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name: cloud-identity-manager
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'cloud identity manager' (also: cloud identity risk manager, cloud identity access manager, cloud identity engineer). Use when the user asks for typical cloud identity manager work such as: typical cloud identity manager responsibilities"
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# Cloud Identity Manager

Cloud identity managers work with identity access management's applications. Collaborate with senior management to address key risks in the identity governance. Plan strategies to comply with professional standards.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- adhere to organisational guidelines
- automate cloud tasks
- cloud security and compliance
- cloud technologies
- deploy cloud resource
- design for organisational complexity
- follow company standards
- follow work procedures
- implement cloud security and compliance
- information governance compliance
- liaise with managers
- maintain ICT identity management
- manage cloud data and storage
- manage digital identity
- protect ICT devices

## Hot technologies

- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- AJAX
- Alteryx software
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2


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## Hot technologies

Top tools from 30 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-10):

- microsoft entra id — 43 %
- sailpoint — 23 %
- Terraform — 23 %
- Active Directory — 20 %
- AWS — 20 %
- okta — 20 %
- GCP — 17 %
- ServiceNow — 17 %
- AWS IAM — 13 %
- Azure — 13 %

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cc325a8f-702e-4bf0-893f-5b5d456475ad), O*NET 30.3 (15-1252.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*