Cloud software developer to cloud DevOps engineer
A cloud software developer already meets 69% of what the cloud DevOps engineer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
37/ 100
1 How much of what a cloud DevOps engineer is expected to do is already part of a cloud software developer’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 17 of its required skills as things a cloud software developer 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 7 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 DevOps engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cloud software developer 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 DevOps engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 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 DevOps required
- still to learn Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) required
- still to learn system backup best practice required
- optional, not held Agile development optional
- optional, not held KDevelop 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 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.
- 01 DevOps study this
- 02 Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) study this
- 03 do cloud refactoring 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
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Agile development optional
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
- optional, not held KDevelop optional
7 held skills the cloud DevOps engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role IBM WebSphere knowledge
- not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
- not needed by the target role JavaScript Framework knowledge
- not needed by the target role decentralized application frameworks knowledge
- not needed by the target role define software architecture skill
- not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill
- not needed by the target role service-oriented modelling knowledge
6 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 Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) required
- still to learn system backup best practice required
- optional, not held Agile development optional
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
- optional, not held KDevelop optional
Other moves recorded from cloud software developer
Common questions about this move
Can a cloud software developer become a cloud DevOps engineer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A cloud software developer already covers 69% of what a cloud DevOps engineer is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 17 of which the cloud DevOps engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a cloud software developer need to become a cloud DevOps engineer?
7 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 4 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 software developer to cloud DevOps engineer?
Its learning distance is 37 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.