Cloud Engineer vs IT Support Specialist
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Pay
Cloud Engineer
$151,500 typical, a year
Most Cloud Engineers earn $126,800 to $175,500 a year.
From 1,378 postings that list pay
2,769 open jobs now
IT Support Specialist
$62,500 typical, a year
Most IT Support Specialists earn $52,500 to $77,500 a year.
From 529 postings that list pay
2,631 open jobs now
Cloud Engineers typically earn about $89,000 more a year than IT Support Specialists.
What each one does
Cloud Engineer
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.
- Manage and provision cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools.
- Monitor system health, performance, and availability using observability tools.
- Respond to alerts, outages, and incidents to restore service.
- Implement and maintain security best practices and access controls.
- Collaborate with software, data, and facilities teams to support environments.
Summed up from 30 job postings
IT Support Specialist
- Troubleshoot hardware and software issues for desktops, laptops, and other devices.
- Install, configure, and maintain computer systems and applications for users.
- Document technical steps and resolutions in the ticketing system or service platform.
- Manage user accounts, permissions, and access to computer systems and networks.
- Support network connectivity, including Wi-Fi, VPNs, and internet access.
- Perform routine system maintenance like software updates, security patches, and backups.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Cloud Engineer
More common in Cloud Engineer postings
- Terraform 6 in 10 postings
- CI/CD 6 in 10 postings
- Kubernetes 6 in 10 postings
- AWS 6 in 10 postings
- Infrastructure as Code 5 in 10 postings
- DevOps 4 in 10 postings
- Python 4 in 10 postings
- Azure 4 in 10 postings
- Docker 3 in 10 postings
- Observability 3 in 10 postings
IT Support Specialist
More common in IT Support Specialist postings
- Active Directory 3 in 10 postings
- Customer Service 3 in 10 postings
- Printer Support 3 in 10 postings
- CompTIA 3 in 10 postings
- Microsoft Office 3 in 10 postings
- Technical Support 2 in 10 postings
- macOS 2 in 10 postings
- Technical Degree 2 in 10 postings
- Desktop Application Support 2 in 10 postings
- Help Desk 2 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Open jobs
Cloud Engineer
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Clearent$150k - $180k/yrstated Remote, OR, United StatesPostgreSQLTerraformRedisObservabilityAWS +14Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud SRE and Automation
Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association$108k - $130k/yrstated Penn Center - Denver, CO 80203 HybridPythonBashPowerShellArgoCDGitHub Actions +15Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud Platform
Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association$108k - $130k/yrstated Penn Center - Denver, CO 80203 HybridCI/CDPythonBashTerraformVulnerability Management +18
IT Support Specialist
Technician I/II/III
JobscorePay not stated Spokane, WADHCPSharePointActive DirectoryDomain Name SystemVirtual Private Networks (VPNs) +10IT Specialist
Section 8$95k - $105k/yrstated STATEN ISLANDDHCPTCP/IPActive DirectoryDomain Name SystemCompTIA +8IT Support Specialist
StiltzhomeliftsusaPay not stated Remote — Bethlehem, United StatesNetSuiteFirewallsSharePointmacOSFreshService +12
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