00:00Hey everyone, this is Lucy and today I'm joined by Elisa, who is a cloud engineer at AWS.
00:05Today we're going to be answering the question, what does an AWS cloud engineer actually do?
00:10We'll also be talking about the skills required to become a cloud engineer and how you can start
00:14your career in this role. So Elisa, to start off with, do you want to tell the viewers a bit
00:18about
00:18yourself? Yeah, sure. Hi everyone, my name is Elisa and I'm a cloud engineer in Amazon Web Services.
00:24I've been working here for about a year now and I primarily support services such as IAM,
00:32key management services and security hub and so on. Awesome. So what does a cloud engineer actually
00:38do at AWS? How would you explain the role? Yeah, so a cloud engineer's main responsibility
00:43is to solve customer's issues. We could get emails, chats or calls throughout the day
00:48and the range of questions could involve how do you use a certain service to our application
00:54is down? Could you help us? Also as a cloud engineer, you would generally have a main domain,
01:00which is security for me. However, it's also encouraged to learn cross domain skills. So
01:06there's always an opportunity to expand on your technical skills. Wow, sounds like a great
01:10position where you get to work with customers whilst building your own technical skills. So
01:14how did you land the position and what was your journey like? So back in university, I studied
01:20computer science and started off my career as a security analyst in Deloitte's Cyber Intelligence
01:26Center. Within that role, I gained some AWS experience and found cloud computing to be
01:31interesting, which is what prompted me to look for AWS opportunities. I remember I applied through
01:37LinkedIn and went through the standard interviewing process. I remember I specifically looked for a cloud
01:43engineer role because as a cloud engineer, you get to be more hands on. And early in my career,
01:49I was looking to expand on my technical skills. Nice. Okay, so speaking of applying to the role,
01:55what was your interview process like? Were there any skills in particular you thought that they were
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02:40So for me, the Cloud Engineer interview process consisted of firstly a online simulation. So
02:49it included things like emails and chats coming, which would test your priority as well as your
02:55troubleshooting skills. It also has some technical and behavioral questions. That was followed by a
03:01phone interview, as well as a four to five hour face to face interview that consisted of technical
03:09and behavioral questions again. For the technical interviews, I think the common expected areas of
03:16knowledge are operating systems, networking, and some troubleshooting skills. In my interviews,
03:22I think the interviewers were trying to assess my technical depth, as well as the breadth of knowledge in
03:28those areas, as well as my main domain, which is security. For the behavioral interviews, the questions
03:34stemmed from Amazon's leadership principles. So I advise preparing a couple of scenarios per leadership
03:42principle for these interviews. So the questions could include questions about taking ownership, which means
03:49being responsible and accountable for your work, as well as having that learn and be curious attitude.
03:54Great, thank you so much for sharing that. My final question is, what advice do you have for people who
04:00are looking to start their career as a Cloud Engineer?
04:03Yeah, firstly, for those of you who are considering to become a Cloud Engineer, I think it's a great role
04:09if you're looking to expand on your technical skills in a fast-paced environment. Solving cases could involve
04:16reviewing complex architectures, and we also have engineers globally to whom you can reach out for help at any time.
04:23It's also a role that people often start with and switch to a different role later. And actually,
04:29Amazon is supportive with your individual career growth, and we've got internal mobility programs
04:35to help you reach that next stage of your career. Lastly, for those of you who are going for the
04:40Cloud Engineer roles, I think the behavioral part of the interview is as important, if not more, in the overall
04:48process.
04:48I also think the AWS Certification helped me in the application process. I had the Solutions Architect Associate
04:56level Certification. However, I still recommend gaining some hands-on experience through, you know, personal projects
05:04to have that practical side of the knowledge, because Certification is mainly for your theoretical.
05:09All right, so this brings us to the end of this video of what a Cloud Engineer actually does at
05:14AWS.
05:15Thank you so much Elisa for joining today, and if anyone has any questions, please leave it down in the
05:20comments below and we'll get back to you. All right, bye for now!
05:25Today, I'm joined by Elisa, who's a Cloud Engineer at AWS. Is it bad to point at you? Elisa or
05:30Elisa?
05:31I'll do this. Open hand gesture. Okay, it's a little... This is her. Do you mind if I say that
05:36one more time?
05:36Do I pronounce that correctly? In course, yeah. So there's always an opportunity.
05:40That's okay. It's really difficult.
05:42A-Cop, more skills and... Expand on the skills. Hang on. Apply to my AWS Internship.
05:49Oh, yeah.
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