Where Can the Cloud Take Your Career?

In the last few months we have written a few articles discussing careers related to cloud computing.  We shared an article in November, The Forecast for Cloud Computing Careers, which talked about the promising job growth the cloud sector has been experiencing and what that means for career prospects and the longevity of cloud computing in general.  In January our article, Move Your Career to the Cloud, detailed a few ideas on how to obtain a job in the cloud computing field.  Today we are going to share some more thoughts on the cloud computing job market culled from an article published on cloudtimes.org by Florence de Borja.

De Borja opens her article with some interesting thoughts on the current state of cloud computing as it relates to the job market, “With the present impact of cloud computing on data access and storage, job descriptions are also experiencing some sort of a metamorphosis as businesses move to the clouds. This welcome change isn’t only transforming the IT departments but also the company, as a whole. Today, IT is no longer relegated to fixing issues. Employees in IT departments are now expected to search for cost effective cloud computing applications. With cloud computing, Chief Information Officers can now focus on creating business strategies rather than devote their time to fixing IT problems. There is now a growing demand for cloud strategy consultants, cloud architects, and cloud service planners.”

The Center for Economics and Business Research and EMC recently released a report claiming that the growing demand for cloud computing services will generate at least 446,000 jobs yearly until 2015. Hotel, retail, and distribution sectors are expected to benefit the most but the public sector is expected to be in great need of about 801,000 cloud computing professionals for the next 5 years. For business, financial, and banking services, around 207,000 cloud positions will be created.

De Borja believes that those seeking careers in cloud computing would benefit from having managerial skills because they will be expected to take the lead in evaluating cloud computing offerings, creating an organization’s strategy towards its planned movement to the clouds, negotiating services and contracts with cloud providers, working with the organization’s legal and procurement departments, as well as choosing the appropriate cloud applications for the company.

In addition to managerial skills, there will be a need for other cloud professionals such as cloud product managers, cloud network engineers, cloud systems engineers, cloud consultants, cloud systems administrators, cloud developers, cloud engineers, cloud sales executives, and cloud software engineers. For these jobs, prospective employees will need skills such as project management, leadership, and business communication skills; negotiating and supplier relationship skills; planning, analysis, and business architectural skills; and technical proficiency.

As you can see, there is a huge variety of career options if you are interested in moving your career to the cloud computing sector.  The growth and expansion in the cloud industry is an extremely positive indicator of the longevity expected to be found in cloud computing.  If you have questions about cloud computing, The Vested Group is here to help.  We have offices in Dallas, TX and Tampa, FL ready to serve your cloud computing needs.