Roles and personas
Being cloud native is more than the technologies you use. It’s also about creating a co-operative culture and the right working environment. A large part of this is having the right set of roles and job titles that are fully supported by senior management.
The following are typical cloud native job roles and personas that you’ll see in the real world. You’ll also be tested on them in the exam.
Cloud Architect
A major responsibility of a Cloud Architect is choosing the right cloud platforms for the business and individual applications. This can include a mix of public clouds, private clouds, and hybrid clouds.
The cloud architect is also responsible for designing infrastructure and applications to be cloud native – resilient, scalable, observable, automated etc.
An awareness of costs and the differences between capital expenditures (capex) and operational expenditures (opex) is vital for this role.
Public cloud is usually an opex...
