Career switch, measured
From Data Engineer 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, Python, Databricks; the main skills to add are Sales, Leadership, Customer success, Product management.
62%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData EngineerCloud Engineer
- AWS54%68%
- Azure28%36%
- Python70%33%
- Databricks30%19%
- Google Cloud20%27%
- SQL66%18%
- LLMs19%26%
- Stakeholder management29%41%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Cloud Engineer postings, rarely in Data Engineer ones.
SkillData EngineerCloud Engineer
- Sales8%64%
- Leadership22%47%
- Customer success–26%
- Product management–13%
- C#–9%
- Process improvement–8%
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