Competencies: Cloud > Multi-Cloud & Hybrid

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid

Body of Knowledge

Topic Description Relevance Career Tracks

Multi-Cloud Strategy

Workload placement, vendor lock-in avoidance, data sovereignty, cross-cloud networking

High

Cloud Architect, Solutions Architect, Platform Engineer

Hybrid Cloud Architecture

On-premises integration, hybrid connectivity, consistent management, workload mobility

High

Cloud Architect, Infrastructure Engineer, Solutions Architect

Cloud Connectivity

VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, Cloud Interconnect, SD-WAN integration

High

Network Engineer, Cloud Architect, Infrastructure Engineer

Unified Identity

Cross-cloud IAM, federated identity, SSO across providers, identity synchronization

High

Identity Engineer, Security Engineer, Cloud Architect

Multi-Cloud Kubernetes

Anthos, Azure Arc, Rancher, cluster federation, consistent deployments across clouds

Medium

Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architect

Cloud Abstraction Layers

Terraform multi-provider, Pulumi, Crossplane, provider-agnostic design patterns

High

DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect

Data Replication

Cross-cloud data sync, disaster recovery, data egress optimization, data residency

High

Data Engineer, Cloud Architect, Infrastructure Engineer

Multi-Cloud Observability

Unified monitoring, cross-cloud tracing, centralized logging, vendor-neutral tools

High

SRE, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer

Edge & Fog Computing

Edge locations, CDN integration, IoT gateways, latency-sensitive workloads

Medium

Cloud Architect, IoT Engineer, Platform Engineer

Cloud Governance

Policy enforcement, cost allocation, compliance across providers, landing zones

High

Cloud Architect, Security Engineer, FinOps Engineer

Personal Status

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