Closing In on Opportunities

Your personality type and personal interests can help determine what industry, organization, and type of role you should pursue. In many cases, Cloud Solution Architects (CSAs) follow personal areas of interest such as automotive, healthcare, or financial services, which keeps their role interesting and makes it easier to stay current with new and emerging trends. The journey of landing a CSA role starts with the general industry of interest. Next, decide on start-up or well-established companies. Finally, decide which business unit is the most desirable – IT or business-aligned groups. If the decision is too difficult, consulting or contract work might help you explore before committing. By the end of this chapter, you should be ready to look for specific job offerings based on outcomes from this part of the journey as described in the sections of this chapter.

To achieve readiness, this chapter will cover the following topics aligned with the...