Cloud Engineer vs Systems 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

Systems Analyst

$105,100 typical, a year

Most Systems Analysts earn $82,000 to $131,600 a year.

From 238 postings that list pay

1,257 open jobs now

Systems Analyst salaries Systems Analyst jobs

Cloud Engineers typically earn about $46,400 more a year than Systems 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

Systems Analyst

  • Analyze business requirements and translate them into system specifications.
  • Design, configure, and test software applications to meet user needs.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with software systems.
  • Document system processes, workflows, and technical requirements.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to improve business processes and solutions.
  • Lead or participate in the implementation of system upgrades and releases.

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

Systems Analyst

More common in Systems Analyst postings

  • Epic 4 in 10 postings
  • Epic Certification 3 in 10 postings
  • Project Management 3 in 10 postings
  • Bachelor's Degree 2 in 10 postings
  • Workday 2 in 10 postings
  • Microsoft Office 2 in 10 postings
  • Technical Degree 2 in 10 postings
  • Microsoft Excel 1 in 10 postings
  • HRIS 1 in 10 postings
  • Computer Science 1 in 10 postings

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