Career switch, measured
From Data Engineer to Data Architect
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 74% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Databricks, Snowflake, SQL, AWS; the main skills to add are Leadership, Regulatory compliance, Data analysis, Process improvement.
74%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData EngineerData Architect
- Databricks30%31%
- Snowflake27%34%
- SQL66%38%
- AWS54%34%
- Spark36%22%
- Azure28%25%
- dbt23%16%
- Kafka21%16%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Architect postings, rarely in Data Engineer ones.
SkillData EngineerData Architect
- Leadership22%56%
- Regulatory compliance8%31%
- Data analysis12%25%
- Process improvement–19%
- Sales8%19%
- Cybersecurity–16%
- ERP systems–16%
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