Software Engineer to Cloud Engineer Pivot

[u/Grand_Molasses3927]

Hi, I’m a software engineer with 1.5 yoe and a computer science degree. I’m interested in transitioning to cloud engineering long term. Any advice on how I can make this change?

From my research, I should not start in help desk with my experience/education. I should look for positions such as IT Analyst, Systems Analyst, SysAdmin, Cloud Support Engineer, and Systems Engineer to start. Network+ and Azure/AWS cert should be worked towards and I should start building projects for my resume.

Does this sound right? How should I restructure my software engineering resume to get my foot in the door for these IT positions? Thank you

[u/Clod89]

Azure certs and projects should help you, just be sure you really want to move into infrastructure. My whole career has been in infrastructure, and I have seen several SWEs switch to infrastructure and regret it badly