Cloud Engineer vs Cybersecurity Analyst

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Pay

Cloud Engineer

$151,500 typical, a year

Most Cloud Engineers earn $126,800 to $175,500 a year.

From 1,378 postings that list pay

2,769 open jobs now

Cloud Engineer salaries Cloud Engineer jobs

Cybersecurity Analyst

$136,500 typical, a year

Most Cybersecurity Analysts earn $110,000 to $162,000 a year.

From 1,301 postings that list pay

2,945 open jobs now

Cybersecurity Analyst salaries Cybersecurity Analyst jobs

Cloud Engineers typically earn about $15,000 more a year than Cybersecurity Analysts.

What each one does

Cloud Engineer

  • Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.
  • Manage and provision cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools.
  • Monitor system health, performance, and availability using observability tools.
  • Respond to alerts, outages, and incidents to restore service.
  • Implement and maintain security best practices and access controls.
  • Collaborate with software, data, and facilities teams to support environments.

Summed up from 30 job postings

Cybersecurity Analyst

  • Monitor security systems and alerts to identify suspicious behavior and potential threats.
  • Investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents and security events.
  • Conduct vulnerability assessments and scans to identify security weaknesses.
  • Remediate security vulnerabilities and apply necessary patches.
  • Collaborate with IT teams and stakeholders to implement security controls.
  • Document security incidents, investigations, and response actions.

Summed up from 30 job postings

Skills employers ask for

Cloud Engineer

More common in Cloud Engineer postings

  • Terraform 6 in 10 postings
  • CI/CD 6 in 10 postings
  • Kubernetes 6 in 10 postings
  • AWS 6 in 10 postings
  • Infrastructure as Code 5 in 10 postings
  • DevOps 4 in 10 postings
  • Python 4 in 10 postings
  • Azure 4 in 10 postings
  • Docker 3 in 10 postings
  • Observability 3 in 10 postings

Cybersecurity Analyst

More common in Cybersecurity Analyst postings

  • Cybersecurity 5 in 10 postings
  • CISSP 4 in 10 postings
  • NIST 3 in 10 postings
  • Vulnerability Management 3 in 10 postings
  • SIEM 3 in 10 postings
  • Risk Management 3 in 10 postings
  • Incident Management 2 in 10 postings
  • Information Security 2 in 10 postings
  • Bachelor's Degree 2 in 10 postings
  • Security & Compliance 2 in 10 postings

Out of each role's current postings.

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Cloud Engineer

Cybersecurity Analyst

  • Pay not stated Colorado Springs, CO 80912
    SIEMActive DirectoryIncident ManagementDHCPFirewalls +14
    Mid level · 5-7 yrs exp 9 hours ago
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  • $87k - $155k/yrstated AL- Huntsville
    Vulnerability ManagementAuditingScrumRisk ManagementCybersecurity +2
    Mid level · 5+ yrs exp 9 hours ago
    Apply
  • Engineer, Cybersecurity

    Venturegloballng
    Pay not stated Arlington, VA
    AWSAzureSAMLFISMAFedRAMP +16
    Senior · 10+ yrs exp 9 hours ago
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