Career Overlap Transition record
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ICT security administrator to cloud engineer

An ICT security administrator already meets 31% of what the cloud engineer role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT security administrator
31 % overlap
Distant match
To cloud engineer
13 You already bring
22 Still to learn
45 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

75.8/ 100

1 How much of what a cloud engineer is expected to do is already part of an ICT security administrator’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 engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A cloud engineer role treats 11 of its required skills as things an ICT security administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • cloud monitoring and reporting
  • cloud security and compliance
  • cyber security
  • database development tools
  • implement cloud security and compliance
  • interpret technical texts

What stands in the way is 22 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cloud engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT security administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held respond to incidents in cloud communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held implement cloud security and compliance information skills
  • already held manage keys for data protection working with computers
  • already held operating systems information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held cloud monitoring and reporting information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held cloud security and compliance information and communication technologies (icts)

All 13 carried skills, including the 11 the cloud engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 32 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information and communication technologies (icts) 8 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT system integration required
  • still to learn ICT system programming required
  • still to learn cloud technologies required
  • still to learn service-oriented modelling required
  • still to learn systems theory required
  • still to learn web services required
  • still to learn computer programming required
  • still to learn systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
02 working with computers 8 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn align software with system architectures required
  • still to learn analyse software specifications required
  • still to learn debug software required
  • still to learn deploy cloud resource required
  • still to learn develop software prototype required
  • still to learn develop with cloud services required
  • still to learn do cloud refactoring required
  • still to learn plan migration to cloud required
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held design interaction model optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held perform data analysis optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required
  • still to learn automate cloud tasks required
  • still to learn design cloud architecture required
  • still to learn design cloud networks required
  • still to learn design database in the cloud required
  • still to learn design for organisational complexity required
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse business requirements required
  • optional, not held apply risk management processes optional
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ethics optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cloud 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
  • already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
  • already held cyber security knowledge
  • already held database development tools knowledge
  • already held implement cloud security and compliance skill
  • already held interpret technical texts skill
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
  • already held manage keys for data protection skill
  • already held operating systems knowledge
  • already held respond to incidents in cloud skill
  • already held solve ICT system problems skill
  • already held ICT security standards knowledge
  • already held security engineering knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held design interaction model optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held apply risk management processes optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held ethics optional
  • optional, not held perform data analysis optional
46 held skills the cloud engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT safety skill
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role computer forensics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role ethical hacking principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
  • not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies 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 information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead disaster recovery exercises skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ICT identity management skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain database security skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT data architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT virtualisation environments skill
  • not needed by the target role manage IT security compliances skill
  • not needed by the target role manage database skill
  • not needed by the target role mobile device management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organisational resilience knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • not needed by the target role perform backups skill
  • not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill

6 further entries not listed here

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 integration required
  • still to learn ICT system programming required
  • still to learn cloud technologies required
  • still to learn service-oriented modelling required
  • still to learn systems theory required
  • still to learn web services required
  • still to learn computer programming required
  • still to learn systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held ethics optional
Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT security administrator become a cloud engineer?

Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT security administrator already covers 31% of what a cloud engineer is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 11 of which the cloud engineer role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT security administrator need to become a cloud engineer?

22 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is ICT system integration.

How hard is the move from ICT security administrator to cloud engineer?

Its learning distance is 75.8 out of 100, which is the career change 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.