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Where a cloud software developer can go next

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

Cloud software developers create, deploy, and modernize software applications to run on the cloud using microservices, containers, and serverless technologies. They develop scalable and highly available applications using cloud architectures and best practices. They incorporate logging and monitoring into their code and are able to perform root cause analysis on failures.

Also known as cloud and infrastructure specialist, cloud solutions specialist, cloud consultant, cloud deployment specialist, cloud technical specialist, cloud administrator, full stack cloud software engineer, cloud infrastructure it specialist.

Professionals 27 skills on file 4 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: cloud DevOps engineer, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

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

The 4 nearest destinations from cloud software developer, 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 software developer already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

cloud engineer 39% covered · difficulty 70

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A cloud software developer needs 20 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

decentralized application frameworks information and communication technologies (icts)
deploy cloud resource working with computers
software frameworks information and communication technologies (icts)
define software architecture communication, collaboration and creativity
design cloud networks communication, collaboration and creativity
implement cloud security and compliance information skills
cloud monitoring and reporting information and communication technologies (icts)
develop with cloud services working with computers
automate cloud tasks communication, collaboration and creativity
design for organisational complexity communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cloud software developer’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.