Cloud identity manager to cloud DevOps engineer
A cloud identity manager already meets 46% of what the cloud DevOps engineer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.1/ 100
1 How much of what a cloud DevOps engineer is expected to do is already part of a cloud identity manager’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 DevOps engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A cloud DevOps engineer role treats 12 of its required skills as things a cloud identity manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- automate cloud tasks
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- cloud technologies
- deploy cloud resource
- design cloud architecture
What stands in the way is 12 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cloud DevOps engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cloud identity manager 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 12 carried skills, including the 12 the cloud DevOps engineer role treats as required.
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.
- still to learn DevOps required
- still to learn ICT system programming required
- still to learn JavaScript required
- still to learn Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) required
- still to learn integrated development environment software required
- still to learn software frameworks required
- still to learn system backup best practice required
- optional, not held ASP.NET optional
- optional, not held Agile development optional
- optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
- optional, not held KDevelop optional
- optional, not held application usability optional
- still to learn do cloud refactoring required
- still to learn implement ICT recovery system required
- still to learn plan migration to cloud required
- still to learn computer engineering required
- still to learn manage disaster recovery plans required
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a cloud DevOps 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 · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- 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
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ASP.NET optional
- optional, not held Agile development optional
- optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
- optional, not held KDevelop optional
- optional, not held application usability optional
12 held skills the cloud DevOps engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role DB2 knowledge
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
- not needed by the target role follow work procedures skill
- not needed by the target role information governance compliance knowledge
- not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ICT identity management skill
- not needed by the target role manage IT security compliances skill
- not needed by the target role manage digital identity skill
- not needed by the target role protect ICT devices 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.
- still to learn DevOps required
- still to learn ICT system programming required
- still to learn JavaScript required
- still to learn Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) required
- still to learn integrated development environment software required
- still to learn software frameworks required
- still to learn computer engineering required
- still to learn system backup best practice required
- optional, not held ASP.NET optional
- optional, not held Agile development optional
- optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
- optional, not held KDevelop optional
- optional, not held application usability optional
Other moves recorded from cloud identity manager
Common questions about this move
Can a cloud identity manager become a cloud DevOps engineer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A cloud identity manager already covers 46% of what a cloud DevOps engineer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 12 of which the cloud DevOps engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a cloud identity manager need to become a cloud DevOps engineer?
12 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is DevOps.
How hard is the move from cloud identity manager to cloud DevOps engineer?
Its learning distance is 59.1 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.