RecordMove

Data centre operator to chief data officer

A data centre operator already meets 31% of what the chief data officer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From data centre operator

Distant match

To chief data officer

26 You already bring

15 Still to learn

61 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a chief data officer is expected to do is already part of a data centre operator’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 chief data officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A chief data officer role treats 1 of its required skills as things a data centre operator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

data storage

What stands in the way is 15 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chief data officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a data centre operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held CA Datacom/DB information and communication technologies (icts)
already held Filemaker (database management systems) information and communication technologies (icts)
already held IBM Informix information and communication technologies (icts)
already held MySQL information and communication technologies (icts)
already held ObjectStore information and communication technologies (icts)
already held OpenEdge Database information and communication technologies (icts)

All 26 carried skills, including the 1 the chief data officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 35 missing skills fall into 9 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) 4 required, 9 supplementary

still to learn data mining required
still to learn decision support systems required
still to learn information structure required
still to learn data science required

optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held online analytical processing optional
optional, not held data engineering optional
optional, not held database optional
optional, not held image recognition optional

02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn define data quality criteria required
still to learn define technology strategy required

optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held manage business knowledge optional

03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn manage data required
still to learn make data-driven decisions required

optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
optional, not held report analysis results optional

04 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn manage ICT data classification required
still to learn utilise decision support system required

optional, not held integrate ICT data optional

05 arts and humanities 2 required

still to learn visual presentation techniques required
still to learn data ethics required

06 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn business processes required

optional, not held data quality assessment optional
optional, not held business intelligence optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chief data officer 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 26 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held data storage knowledge
already held CA Datacom/DB knowledge
already held DB2 knowledge
already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
already held IBM Informix knowledge
already held LDAP knowledge
already held LINQ knowledge
already held MDX knowledge
already held Microsoft Access knowledge
already held MySQL knowledge
already held N1QL knowledge
already held ObjectStore knowledge
already held OpenEdge Database knowledge
already held PostgreSQL knowledge
already held SPARQL knowledge
already held SQL Server knowledge
already held Teradata Database knowledge
already held XQuery knowledge
already held data models knowledge
already held database development tools knowledge
already held database management systems knowledge
already held information confidentiality knowledge
already held query languages knowledge
already held resource description framework query language knowledge
already held unstructured data knowledge
already held use databases skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn apply information security policies required

optional, not held develop information security strategy optional

08 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn manage ICT data architecture required

optional, not held deliver visual presentation of data optional

09 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held information categorisation optional

20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held data quality assessment optional
optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held information categorisation optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held integrate ICT data optional
optional, not held online analytical processing optional
optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held business intelligence optional
optional, not held data engineering optional
optional, not held database optional
optional, not held deliver visual presentation of data optional
optional, not held image recognition optional
optional, not held manage business knowledge optional
optional, not held report analysis results optional

23 held skills the chief data officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
not needed by the target role analyse ICT system skill
not needed by the target role balance database resources skill
not needed by the target role business ICT systems knowledge
not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role develop automated migration methods skill
not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
not needed by the target role keep up with the latest information systems solutions skill
not needed by the target role maintain ICT server skill
not needed by the target role maintain database performance skill
not needed by the target role maintain database security skill
not needed by the target role manage database skill
not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill
not needed by the target role use ICT ticketing system skill
not needed by the target role use back-up and recovery tools skill
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill

19 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 data mining required
still to learn decision support systems required
still to learn information structure required
still to learn visual presentation techniques required
still to learn business processes required
still to learn data ethics required
still to learn data science required
optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held data quality assessment optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held information categorisation optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held online analytical processing optional
optional, not held business intelligence optional
optional, not held data engineering optional
optional, not held database optional
optional, not held image recognition optional

Index

Other moves recorded from data centre operator

Full index of moves from data centre operator

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a data centre operator become a chief data officer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A data centre operator already covers 31% of what a chief data officer is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 1 of which the chief data officer role treats as required.

What skills does a data centre operator need to become a chief data officer?

15 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is apply information security policies.

How hard is the move from data centre operator to chief data officer?

Its learning distance is 74 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.