Cloud Engineer vs Network Engineer
Pay, skills and open jobs side by side, from current job postings across the US.
Pay
Cloud Engineer
$151,800 typical, a year
Most Cloud Engineers earn $127,500 to $176,900 a year.
From 1,307 postings that list pay
2,530 open jobs now
Network Engineer
$137,100 typical, a year
Most Network Engineers earn $114,900 to $165,400 a year.
From 1,024 postings that list pay
2,527 open jobs now
Cloud Engineers typically earn about $14,800 more a year than Network Engineers.
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
Network Engineer
- Design and implement network infrastructure for enterprise environments.
- Configure and maintain routers, switches, and firewalls.
- Troubleshoot network issues to restore system functionality.
- Monitor network performance to ensure optimal operation.
- Create and update technical documentation for systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on technical projects.
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
- AWS 6 in 10 postings
- Kubernetes 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
Network Engineer
More common in Network Engineer postings
- Network Engineering 4 in 10 postings
- Firewalls 4 in 10 postings
- Network Infrastructure 3 in 10 postings
- Network Architecture 3 in 10 postings
- Network Security 3 in 10 postings
- Network Troubleshooting 3 in 10 postings
- Network Monitoring 3 in 10 postings
- Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) 2 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Licenses and certifications
Cloud Engineer
None stand out in current postings.
Network Engineer
- CCNA 2 in 10 postings
Open jobs
Cloud Engineer
Senior Cloud Engineer
Careerpuck$184k - $230k/yrstated San Francisco, CA (Remote)ObservabilityInfrastructure as CodeTCP/IPDomain Name SystemAWS +9Terraform Platform Engineer (GCP)
Ntt Data$105,840 - $196k/yrstated Plano, US-TX, United States RemoteTerraformGoogle Cloud PlatformAccess ControlInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD +4Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
Lightfeather IO LLC$130k - $170k/yrstated Washington, DC HybridDockerTerraformKubernetesCI/CDGitLab CI +12
Network Engineer
Network Engineer I
Sonifisolutions$60k - $100k/yrstated Sioux Falls, SD, USFirewallsEthernetVisioWLANMicrosoft Office +5- $80,400 - $100,500/yrstated Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America HybridPythonVirtualizationDockerKubernetesPuppet +10
- Pay not stated Seattle, WA, United StatesInfrastructure AutomationNetwork Engineering
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