Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Cloud identity manager to cloud software developer

A cloud identity manager already meets 53% of what the cloud software developer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From cloud identity manager
53 % overlap
Partial match
To cloud software developer
12 You already bring
8 Still to learn
27 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

50.8/ 100

1 How much of what a cloud software developer 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 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 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 8 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 12 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 identity manager 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 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 software developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 15 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information and communication technologies (icts) 6 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 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • still to learn define software architecture required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • still to learn computer engineering required
04 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
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
12 held skills the cloud software developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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
13 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 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 identity manager

Full index of moves from cloud identity manager

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a cloud identity manager become a cloud software developer?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A cloud identity manager already covers 53% of what a cloud software developer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 12 of which the cloud software developer role treats as required.

What skills does a cloud identity manager need to become a cloud software developer?

8 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 4 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 identity manager to cloud software developer?

Its learning distance is 50.8 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.