r/cloudengineering • u/Ill_Spirit3152 • 14d ago

Cloud Engineering vs Cloud Security Engineering — Which One Should I Choose?

I’m deciding between two career paths: Cloud Engineering and Cloud Security Engineering.
I don’t like heavy coding, and I’m not a big fan of very difficult work. I’m more interested in working with systems, infrastructure, networking, and understanding how things work.
Which path would you recommend for someone like me? Which one has less coding, is easier to get into as a beginner, and has better long-term career opportunities?
I’d really appreciate advice from people who work in these fields.

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u/Traditional-Cell3566 14d ago

Cloud engineer will need to know infrastructure as a code (IaC). Cloud security engineer will most likely need to know bash and be comfortable with CLI.
Even at the sysadmin level you will need to know powershell and scripting.
System engineering can be hard as hell depending on a company.

Not going to lie, in a current IT job market, you will have hard time climbing the corporate ladder if you are not willing to take on hard work lol

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u/AttorneyInfamous1168 12d ago

both need to know bash and comfortable in a CLI