Career switch, measured
From DevOps Engineer to Data Engineer
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 45% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Python, AWS, CI/CD, Azure; the main skills to add are SQL, Spark, Airflow, Databricks.
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillDevOps EngineerData Engineer
- Python62%70%
- AWS65%54%
- CI/CD65%35%
- Azure35%28%
- Git45%22%
- Google Cloud31%20%
- Data visualization17%18%
- Kafka10%21%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Engineer postings, rarely in DevOps Engineer ones.
SkillDevOps EngineerData Engineer
- SQL7%66%
- Spark–36%
- Airflow–32%
- Databricks–30%
- Stakeholder management13%29%
- Snowflake–27%
- dbt–23%
- Machine learning6%18%
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