Career Overlap Transition record
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Cloud architect to cloud software developer

A cloud architect already meets 40% of what the cloud software developer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From cloud architect
40 % overlap
Partial match
To cloud software developer
9 You already bring
11 Still to learn
27 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.6/ 100

1 How much of what a cloud software developer is expected to do is already part of a cloud architect’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the cloud software developer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A cloud software developer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a cloud architect already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • automate cloud tasks
  • cloud security and compliance
  • cloud technologies
  • deploy cloud resource
  • design cloud architecture
  • design cloud networks

What stands in the way is 11 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cloud software developer 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 develop with cloud services working with computers
  • already held automate cloud tasks communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held design for organisational complexity communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held cloud security and compliance information and communication technologies (icts)

All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the cloud software developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information and communication technologies (icts) 7 required, 6 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT system programming required
  • still to learn Java (computer programming) required
  • still to learn JavaScript required
  • still to learn cloud monitoring and reporting required
  • still to learn decentralized application frameworks required
  • still to learn integrated development environment software required
  • still to learn software frameworks required
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • still to learn implement cloud security and compliance required
  • still to learn manage cloud data and storage required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • still to learn define software architecture required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • still to learn computer engineering required
05 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cloud software developer 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 9 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
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
8 held skills the cloud software developer 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
  • not needed by the target role do cloud refactoring skill
  • not needed by the target role plan migration to cloud skill
14 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn ICT system programming required
  • still to learn Java (computer programming) required
  • still to learn JavaScript required
  • still to learn cloud monitoring and reporting required
  • still to learn decentralized application frameworks required
  • still to learn integrated development environment software required
  • still to learn software frameworks required
  • still to learn computer engineering required
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
Index

Other moves recorded from cloud architect

Full index of moves from cloud architect

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a cloud architect become a cloud software developer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A cloud architect already covers 40% of what a cloud software developer is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 9 of which the cloud software developer role treats as required.

What skills does a cloud architect need to become a cloud software developer?

11 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is ICT system programming.

How hard is the move from cloud architect to cloud software developer?

Its learning distance is 62.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.