Difference between Cloud Engineer and DevOps Engineer

1. Cloud Engineer :
A cloud engineer is an IT professional who is responsible for creating and maintaining cloud infrastructure and platforms for individuals or business. So, a cloud engineer is mainly responsible for various technical responsibilities under cloud computing.

Different Job responsibilities :

• Creating brainstorming cloud designs and creative solutions.
• Taking care of confidential data over cloud.
• Ensuring compatibility across different platforms.
• Developing and implementing cloud monitoring strategies.
• Managing cloud infrastructure.
• Measuring performance.

Different Job roles :

• Cloud developer
• Cloud Architect
• Cloud Security Engineer
• Cloud Network Engineer etc.

2. DevOps Engineer :
A DevOps engineer is an IT professional who is responsible for bridging software development, engineering, and management to make the software development process faster. So, a DevOps engineer is mainly responsible for various development and operations of software applications.

Different Job responsibilities :

• Finding and analyzing new ways of automation.
• Using automated configuration tools.
• Maintaining web-based applications.
• Deploying web-based applications.
• Become a part of development process.
• Becoming a part of application integration and testing.

Different Job roles :

• Software Engineer
• Software Tester
• Software Developer
• Security Engineer
• Quality Assurance
• Automation Expert

Difference between Cloud Engineer and DevOps Engineer :

S.No.	CLOUD ENGINEER	DEVOPS ENGINEER
01.	A cloud engineer is an IT professional who is responsible for creating and maintaining cloud infrastructure and platforms for individuals or business.	A DevOps engineer is an IT professional who is responsible for bridging software development, engineering, and management to make the software development process faster.
02.	A cloud engineer is mainly responsible for various technical responsibilities under cloud computing.	A DevOps engineer is mainly responsible for various development and operations of software applications.
03.	The key focus of a cloud engineer is on cloud infrastructure and operations.	The key focus of a DevOps engineer is on development, operations and QA.
04.	Cloud engineer is considered as a subset of DevOps engineer.	DevOps engineer is considered as a superset of Cloud engineer.
05.	Mainly the job growth in case of cloud engineer is comparatively less than that of DevOps engineer.	Mainly the job growth in case of DevOps engineer is comparatively high than that of cloud engineer.
06.	Salary of cloud engineer is comparatively lesser than DevOps engineers.	Salary of DevOps engineer is comparatively higher than cloud engineers.
07.	Software lifecycle understanding of cloud engineers are less than DevOps engineers.	Software lifecycle understanding of DevOps engineers are more than cloud engineers.
08.	Agile methodology is partially followed.	Agile methodology is diligently followed.
09.	Cloud engineers create brainstorming cloud solutions.	While DevOps engineers find ways to make automation effective.