[bdcravens]

I'd spend a year or 2 consulting with your current skills while you tool up your cloudops. A good place to look at is Codementor.io. I'd probably get an AWS cert or two while you do this (while certs can be a vanity metric, they are a very useful, and objective, benchmark)

I wouldn't take a lower pay job, and I wouldn't move into management. In your shoes, I'd rather take the pay cut while consulting over carving a new title on my resume that may influence the rest of my career.

Take time to shore up your finances. Get out of debt and/or reduce expenses if possible. The lack of freedom in this area is what causes people to do things in their career that makes them unhappy.

Once you get past this, don't stop learning. Don't be afraid to expand outside of your immediate focus - the market decides what is valuable, not you. (for reference, I'll be 42 next month)

Don't be afraid of onerous job requirements. They always are, and they're often BS. Kubernetes was announced in mid-2014, and didn't pick up steam for a couple of years, so it's virtually impossible for someone to have five years of experience. Docker isn't much older.