1. Cloud Engineer
The most in-demand cloud computing job in the U.S. today is cloud engineer. A cloud engineer makes approximately $118,000 per year, according to Indeed.
Cloud engineers are responsible for managing an organization’s cloud-based systems and processes. A cloud engineer’s tasks can include setting up architectures using cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, migrating existing on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based systems, as well as managing security and access. Top skills companies are looking for cloud engineers to have today include Cloud Foundry, DevSecOps, Docker software, agile development and AWS Elastic Compute Cloud.