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CareerAtlas is running on a deterministic simulated demo dataset — compensation, trend, and outcome figures illustrate the product but are not verified real-world data. See Methodology and Data Sources for details.

Cloud Security Engineer

Secures cloud infrastructure and workloads.

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Compensation by seniority
Simulated

Median

$152k

Mean

$159k

10th–90th pct

$116k–$210k

Observations

444

Confidence: 34% · based on 444 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated
Common skills
Cloud Security
Core
AWS
Core
Terraform
Common certifications
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) · 39% of postingsAWS Certified Solutions Architect · 47% of postings
Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated
Bachelor's Degree
64% require · 20% prefer
Master's Degree
18% require · 28% prefer
No College
19% require · 9% prefer
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Common next roles
Zero Trust Architect+32.2%Security Architect+22.7%Cryptography Engineer+8.7%Security Engineer+6.9%IAM Engineer+7.8%
Common previous roles
Security Architect+18.5%Zero Trust Architect+24.4%Security Engineer+6.5%IAM Engineer+7.2%Cryptography Engineer+8.0%
Demand snapshot
Active openings (simulated)10,082
Posting growth+1.9%
Median days to fill40 days
Simulated
Employed (US, simulated)72,589
Projected growth11.8%/yr
Simulated
Role characteristics
Remote-friendliness70%
Automation exposure25%
Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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