restore, Pilot Light, Warm Standby, Multi-site Active/Active.
Abrir este paso ↑Learn cloud security postures: Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Shield, KMS encryption, and zero-trust principles.
Learn cloud security postures: Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Shield, KMS encryption, and zero-trust principles.
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Migration, FinOps & Strategy 4 pasos
Learn cloud migration strategies: Rehost (Lift and Shift), Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase.
Learn cloud migration strategies: Rehost (Lift and Shift), Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase.
Abrir este paso ↑Understand FinOps: implementing cost allocation tags, reserved instances vs savings plans vs spot instances.
Understand FinOps: implementing cost allocation tags, reserved instances vs savings plans vs spot instances.
Abrir este paso ↑Learn infrastructure compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA) and how cloud controls map to them.
Learn infrastructure compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA) and how cloud controls map to them.
Abrir este paso ↑Develop soft skills: Present architecture diagrams to non-technical stakeholders and manage vendor lock-in risk.
Develop soft skills: Present architecture diagrams to non-technical stakeholders and manage vendor lock-in risk.
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Preguntas frecuentes sobre Cloud Architect
Respuestas claras sobre salarios, duración y metodología.
¿Cuánto se tarda en ser Cloud Architect?
Esta ruta estima 12–18 months. Tiene 4 fases y 16 pasos, desde «IT & Systems Foundation» hasta «Migration, FinOps & Strategy».
¿Cómo llego a ser Cloud Architect?
Sigue las 4 fases en orden, empezando por la fase 1, «IT & Systems Foundation». Tu primera tarea: Master networking: DNS, TCP/IP, IP subnets, VPNs, routing protocols, and firewalls.
¿Cuánto gana un Cloud Architect?
El sueldo depende del país. El recuadro de salario de esta página muestra la estimación de DraftMyCareer, en moneda local, para el país elegido en el menú.
¿Qué necesito antes de empezar?
Esta ruta indica: Prior experience as a developer, sysadmin, or DevOps engineer; Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
¿Qué habilidades necesita un Cloud Architect?
Esta ruta cubre: System Design, AWS / Azure / GCP, Networking, Security / IAM, Cost Optimization, Microservices, Migration Strategies.
Cambiar de carrera: caminos desde y hacia este rol
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Ver plan paso a paso
- Month 1–2: Cloud Architecture Certification Study and obtain AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Google Cloud Architect.
- Month 3–4: Enterprise Distributed Systems Design resilient multi-AZ architectures, event-driven pipelines, and VPC peering topologies.
- Month 5–6: FinOps & Governance Implement organization-wide cost optimization, security boundaries, and SLA governance.
- Desde: Cybersecurity Analyst
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⏱ 4–6 months🧭 ModerateLo que ya sabesNetwork security & firewalls · Threat modeling · Compliance & identity (IAM)
Ver plan paso a paso
- Month 1–2: Cloud Core Services Deeply study compute, storage, VPC networking, and database services on AWS or Azure.
- Month 3–4: Cloud Security & IaC Author secure Terraform templates with automated compliance guardrails and least-privilege IAM.
- Month 5–6: Solutions Architecture Design resilient, fault-tolerant enterprise systems and pass Cloud Solutions Architect Pro exam.