Career switch, measured
From DevOps Engineer to Database Administrator
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 SQL, Stakeholder management, Databricks, Warehouse operations.
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skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillDevOps EngineerDatabase Administrator
- AWS65%47%
- Azure35%37%
- Python62%31%
- CI/CD65%25%
- Google Cloud31%22%
- Troubleshooting34%30%
- Postgres14%30%
- Terraform55%13%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Database Administrator postings, rarely in DevOps Engineer ones.
SkillDevOps EngineerDatabase Administrator
- SQL7%55%
- Stakeholder management13%37%
- Databricks–23%
- Warehouse operations–22%
- Snowflake–20%
- Security operations–13%
- Power BI–11%
- BigQuery–11%
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