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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

4y relevant experience

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Executive Summary

An experienced cloud infrastructure engineer making a deliberate transition from Azure to AWS. The technical depth is real — enterprise financial services infra is demanding — but the platform switch and Kubernetes gap introduce ramp-up time. High growth potential; the borderline assessment reflects current readiness rather than capability ceiling.

Top Strengths

  • Deep Azure enterprise expertise — infrastructure architecture for a 200-person financial services firm
  • Active AWS upskilling — 2 certifications completed in the past year, demonstrating strong initiative
  • Multi-cloud architecture experience — assessed and planned cross-cloud migrations

Key Concerns

  • !Azure-primary — transitioning to AWS-focused role requires meaningful platform re-learning
  • !Kubernetes depth is limited to managed EKS — no cluster administration experience

Culture Fit

78%

Growth Potential

High

Salary Estimate

$120k–$140k

Assessment Reasoning

This candidate has the infrastructure fundamentals and motivation for the Cloud Infrastructure Engineer role, but the Azure-to-AWS transition and shallow Kubernetes depth create meaningful ramp-up risk. If the team has 3-4 months to invest in platform onboarding, they is a viable hire with high upside. If the role needs someone productive in AWS and Kubernetes from day one, the ramp risk is too high. BORDERLINE recommendation pending team capacity assessment.

Interview Focus Areas

How he plans to bridge the Azure-to-AWS gap — specific technical areas he is actively upskillingDeepest Kubernetes problem he has debugged — what was the issue and how was it resolvedThe multi-cloud assessment project — what the architecture decision was and why

Experience Overview

7y total · 4y relevant

Solid cloud infrastructure engineer with deep Azure expertise and clear motivation to transition to AWS and multi-cloud environments. Recent AWS certifications demonstrate initiative. The cloud platform switch and shallow Kubernetes depth are the primary risks — 4 of their 7 years are directly relevant to the role requirements.

Matching Skills

AzureTerraformDockerKubernetes (basic)CI/CDPythonMonitoring

Skills to Verify

AWS (role is AWS-primary)Kubernetes production administrationInfrastructure as Code at module scale
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