Career switch, measured
From Information Security Engineer to DevOps Engineer
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 39% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Python, AWS, Azure, Linux; the main skills to add are Kubernetes, Terraform, Git, Docker.
39%
skill overlap
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open DevOps Engineer postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillInformation Security EngineerDevOps Engineer
- Python43%62%
- AWS38%65%
- Azure29%35%
- Linux25%40%
- Network administration14%11%
- Troubleshooting20%34%
- Google Cloud12%31%
- CI/CD13%65%
Skills to add
Asked for often in DevOps Engineer postings, rarely in Information Security Engineer ones.
SkillInformation Security EngineerDevOps Engineer
- Kubernetes11%71%
- Terraform8%55%
- Git5%45%
- Docker6%33%
- Budgeting–17%
- Data visualization8%17%
- Postgres–14%
- Root cause analysis–10%
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