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With the popularity of hybrid clouds, there is a growing demand for IT professionals who can effectively design, implement, and optimize this modern computing method.

As the term hybrid cloud implies, cloud computing now requires hybrid human skills. If IT professionals have never dealt with an on-premises infrastructure, then all cloud computing certifications may not make them a hybrid cloud expert.

IT professionals need to consider their hybrid cloud career development or want to be a hybrid cloud talent from a leadership perspective, in terms of specific skills, not specific positions. In related areas such as DevOps, this will be a hot position, which is not necessarily suitable for the "hybrid cloud", which needs to be across industries and related to a wide range of roles in IT.

Most IT people say that hybrid deployment is the future of IT. In fact, according to research firm 451Research, when describing the results of the latest cloud computing survey: "the future of IT is multi-cloud and hybrid cloud, and 69% of respondents plan to have some kind of multi-cloud environment by 2019."

This means that the competition for talents in the market is becoming increasingly fierce. "there is a strong demand for hybrid cloud talent," said Blake Angove, director of technical services at recruitment firm LaSalle Network. "

Angove and other experts have expressed their views on hybrid cloud skills. However, savvy IT professionals not only chase this hot trend, they also invest in future skills and can prove their resumes. To this end, experts emphasize that this may have power or skills that appear on the future wish list of recruiters. Here are their suggestions (in no particular order).

1. Automation, configuration management, and infrastructure as code

Hybrid and multi-cloud environments introduce new operational considerations and complexity. Automation is a key part of the most successful strategy for achieving hybrid cloud goals and benefits, while reducing complexity. It can be thought of as an umbrella for more specific requirements, such as scripting and automation of application configuration or enterprise infrastructure environments.

"Automation at all levels is key." Said Lee Whalen, the head of Fuzzy Logic. In this case, experience with configuration management tools is generally welcomed in hybrid cloud environments.

"We still see a lot of demand for configuration management skills." Michael Kowal, head of cloud computing practice at AHEAD, says he points out that these tools and skills can meet internal and external consumption patterns.

In general, scripting and coding skills are playing an increasingly important role in hybrid cloud data centers, because the infrastructure itself has become more programmable-the terminology and practices of "infrastructure is code" (or "data center is code") has emerged in some scenarios.

"Cloud-based data centers (public, private, or hybrid) are rapidly becoming data centers or code, so the ability to create infrastructure templates, manage scripts, and infrastructure pipelines is important." Said Chris Hansen, director of cloud computing practice at SPR.

two。 Source control management

Hansen adds that all of this code creates a related requirement: the ability to manage source (or version) control effectively and efficiently.

"it is critical to understand how to manage these artifacts and store them properly in source control." He said.

3. Experience in multiple types of environment

As mentioned at the beginning, the term "hybrid cloud" itself refers to the hybrid skills needed: enterprises need to develop skills and experience for multiple types of environments, including traditional physical infrastructure.

Chris Gutierrez, director of cloud engineering for OnEnKIT IT solutions, points out that core IT skills around computing, networking, storage, and security are still important in the era of cloud computing. But it affects both professional managers and hiring managers.

"leveraging these skills in cloud computing and in-house deployment is a thorny issue," Gutierrez said.

If IT personnel come from a traditional infrastructure background, that may mean training and experience on one or more cloud computing platforms.

"what is needed now is professionals with hands-on and ultra-large-scale cloud computing architecture experience," said Todd Loeppke, chief technology officer of Sungard AS.

On the other hand, if IT people think they have some interest in the "local cloud", they may need some traditional physical infrastructure skills that usually remain relevant in a hybrid cloud environment.

"experience in PXE booting, large-scale DHCP, dynamic updating of physical infrastructure architectures such as DNS, IPAM software, etc., will be helpful to meet recruitment needs." Said Whalen of Fuzzy Logic.

In fact, Whalen puts forward an insight in the traditional thinking around the skills shortage of IT. "many people with traditional skills around physical hardware configuration and inventory / lifecycle management are harder to find than experienced DevOps engineers or field reliability engineers with standard skills today," he said.

4. Workload suitability assessment

Gutierrez points to a related feature that is often overlooked, which can help different hybrid clouds: correctly matching the right workload to the right environment.

It's a good thing to have experience with multiple types of environments. Things are much better when IT people understand the best use cases for these different environments.

"it's also important to identify whether the platform should be in the cloud or in the traditional stack," Gutierrez said.

5. Security, audit and compliance

Angove points out that from a recruitment perspective, long-term IT security requirements are also necessary, if not more, in hybrid cloud environments.

"Enterprises need people who can provide the right protocols for hybrid cloud environments to ensure that anyone connected to or working in the cloud complies with the organization's compliance rules." "Security is currently the top concern for most organizations, and they are looking for professionals who can help secure the hybrid cloud," Angove said.

6. Database management

Angove also said that cloud-oriented databases have attracted a lot of attention. "IT people have database management skills and need to be able to process data and understand cloud-based data warehouses, such as NoSQL, and there is a high demand," he said.

7. Focus on the future: containers, microservices, etc.

As in emerging areas, IT professionals need to have the following skills as they move forward:

Containers and choreography, especially Kubernetes

Micro-service architecture

Set up and use continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline

Internet of things architecture design, including edge computing

Serverless computing

Building skills and experience in these areas (or some of their combinations) may be a good choice for hybrid cloud environments for the foreseeable future.

More skills: clarify how hybrid clouds drive business goals

Want to really stand out from non-hybrid cloud professionals? There is a non-technical attribute that can help you do this: a deep understanding of the reasons behind the hybrid cloud and the ability to communicate and communicate widely within the organization. This is one of the recurring features mentioned by experts.

"the hybrid cloud is currently well known in the enterprise, so professionals in this field should have strong communication skills to be able to explain the business value of the hybrid cloud and any process improvement environment brought about by the migration to the hybrid cloud." Angove said.

This is a timeless skill.

Kowal said: "it is important to learn new technologies on platforms, but it will provide more evidence for future career development to be able to explain clearly why these platforms are valuable outside of technology."

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