Career switch, measured
From Data Architect to Cloud Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 62% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Azure, Stakeholder management, Databricks; the main skills to add are Sales, LLMs, Customer success, Kubernetes.
62%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData ArchitectCloud Engineer
- AWS34%68%
- Azure25%36%
- Stakeholder management47%41%
- Databricks31%19%
- Leadership56%47%
- SQL38%18%
- Python22%33%
- Google Cloud16%27%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Cloud Engineer postings, rarely in Data Architect ones.
SkillData ArchitectCloud Engineer
- Sales19%64%
- LLMs–26%
- Customer success–26%
- Kubernetes–16%
- Java–15%
- Product management–13%
- Machine learning–13%
- Marketing–11%
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