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Cloud Engineer Resume Examples

By Ashish Jayan

A strong cloud engineer resume leads with architecture and cost outcomes, not a service checklist: workloads migrated, cloud spend saved, uptime, and provisioning time cut. Keep it to one clean column so Applicant Tracking Systems parse every field. Mirror the exact platform and services named in the job description, whether that's AWS, VPC, IAM, or Terraform. Below is a complete, ATS-friendly cloud engineer resume example you can open in the free builder, plus the skills and keywords to include.

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Daniel Okafor

Cloud Engineer

daniel.okafor@email.com · (404) 555-0132 · Atlanta, GA · github.com/danielokafor

Experience

Cloud Engineer, Peachtree DigitalSep 2021 – Present

Atlanta, GA

  • Migrated 120 on-premise VMs to AWS with zero downtime, decreasing resource waste 35%.
  • Reduced monthly cloud spend $42K (28%) via EC2 rightsizing, Savings Plans, and idle-resource cleanup.
  • Architected a multi-account landing zone in Terraform that onboarded 25 teams under consistent IAM and tagging.
  • Achieved SOC 2 compliance by enforcing KMS encryption, least-privilege IAM, and GuardDuty across all accounts.
Cloud Support Engineer, Beltline SystemsMay 2019 – Aug 2021

Atlanta, GA

  • Built reusable Terraform modules that cut environment provisioning time from 2 days to 4 hours.
  • Designed VPC networking and security groups for 15 AWS accounts, cutting connectivity tickets 50%.
  • Automated nightly backups and DR failover drills, consistently meeting a 15-minute recovery objective.

Projects

aws-landing-zone-tf: Opinionated multi-account AWS landing zone in Terraform
  • Published a Terraform framework that stands up a governed multi-account AWS org with SSO, tagging, and budget alarms.
  • Adopted by 200+ GitHub users and cut a reference environment's setup from days to under an hour.

Skills

  • Cloud & IaC: AWS, Azure, Terraform, CloudFormation, VPC, IAM
  • Containers & automation: Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CloudWatch, Python, Bash

Education

B.S. Information Technology, Georgia State UniversityAug 2014 – May 2018

Atlanta, GA · 3.5 GPA

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Writing "Cloud" or "AWS" alone with no services named. ATS keyword filters look for EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, and the like.
  • Describing duties ("managed cloud infrastructure") instead of outcomes ("migrated 120 VMs, cut spend $42K/year").
  • Leaving out cost numbers on a role where FinOps and savings are a primary hiring signal.
  • Listing three clouds at equal depth when you only know one well; name a primary cloud and mark the others honestly.
  • Using a two-column template that hides half your experience from ATS parsers.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should a cloud engineer resume be?

One page for most engineers; two only if you have roughly 8+ years or led large migrations. Recruiters skim for a few seconds, so front-load cost, migration, and reliability numbers and keep it single-column so ATS parses cleanly.

Which cloud certification should I get first?

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate is the most widely recognized starting point and maps to the largest share of job postings. If your target employer runs Azure or GCP, earn that platform's associate-level cert instead, and add the HashiCorp Terraform Associate to signal IaC skill.

Do I need to know more than one cloud?

One deep beats three shallow. Name a primary cloud with specific services you have operated, then list a secondary cloud honestly if you have real exposure. Most job descriptions screen for depth in their platform, not a checklist of every provider.

How do I show cloud experience without a cloud job title?

Deploy something real and quantify it. A 3-tier app provisioned with Terraform, a personal project on EC2 with auto-scaling, or a public IaC repo all demonstrate the core skills. Pair the work with an entry-level certification and put both directly under your summary.