When you hear the term “cloud engineer”, you might think that this has to do with someone involved in meteorology or aviation. After all, who else would be doing any kind of engineering in the clouds?

The reality, however, is that a cloud engineer is an IT professional who works with networks and data via cloud computing. This is a type of computer networking where data is shared across different devices instead of being stored on a single device. The relationships between all the equipment, data, cloud services providers and end users can be very complex, so engineering professionals need to plan out and work with complex systems to tie all of these pieces together.

Cloud Engineering Skills

A cloud engineer will need to possess several skills that will be used to carry out complex networking tasks in a cloud environment. Database management is one particular skill that comes in handy for cloud engineers since cloud computing relies heavily on various types of databases to transfer data around the globe.

Virtualization is another important skill for cloud engineers. This is the process of running various instances of operating systems on a single device at the same time. In a sense, each creates a virtual environment in which to work. This is useful in cloud computing since some apps require their own instances to run while being used remotely.

Protecting Data and Equipment

A cloud engineer also plays a role in protecting data and equipment. While IT security professionals generally handle the bulk of data security concerns, the cloud engineer will be involved in ensuring that all security technologies and protocols are implemented properly across a cloud network like those available through Amazon Web Services (AWS).

A cloud engineer may also assist in disaster recovery (DR) services after a system breach or disaster. AWS DR may be needed if data has been lost when using multi-regional redundancy to host an app. AWS DR can recover data that has been lost after a regional server has been damaged, or some other incident has jeopardized the integrity of the data on an AWS server.

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Emily Clarke writes about tech, online education, programming lessons and more. You can find her thoughts at AWS disaster recovery blog.