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

cloud DevOps engineertocloud architect

A cloud DevOps engineer already meets 79% of what the cloud architect role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.

From cloud DevOps engineer
79%
Overlap1
To cloud architect
13 Skills carried over
1 Required, not held
17.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 17.6

This move: 17.6 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the cloud architect role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cloud DevOps engineer 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cloud architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cloud DevOps engineer 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 Agile development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held develop with cloud services working with computers

All 13 carried skills, including the 5 the cloud architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 4 missing skills fall into 4 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held collaborate with engineers required
02 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT architectural frameworks optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held coordinate engineering teams optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 1 entries a cloud architect 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 technologies knowledge
  • already held deploy cloud resource skill
  • already held design cloud architecture skill
  • already held design cloud networks skill
  • already held plan migration to cloud skill
  • already held Agile development knowledge
  • already held DevOps knowledge
  • already held automate cloud tasks skill
  • already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
  • 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
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT architectural frameworks optional
  • optional, not held coordinate engineering teams optional
17 held skills the cloud architect role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system programming knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role KDevelop knowledge
  • not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
  • not needed by the target role implement cloud security and compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role integrated development environment software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
  • not needed by the target role manage disaster recovery plans skill
  • not needed by the target role software frameworks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role system backup best practice knowledge
2 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
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT architectural frameworks optional
Index
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.