Supports customers and teams using cloud platforms, troubleshooting and guiding.
Entry
Junior
Coding
Medium
Key skills
Career overview
The Cloud Support Engineer helps users of cloud platforms solve issues: access, networking, quotas, services and cost. The role builds broad cloud knowledge and leads to cloud engineering or architecture.
Main responsibilities
- Provision and secure cloud resources
- Analyse application logs to identify root causes
- Diagnose hardware, software and connectivity failures
- Lead incident resolution and post-mortem analysis
- Write and improve operational runbooks
- Automate recurring tasks with scripts
- Prepare and execute change requests in production
- Write and maintain knowledge base articles
- Escalate complex cases to the relevant technical team
- Keep technical documentation up to date
Technical skills
Technologies
Education level
Education requirements vary depending on the company, country and experience. Professional experience, certifications and technical skills can sometimes compensate for formal education.
High School / Bac
Less common
Bac+2 (2-year degree)
Less common
Bac+3 (Bachelor)
Common entry point
Bac+5 (Master / Engineering)
Common entry point
Experience & coding level
Experience level
Coding level
Useful certifications
Certifications are never mandatory. They are one way among others to prove a skill.
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
- Microsoft AZ-900
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
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Direct progression
Possible branches
Where can you go next?
Realistic next career moves, with compatibility and a transition roadmap for each.
Overlap: 53% · Difficulty: Medium
Skills to learn: Terraform, Identity & access management, Containers
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Soft skills
- Customer focus
- Problem solving
- Clear communication
- Rigour and attention to detail
- Technical curiosity
- Documentation writing
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