What does a cloud IT career really mean?

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Rich Hein.

The push is on to put more infrastructure and services in the cloud, but what does that mean for the cloud technology job market? The term cloud computing has become part of the vernacular in companies of all industries and sizes. Over the past few years, more and more companies are moving to the cloud to save money, scale more easily and achieve faster times to production.

If you frequent job boards or listen to chatter about cloud jobs, there is an explosion of career opportunities, but according to David Foote of Foote Partners, a Florida-based analyst firm that specialises in IT analysis and forecasting, cloud roles have yet to be clearly defined. "We’re in a period of transition where we’re moving to the next level of what cloud means," Foote says. The challenge many companies face, Foote says, is that we have yet to define the skills necessary for leveraging all the cloud has to offer, and as a result there’s a lot of confusion over what a cloud role really is…

Time for a new look at cloud careers

Foote Partners reports that it is rethinking its definition of what the cloud is now compared to the last four years. Foote says the analyst firm is starting from scratch using its network of more than 2,500 companies to figure out what roles and responsibilities specifically tie into cloud and if/how they break down into different tiers. "We need to retool our own view of the cloud now that is has become more mainstream and there are so many players in the market," says Foote…

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