Table 1Transition record

cloud engineertocloud DevOps engineer

A cloud engineer already meets 57% of what the cloud DevOps engineer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cloud engineer

57%

Overlap1

To cloud DevOps engineer

15 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

48.4 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 48.4

This move: 48.4 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the cloud DevOps engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cloud 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cloud DevOps engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cloud engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held deploy cloud resource working with computers
already held design cloud networks communication, collaboration and creativity
already held plan migration to cloud working with computers
already held do cloud refactoring working with computers
already held implement cloud security and compliance information skills
already held cloud monitoring and reporting information and communication technologies (icts)

All 15 carried skills, including the 15 the cloud DevOps engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 5 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) 6 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held DevOps required
required, not held JavaScript required
required, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) required
required, not held integrated development environment software required
required, not held software frameworks required
required, not held system backup best practice required

optional, not held ASP.NET optional
optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held application usability optional

02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

required, not held computer engineering required

03 management skills 1 required

required, not held manage disaster recovery plans required

04 working with computers 1 required

required, not held implement ICT recovery system required

05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cloud DevOps engineer 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 15 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT system programming 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 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 do cloud refactoring skill
already held implement cloud security and compliance skill
already held manage cloud data and storage skill
already held plan migration to cloud skill

6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ASP.NET optional
optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held application usability optional

30 held skills the cloud DevOps engineer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT security standards knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role align software with system architectures skill
not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
not needed by the target role analyse software specifications skill
not needed by the target role apply ICT systems theory skill
not needed by the target role apply risk management processes skill
not needed by the target role computer programming knowledge
not needed by the target role cyber security knowledge
not needed by the target role data engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role database development tools knowledge
not needed by the target role debug software skill
not needed by the target role design interaction model skill
not needed by the target role develop software prototype skill
not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
not needed by the target role manage keys for data protection skill
not needed by the target role operating systems knowledge
not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
not needed by the target role respond to incidents in cloud skill
not needed by the target role security engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role service-oriented modelling knowledge
not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
not needed by the target role systems theory knowledge
not needed by the target role use query languages skill
not needed by the target role web services knowledge

13 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 DevOps required
required, not held JavaScript required
required, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) required
required, not held integrated development environment software required
required, not held software frameworks required
required, not held computer engineering required
required, not held system backup best practice required
optional, not held ASP.NET optional
optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held application usability optional

Index

Other moves recorded from cloud engineer

Full index of moves from cloud 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.