Career switch, measured
From Database Administrator to DevOps Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 50% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Azure, Python, CI/CD; the main skills to add are Kubernetes, Git, Linux, Docker.
50%
skill overlap
957
open DevOps Engineer postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillDatabase AdministratorDevOps Engineer
- AWS47%65%
- Azure37%35%
- Python31%62%
- CI/CD25%65%
- Google Cloud22%31%
- Troubleshooting30%34%
- Postgres30%14%
- Terraform13%55%
Skills to add
Asked for often in DevOps Engineer postings, rarely in Database Administrator ones.
SkillDatabase AdministratorDevOps Engineer
- Kubernetes7%71%
- Git16%45%
- Linux13%40%
- Docker–33%
- Budgeting–17%
- Network administration–11%
- Root cause analysis–10%
- Kafka–10%
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