Networking to Cloud

Hey everyone,

Looking for some advice. I've been in networking/security for some time now and thought of the idea of getting in to a more cloud solutions architect role. It looks quite interesting, and I've researched and analyzed a lot of the job postings related to cloud engineers/architects, but most are geared towards devops developers and programmers. I'm more interested in the design and integration of it from a networking point of view, hybrid deployments between on prem and cloud, etc, as this would utilize my background a little more.

My conclusion at this point, is that it would be difficult to land something without some sort of programming background, which I have none of. Here's another thing, I absolutely hate programming more than anything on this earth, it's just not for me. Also, if I study cloud, it's almost impossible to study programming at the same time, while having a full time job already and a family.

Therefore, I'm just looking for some honest feedback and advice, and I'm curious to know if us network/security guys can get in to cloud roles without having that pre-requisite of a programming background. In addition, how do you like the work? Do you spend all day, every day in visio drawing diagrams, bc that also would be boring.

Thanks everyone!