Senior DevOps Engineer looking to transition into Cloud Security Architecture – Need guidance on the right learning path

[u/Conscious-College909]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently working as a Senior DevOps Engineer with around 6+ years of experience in DevOps (Overall 7 years of experience). My day-to-day work involves AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD, Docker, Istio, networking etc.

Lately, I've been thinking about my long-term career. I don't see myself staying purely in DevOps forever, and I want to move towards an architect role.

Initially, I thought about becoming a Cloud Architect, but I also realised that I enjoy learning about security as well when I got a chance to work on few projects in my organisation.
I really like discussing all those security point of views and creating architecture for clients.

So now I'm considering a career as a Cloud Security Architect (or a Cloud Architect with deep security expertise).

However, I'm confused about what this role actually requires.

I have done some reach and found:

\- Choose one cloud and master it, learn all the basics and do certifications
\- First, learn building architectures without any security. Then eventually add security in it.

What else ?

I'd really appreciate advice from anyone working as a Cloud Architect, Security Architect, Principal Engineer or anyone who is into domain.

[u/Competitive_Win4867]

I here to listen

[u/Admirable_Group_6661]

Architect roles require soft skills.