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Cloud architect CV: example and template

This example is for cloud architects, solutions architects and senior cloud engineers at product companies, software houses, banks and consultancies, and for DevOps engineers who want to move into an architect role.

The employer wants to know which solutions you have designed, in which cloud, how you look after security, availability and costs and how you work with teams and the business. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: cloud architect

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Agnieszka Lewicka

Cloud architect

Warsaw, hybrid work +48 123 456 789 agnieszka.lewicka@example.com linkedin.com/in/agnieszkalewicka

Professional profile

Cloud architect with 10 years of experience in IT, including 5 years designing solutions in AWS and Azure. I have led the migration of more than 60 applications to the cloud, design landing zones, networks and security, and describe infrastructure in Terraform. I work with development, security and finance teams on cloud costs.

Work experience

Cloud architect

02.2021 - present

Insurance company, Warsaw

  • Designing and rolling out an AWS landing zone for 40 accounts with central logging and access control.
  • Migrating more than 60 applications from the server room to the cloud with no downtime in business hours.
  • Infrastructure as code standards in Terraform and modules for teams.
  • Cutting cloud costs by about 25% in a year.
  • Architecture decisions and documentation for the architecture board.

DevOps engineer

05.2016 - 01.2021

Software house, Warsaw

  • Azure environments for retail clients.
  • CI/CD pipelines and application containerisation.
  • Monitoring and production on-call.

Education

Master of Engineering, computer science

2011 - 2016

Warsaw University of Technology

Skills

  • AWS and Azure
  • Landing zones and cloud networking
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • Security and identity management
  • FinOps and cost optimisation

Certificates

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, 2022
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, 2021
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, 2020

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Speaker at 2 cloud conferences

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How to write a cloud architect CV

Professional summary

Write which clouds you design in, for how long and which were your biggest projects: migrations, new platforms, landing zones. Add security and costs, because an architect is responsible not only for the technology but also for risk and budget. Mention professional level certificates if you have them.

DevOps engineer with 4 years of experience in AWS, author of Terraform modules and CI/CD pipelines for 12 teams. I have designed networks and permissions for new environments. I want to move into a cloud architect role.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe projects, their scale, architecture decisions and results: availability, delivery time, costs. Show your work with the business and security. Recruiters look for architects who can justify a choice of solution, not only implement it.

Weaker: Designing the cloud.

Better: Designing and rolling out an AWS landing zone for 40 accounts with central logging and access control.

Weaker: Migrations.

Better: Migrating more than 60 applications from the server room to the cloud with no downtime in business hours.

Weaker: Costs.

Better: Cutting cloud costs by about 25% in a year.

Skills worth listing

List clouds, services, infrastructure as code tools, security and costs. In your soft skills show communication with the business, decision making and leading teams without formal authority.

Professional skills

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Containers
  • Security
  • Cloud costs

Personal skills

  • Communication with the business
  • Decision making
  • Systems thinking
  • Running workshops
  • Documenting

Certificates

List cloud providers' architecture certificates, for example AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert, and tool certificates. Give the level and year, because cloud certificates have to be renewed.

How to move into a cloud architect role

People usually become architects after several years as a DevOps engineer, administrator or developer. On your CV show projects in which you designed part of the infrastructure.

Get an architecture certificate and describe a project from requirements to rollout. It is the best proof that you think like an architect.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A bank looks for security, regulatory compliance and hybrid environments, a product company for scalability and costs, and a consultancy for work with many clients and workshops. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a cloud architect CV

Questions and answers

What should a cloud architect put on a CV?

Clouds, projects, scale, architecture decisions, security, costs, tools, certificates and work with the business.

Which certificates matter for a cloud architect?

Most often AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.

How do you become a cloud architect?

Usually after several years as a DevOps engineer, administrator or developer, with cloud projects and a certificate.

Should a cloud architect write the CV in English?

Often yes, because many companies recruit in English. It is good to have a Polish and an English version.

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