Career switch, measured
From Database Administrator to Cloud Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 69% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Azure, Databricks, Python; the main skills to add are Sales, LLMs, Customer success, Kubernetes.
69%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillDatabase AdministratorCloud Engineer
- AWS47%68%
- Azure37%36%
- Databricks23%19%
- Python31%33%
- Google Cloud22%27%
- Stakeholder management37%41%
- SQL55%18%
- Snowflake20%11%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Cloud Engineer postings, rarely in Database Administrator ones.
SkillDatabase AdministratorCloud Engineer
- Sales6%64%
- LLMs12%26%
- Customer success–26%
- Kubernetes7%16%
- Product management–13%
- Marketing–11%
- C#–9%
- Process improvement–8%
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