Live job postings
695
as of 29 Jun 2026
Demand index
0.09%
% of all job postings
Median salary
$70k
$70,000
Salary range
$70k – $70k
$70,000 – $70,000
Salary distribution
Core skills employers ask for
Cloud Platform Architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, Bicep)Containerization & Orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)Cloud Security & Compliance (IAM, encryption, zero-trust, GDPR/UK DPA)Cost Management & Optimization (FinOps)DevOps & CI/CD Pipeline DesignNetwork Architecture (VPC, VPN, hybrid/connectivity)Scripting & Automation (Python, Go, or PowerShell)Microservices & Serverless (Lambda, Cloud Functions, Fargate)Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Cloud StrategyAI/ML Services Integration (Bedrock, SageMaker, Vertex AI)Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning
AI impact on this career
AI is shifting the cloud architect role from hands-on infrastructure plumbing to high-level strategy and governance. Tools like Amazon Bedrock and Google Vertex AI are becoming first-class concerns, meaning architects now design around AI workload patterns and data pipelines. Generative AI-powered infra tools (e.g., AWS CodeWhisperer for IaC) are automating repetitive design tasks, so pure configuration skills are less differentiating. The real value now lies in mastering cloud-native AI integration, security for LLM pipelines, and cost control for GPU-accelerated compute. Architects who dismiss AI fluency risk becoming obsolete as platform engineering absorbs the traditional provisioning work.
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