Cloud engineer to cloud software developer
A cloud engineer already meets 64% of what the cloud software developer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
40.8/ 100
1 How much of what a cloud software developer is expected to do is already part of a cloud 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 14 of its required skills as things a cloud engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT system programming
- Java (computer programming)
- automate cloud tasks
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- cloud technologies
What stands in the way is 6 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 15 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 engineer background worth leading with.
- already held deploy cloud resource working with computers
- 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
- already held automate cloud tasks communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 14 the cloud software developer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 4 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 JavaScript 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
- still to learn define software architecture required
- still to learn computer engineering 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 JavaScript 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 15 skills that carry over
- already held ICT system programming knowledge
- already held Java (computer programming) 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 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 manage cloud data and storage skill
- already held service-oriented modelling knowledge
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not 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 monitor system performance optional
30 held skills the cloud software developer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT security standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
- not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
- not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
- not needed by the target role align software with system architectures skill
- not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
- not needed by the target role analyse software specifications skill
- not needed by the target role apply ICT systems theory skill
- not needed by the target role apply risk management processes skill
- not needed by the target role computer programming knowledge
- not needed by the target role cyber security knowledge
- not needed by the target role data engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role database development tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role debug software skill
- not needed by the target role design interaction model skill
- not needed by the target role develop software prototype skill
- not needed by the target role do cloud refactoring skill
- not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
- not needed by the target role manage keys for data protection skill
- not needed by the target role operating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
- not needed by the target role plan migration to cloud skill
- not needed by the target role respond to incidents in cloud skill
- not needed by the target role security engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
- not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role systems theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role use query languages skill
- not needed by the target role web services knowledge
10 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 JavaScript 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
Common questions about this move
Can a cloud engineer become a cloud software developer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A cloud engineer already covers 64% of what a cloud software developer is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 14 of which the cloud software developer role treats as required.
What skills does a cloud engineer need to become a cloud software developer?
6 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is JavaScript.
How hard is the move from cloud engineer to cloud software developer?
Its learning distance is 40.8 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.