Table 1Transition record

cloud architecttocloud engineer

A cloud architect already meets 30% of what the cloud engineer role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cloud architect

30%

Overlap1

To cloud engineer

11 Skills carried over

22 Required, not held

77.1 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 77.1

This move: 77.1 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the cloud engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cloud architect 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 11 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 cloud architect 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 develop with cloud services working with computers
already held automate cloud tasks communication, collaboration and creativity

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 missing skills fall into 7 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) 10 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held ICT system integration required
required, not held ICT system programming required
required, not held cloud monitoring and reporting required
required, not held database development tools required
required, not held operating systems 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 ICT security standards optional
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 6 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 develop software prototype required
required, not held manage keys for data protection required
required, not held solve ICT system problems 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 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held implement cloud security and compliance required
required, not held interpret technical texts required
required, not held manage cloud data and storage required
required, not held analyse business requirements required

optional, not held apply risk management processes optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required

required, not held respond to incidents in cloud required

05 services 1 required

required, not held cyber security required

06 arts and humanities 1 supplementary

optional, not held ethics optional

1 further area in the appendix

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 11 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held automate cloud tasks skill
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 plan migration to cloud skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary

optional, not held security engineering optional

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT security standards optional
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
optional, not held security engineering optional

6 held skills the cloud engineer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT architectural frameworks knowledge
not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
not needed by the target role coordinate engineering teams skill

18 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 monitoring and reporting required
required, not held cyber security required
required, not held database development tools required
required, not held operating systems 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 ICT security standards optional
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
optional, not held security engineering optional

Index

Other moves recorded from cloud architect

Full index of moves from cloud architect

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.