Most Frequently Asked Topics in Job Descriptions - 15 March 2025
- Azure (most mentioned)
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Hybrid Cloud Environments
- Cloud Security & IAM (Identity and Access Management)
- Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) & Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
- Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline
- Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- Automation of build, test, and deployment pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, Ansible, Chef, Puppet
- Kubernetes (K8s) & Helm
- Docker & Container Orchestration (EKS, GKE, AKS)
- Rancher & OpenShift
- Serverless Architectures (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)
- IAM (Identity and Access Management)
- OS Hardening & Security Policies
- WAF (Web Application Firewall), VPNs, Certificates, Firewalls
- Security best practices in cloud environments
- Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Datadog
- Splunk, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
- AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor
- Application & Infrastructure Logging
- Python, Bash, PowerShell
- Go (Golang) for Infrastructure & Backend
- Java, JavaScript, TypeScript (for application development)
- API Development (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
- Incident Response & Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- System Reliability & High Availability
- Error Budgets, SLIs, SLOs, SLAs
- Observability & Distributed Tracing (OpenTelemetry)
- Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies
- Autoscaling & Load Balancing
- Infrastructure Performance Monitoring
- SQL Databases: Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MS SQLServer
- NoSQL Databases: MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra
- Data Lakes, Data Pipelines (Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Kafka)
- ClickHouse & Big Data Analytics
- Virtual Machines, Storage, Networking in AWS/Azure/GCP
- SD-WAN, Fortinet, ZScaler, Load Balancers
- VPCs, Subnets, DNS, VPNs, Public & Internal DNS
Key Takeaways:
- ✅ Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) are the most frequently required skills.
- ✅ Kubernetes, containerization, cloud security, and monitoring are essential for most roles.
- ✅ Experience in scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go) is crucial.
- ✅ Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and incident management are frequently mentioned.
- ✅ Certifications are preferred but not always mandatory.