Career switch, measured
From DevOps Engineer to Cloud Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 57% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Python; the main skills to add are Sales, Stakeholder management, LLMs, Customer success.
57%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillDevOps EngineerCloud Engineer
- AWS65%68%
- Azure35%36%
- Google Cloud31%27%
- Python62%33%
- Kubernetes71%16%
- CI/CD65%14%
- Java13%15%
- Terraform55%9%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Cloud Engineer postings, rarely in DevOps Engineer ones.
SkillDevOps EngineerCloud Engineer
- Sales–64%
- Stakeholder management13%41%
- LLMs10%26%
- Customer success–26%
- Databricks–19%
- SQL7%18%
- Product management–13%
- Machine learning6%13%
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