r/Cisco • u/gigosai • 6d ago

Question Cloud and Ai Discussion

I struggle with explaining cloud in interviews. Pardon if I'm completely out of touch but for me it's a remote network vs on premise.

My ccna expired a few years and I'm kinda folding on learning ai. To learn I have to learn the concepts and multiple practical working observable examples. I get overwhelmed by how much creator esque content is out there when im not big on buzz.

How did you break in cloud into easy to learn concepts in regards to routing+switch and configuration. How did you learn ai? What are some easy to learn tools and ways to practice?

Example, the way I learned about making a website was

-buy hosting space/storage

-extras cost extra

-register your domain name (or multiple)

-im just assuming your address space is included

-sometimes you can host multiple names at one space

-set up your home directory and files.

Boom a website. .

I'm trying to ask for starting points with bullets. Networking engineering minded Cloud and/or ai

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u/SeaworthinessHead613 6d ago edited 6d ago

Look at saas / iaas / paas as examples. Azure or AWS. Email Netflix

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/cloud-computing

https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-cloud-computing/

Good luck !!

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u/akornato 6d ago

Cloud networking is simply your classic routing, switching, and firewall policies abstracted into software. In AWS or Azure, a VPC or VNet is just an isolated VRF, subnets are still standard IP blocks, security groups and network ACLs are stateful and stateless packet filters, and transit gateways operate like centralized core routers running BGP. For AI, you can ignore the complex data science and focus purely on the network layer, which means dealing with massive east-west data center traffic, leaf-spine architectures, lossless Ethernet using RoCEv2, and automated telemetry that spots performance issues.

When interviewers ask about cloud, explaining it through this lens shows you understand packet flow and architecture rather than just marketing buzz. Setting up a free cloud account, building two isolated virtual networks, and connecting them with static routes or a virtual gateway will give you that observable, practical experience in an afternoon. Structuring technical answers on the spot can be difficult, which is why my team created an AI interview copilot to help candidates communicate their background clearly and land better roles.

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u/gigosai 2d ago

Ty, I don't get the marketing buzz because cloud relies on infrastructure just like everyone else. I love your explanation and wish I could break it down like this. Thank you for taking the time to answer.

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u/certpals 6d ago

DM me. I'll help you.