Table 1Transition record

cloud DevOps engineertocloud software developer

A cloud DevOps engineer already meets 80% of what the cloud software developer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cloud DevOps engineer

80%

Overlap1

To cloud software developer

20 Skills carried over

3 Required, not held

24 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 24

This move: 24 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the cloud software developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cloud DevOps engineer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cloud software developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cloud DevOps engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held deploy cloud resource working with computers
already held software frameworks information and communication technologies (icts)
already held design cloud networks communication, collaboration and creativity
already held implement cloud security and compliance information skills
already held cloud monitoring and reporting information and communication technologies (icts)
already held develop with cloud services working with computers

All 20 carried skills, including the 17 the cloud software developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held Java (computer programming) required
required, not held decentralized application frameworks required

optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required

required, not held define software architecture required

03 constructing 1 supplementary

optional, not held monitor system performance optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cloud software developer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 20 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT system programming knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held automate cloud tasks skill
already held cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
already held cloud technologies knowledge
already held computer engineering knowledge
already held deploy cloud resource skill
already held design cloud architecture skill
already held design cloud networks skill
already held design database in the cloud skill
already held design for organisational complexity skill
already held develop with cloud services skill
already held implement cloud security and compliance skill
already held integrated development environment software knowledge
already held manage cloud data and storage skill
already held software frameworks knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
already held application usability knowledge

4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
optional, not held monitor system performance optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional

10 held skills the cloud software developer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
not needed by the target role KDevelop knowledge
not needed by the target role do cloud refactoring skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
not needed by the target role manage disaster recovery plans skill
not needed by the target role plan migration to cloud skill
not needed by the target role system backup best practice knowledge

5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held Java (computer programming) required
required, not held decentralized application frameworks required
optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional

Index

Other moves recorded from cloud DevOps engineer

Full index of moves from cloud DevOps engineer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.