Table 1Transition record

ICT system administratortocloud engineer

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

From ICT system administrator

31%

Overlap1

To cloud engineer

12 Skills carried over

22 Required, not held

76.6 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 76.6

This move: 76.6 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the cloud engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT system administrator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

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 engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT system administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held operating systems information and communication technologies (icts)
already held cloud monitoring and reporting information and communication technologies (icts)
already held ICT system integration information and communication technologies (icts)
already held automate cloud tasks communication, collaboration and creativity
already held cloud security and compliance information and communication technologies (icts)
already held ICT system programming information and communication technologies (icts)

All 12 carried skills, including the 11 the cloud engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with computers 9 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held align software with system architectures required
required, not held analyse software specifications required
required, not held debug software required
required, not held deploy cloud resource required
required, not held develop software prototype required
required, not held develop with cloud services required
required, not held do cloud refactoring required
required, not held manage keys for data protection required
required, not held 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

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 5 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held database development tools required
required, not held service-oriented modelling required
required, not held systems theory required
required, not held web services required
required, not held computer programming required

optional, not held ICT security standards optional
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

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required

required, not held design cloud architecture required
required, not held design cloud networks required
required, not held design database in the cloud required
required, not held design for organisational complexity required
required, not held respond to incidents in cloud required

04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held implement cloud security and compliance required
required, not held analyse business requirements required

optional, not held apply risk management processes optional

05 services 1 required

required, not held cyber security required

06 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 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT system integration knowledge
already held ICT system programming 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 interpret technical texts skill
already held manage cloud data and storage skill
already held operating systems knowledge
already held solve ICT system problems skill
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held security engineering knowledge

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT security standards optional
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

48 held skills the cloud engineer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Apache Tomcat knowledge
not needed by the target role IBM WebSphere knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT recovery techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
not needed by the target role acquire system component skill
not needed by the target role adjust ICT system capacity skill
not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
not needed by the target role apply ICT system usage policies skill
not needed by the target role apply system organisational policies skill
not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
not needed by the target role domain name service knowledge
not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill
not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management 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 implement spam protection skill
not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role install signal repeaters skill
not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
not needed by the target role interfacing techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain ICT system skill
not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
not needed by the target role manage system security skill
not needed by the target role manage system testing 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 network engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
not needed by the target role perform backups skill
not needed by the target role provide ICT system training skill

8 further entries not listed here

12 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 acquire Tier

required, not held cyber security required
required, not held database development tools required
required, not held service-oriented modelling required
required, not held systems theory required
required, not held web services required
required, not held computer programming required
optional, not held ICT security standards optional
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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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.