Cloud DevOps engineer to cloud software developer
A cloud DevOps engineer already meets 80% of what the cloud software developer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
24/ 100
1 How much of what a cloud software developer is expected to do is already part of a cloud DevOps engineer’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 this move works
A cloud software developer role treats 17 of its required skills as things a cloud DevOps engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT system programming
- JavaScript
- automate cloud tasks
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- cloud technologies
What stands in the way is 3 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 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 DevOps engineer background worth leading with.
- already held deploy cloud resource working with computers
- already held software frameworks information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held design cloud networks communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held implement cloud security and compliance information skills
- already held cloud monitoring and reporting information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held develop with cloud services working with computers
All 20 carried skills, including the 17 the cloud software developer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 3 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.
- still to learn Java (computer programming) required
- still to learn decentralized application frameworks required
- optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
- optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
- optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
- still to learn define software architecture required
- optional, not held monitor system performance optional
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.
- 01 Java (computer programming) study this
- 02 decentralized application frameworks study this
- 03 define software architecture practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held ICT system programming knowledge
- already held JavaScript knowledge
- already held automate cloud tasks skill
- already held cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
- already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
- already held cloud technologies knowledge
- already held computer engineering 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 implement cloud security and compliance skill
- already held integrated development environment software knowledge
- already held manage cloud data and storage skill
- already held software frameworks knowledge
- already held ASP.NET knowledge
- already held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
- already held application usability knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
- optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
- optional, not held monitor system performance optional
- optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
10 held skills the cloud software developer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
- not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies 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 do cloud refactoring skill
- not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
- not needed by the target role manage disaster recovery plans skill
- not needed by the target role plan migration to cloud skill
- not needed by the target role system backup best practice knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn Java (computer programming) required
- still to learn decentralized application frameworks required
- optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
- optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
- optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
Other moves recorded from cloud DevOps engineer
Common questions about this move
Can a cloud DevOps engineer become a cloud software developer?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A cloud DevOps engineer already covers 80% of what a cloud software developer is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 17 of which the cloud software developer role treats as required.
What skills does a cloud DevOps engineer need to become a cloud software developer?
3 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is Java (computer programming).
How hard is the move from cloud DevOps engineer to cloud software developer?
Its learning distance is 24 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.