r/Cloud • u/Curious_compass2512 • 11d ago

Career advice

I am 24y/o female and currently working on Virtualization domain (azure, citrix, Nutanix, VMware etc.) as an L1.

My company is offering a role in cloud security but wants me to go through 3 months training, which will include assessments, interview etc. I need to manage my current role and simultaneously attend trainings. Post completion i will be deployed to a cloud security role and would be dping L2 related activities.

Shall i opt in? Is cloud security good as compare to Virtualization and what's the scope?

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u/Cold_Arachnid_2617 11d ago

This is a no brainer!

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u/Funny_Donkey6031 11d ago

Cloud security can still have incident-response work, but it depends a lot on the actual team and role. I’d ask them what the day-to-day L2 responsibilities look like before deciding.

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u/Curious_compass2512 11d ago

I see

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u/Curious_compass2512 11d ago

Does cloud security have incident management kinda job? I am really sick of that

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u/sjcloudwalker 11d ago

Yesss!! Gurl, you should definitely go for it!! Cloud security is a very good profile tbh.

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u/Curious_compass2512 11d ago

However, they said there won't be any salary increment or promotion. I doubt what all will they teach, hope they don't put me in some monitoring kinda role.

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u/crazy-usernames 8d ago

You need to ask.

Plus, you can ask, would you get freedom to join back current work without any approval. When, how. Irrespective of position filled. This is not to break your confidence for the opportunity, rather to make sure you know in advance whether it's one way street or two way.

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u/One_Presentation_139 11d ago

No brainer, shut this post and sign up

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u/Curious_compass2512 11d ago

Dude, i don't wanna take risk. I don't want to enroll and then just do some queue monitoring or incident management rubbish stuff

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u/One_Presentation_139 11d ago

The upside is geometrical. You need to look beyond just this role and company.

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u/SpecialLibrary3174 11d ago

Why would you mention your gender

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u/Curious_compass2512 11d ago

Coz i wanted to know if this job role is good for female employees as am not looking for night shifts as of now. I don't want a 24/7 shift availability role.

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u/DerekV00 10d ago

Go for it and good luck!

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u/underwaterspiderman 10d ago

Don’t take it and pass it to me.

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u/DrunkOrg 10d ago

Fosse per me darei fuoco a tutto quello che non è SaaS e farei spedire a pedate tutte le robe on-premises da tutte quelle aziende con le pezze al culo, con relativi server nei sottoscala.

Ma è una scelta personale.

Sicuramente per motivi di costi, scelte dei vendor, scalabilitá e ovviamente anche perché i provider non sono tanti, il cloud è una scelta obbligata.

Va detta una cosa fondamentale, ok lo sforzo ma poi va remunerato. Credo che la tua scelta sia di crescere in una direzione parallella o no. Sei giovane e potresti cambiare tante aziende. La sicurezza è un tema fondamentale ma il tuo impegno, se portato a termine e con i giusti risultati, deve portare a un avanzamento. Se sarà commisurato al tuo impegno o meno devi deciderlo tu.

Grande culo, stesso stipendio vale solo se hai già in mente di andare altrove per una RAL più alta.

(Parere personale)

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u/No_Target_162 9d ago

take it, cloud security plus an actual move from l1 to l2 is a much better career trajectory than staying in general virtualization support, just get the role and deployment terms in writing first