RecordJob

Where a cloud engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cloud engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Cloud engineers are responsible for the design, planning, management and maintenance of cloud-based systems. They develop and implement cloud-applications, handle the migration of existing on-premise applications to the cloud, and debug cloud stacks.

Also known as hybrid cloud engineer, cloud computing engineer, cloud infrastructure engineer, cloud software engineer, cloud-native engineer, cloud security engineer, cloud developer, cloud network engineer, cloud solution engineer.

Professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: cloud architect, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from cloud engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a cloud engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

ICT system developer 26% covered · difficulty 82

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A cloud engineer needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

respond to incidents in cloud communication, collaboration and creativity
web services information and communication technologies (icts)
deploy cloud resource working with computers
design cloud networks communication, collaboration and creativity
plan migration to cloud working with computers
align software with system architectures working with computers
do cloud refactoring working with computers
implement cloud security and compliance information skills
manage keys for data protection working with computers
operating systems information and communication technologies (icts)

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a cloud engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

Look up another occupation

Cloud engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cloud engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.