Hiring a Cloud Administrator

Why Hire a Cloud Administrator? 

With the majority of businesses moving to the cloud and the cloud migration services market crossing the $100 bn mark in 2020, it’s no surprise that there is a huge demand for Cloud Administrators to help enterprises plan, set, and manage all kinds of cloud-based infrastructure and workloads.  

Enterprises need to ensure that they have a skilled cloud administrator as a part of their tech team, who is hired after a thorough evaluation and assessment of skill set, competency and on-the-job experience using a fraud-free, skill-based and unbiased hiring process to land the best talent. 

What is a Cloud Administrator? 

A Cloud Administrator is the one who establishes and executes the cloud operations as per the specifications and parameters, besides managing the instances of the cloud infrastructure services and the multiple cloud servers.  

Anybody in the role works in a mixed Windows and Unix software environment. Strong technical knowledge of virtual machines (IaaS, Writing Code (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) is a must to become a Cloud Admin. 

Why are Cloud Administrators in High Demand? 

The public cloud services and infrastructure market is expected to exceed US$ 1630 bn by 2030 along with a CAGR of 17.32% between 2022 and 2030. 

Also, many companies are rapidly adopting ‘cloud first’ policies. Spurred by these factors, careers in cloud administration are seeing a massive boom. As per the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in cloud administration are projected to grow at 5% between 2020 and 2030, which means there will be 24,900 job openings on average every year over the decade. 

Average pay for a Cloud Administrator 

As per Glassdoor estimates, the national average salary for a Cloud Administrator in the USA is $75,398 per year   

Cloud Administrator KPIs 

• Cost of cloud optimization 

• Data Backup and Recovery 

• Spend by Zone, Users, Groups, Applications, and Services 

• Expenditure on On-Demand Vs. Reserved Instance 

• Security Rules by Resources 

• Variance of budget vs. actual by application or team 

• Security incident per month by the team 

• Future projections 

How can Glider AI help you with hiring a Cloud Administrator?

Glider’s recruitment platform is built on the mission, of “competency over credentials”. This way, your hiring process is taken care of end-to-end from the structured and data-driven candidate-evaluation process. 

Glider AI's Unique Features

• Conversational Chatbot for Talent Screening 

• On-demand One-way Interviews 

• Interactive, coding-enabled skill tests 

• Task-based and Live Coding enabled Video Interviews 

• Advanced AI proctoring 

• Powerful candidate analytics 

Discover Hiring Resources for Cloud Administrator

• Cloud Administrator Job Description 

• Cloud Administrator Interview Questions 

• Cloud Administrator Skill Test 

• How to Hire a Cloud Administrator

Access 2,000 pre-built assessments covering over 500 skills with 250,000 questions, all validated by 2,000 SMEs including this for the Cloud Administrator role.  

Go ahead and spotlight your Cloud Administrator with Glider AI today! 

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