Career switch, measured
From Information Security Engineer to Cloud Engineer
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 40% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Azure, Python, Stakeholder management; the main skills to add are Sales, LLMs, Customer success, Databricks.
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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.
SkillInformation Security EngineerCloud Engineer
- AWS38%68%
- Azure29%36%
- Python43%33%
- Stakeholder management26%41%
- Google Cloud12%27%
- CI/CD13%14%
- Kubernetes11%16%
- Java11%15%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Cloud Engineer postings, rarely in Information Security Engineer ones.
SkillInformation Security EngineerCloud Engineer
- Sales–64%
- LLMs12%26%
- Customer success–26%
- Databricks–19%
- SQL–18%
- Product management–13%
- Machine learning–13%
- Snowflake–11%
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