Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

ICT security administratortocloud engineer

A ICT security administrator already meets 31% of what the cloud engineer role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT security administrator
31%
Overlap1
To cloud engineer
13 Skills carried over
22 Required, not held
75.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance A rebuild

75.8/ 100

1 Share of the cloud engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT security administrator 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.

Why

Why this move works

A cloud engineer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a ICT security administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • cloud monitoring and reporting
  • cloud security and compliance
  • cyber security
  • database development tools
  • implement cloud security and compliance
  • interpret technical texts

What stands in the way is 22 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cloud engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT security administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held respond to incidents in cloud communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held implement cloud security and compliance information skills
  • already held manage keys for data protection working with computers
  • already held operating systems information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held cloud monitoring and reporting information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held cloud security and compliance information and communication technologies (icts)

All 13 carried skills, including the 11 the cloud engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 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) 8 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT system integration required
  • required, not held ICT system programming required
  • required, not held cloud technologies required
  • required, not held service-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held systems theory required
  • required, not held web services required
  • required, not held computer programming required
  • required, not held systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
02 working with computers 8 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held align software with system architectures required
  • required, not held analyse software specifications required
  • required, not held debug software required
  • required, not held deploy cloud resource required
  • required, not held develop software prototype required
  • required, not held develop with cloud services required
  • required, not held do cloud refactoring required
  • required, not held plan migration to cloud required
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held design interaction model optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held perform data analysis optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required
  • required, not held automate cloud tasks required
  • required, not held design cloud architecture required
  • required, not held design cloud networks required
  • required, not held design database in the cloud required
  • required, not held design for organisational complexity required
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse business requirements required
  • optional, not held apply risk management processes optional
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ethics optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cloud 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
  • already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
  • already held cyber security knowledge
  • already held database development tools knowledge
  • already held implement cloud security and compliance skill
  • already held interpret technical texts skill
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
  • already held manage keys for data protection skill
  • already held operating systems knowledge
  • already held respond to incidents in cloud skill
  • already held solve ICT system problems skill
  • already held ICT security standards knowledge
  • already held security engineering knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held design interaction model optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held apply risk management processes optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held ethics optional
  • optional, not held perform data analysis optional
46 held skills the cloud engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT safety skill
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role computer forensics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role ethical hacking principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
  • not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
  • not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
  • not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead disaster recovery exercises skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ICT identity management skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain database security skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT data architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT virtualisation environments skill
  • not needed by the target role manage IT security compliances skill
  • not needed by the target role manage database skill
  • not needed by the target role mobile device management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organisational resilience knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • not needed by the target role perform backups skill
  • not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill

6 further entries not listed here

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 ICT system integration required
  • required, not held ICT system programming required
  • required, not held cloud technologies required
  • required, not held service-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held systems theory required
  • required, not held web services required
  • required, not held computer programming required
  • required, not held systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held ethics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT security administrator

Full index of moves from ICT security administrator

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.