Database of Technical Skills (260 Entries)

Technical skills are abilities and knowledge that relate to information technology. This includes skills related to the use, development, design, architecture, operation, management and governance of technology.

All (265)

Coding (52)

Architecture (60)

Cybersecurity (38)

Cloud (28)

Data & Databases (48)

DevOps (32)

Systems (11)

Digital Literacy (16)

AJAX	API Design
API Development	API Gateways
API Security	Agile Methodologies
Algorithms	Ansible
Application Architecture	Application Security
Architectural Patterns	Architecture Principles
Asynchronous Communication	Authentication & Authorization
Automated Deployment	Automated Testing
Backend Development	Backup & Restore
Behavior-Driven Development	Benchmarking
Big Data	Block Storage
Blockchain	Blue-Green Deployments
Build Automation	Build Tools
Business Alignment	Business Intelligence (BI)
Business Process Modeling	C++
Caching Strategies	Capacity Planning
Cloud Architectures	Cloud Automation
Cloud Cost Management	Cloud Databases
Cloud Infrastructure Management	Cloud Security
Cloud Services	Cloud Storage
Cloud-native Development	Clustering
Code Documentation	Code Quality
Code Reviews	Collaboration Tools
Command-Line Interfaces	Communication Tools
Compliance Standards	Configuration Management
Container Security	Containerization
Content Delivery Networks	Content Management Systems (CMS)
Continuous Delivery (CD)	Continuous Deployment (CD)
Continuous Integration (CI)	Cost Estimates
Cost-Benefit Analysis	Cryptography
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)	Cybersecurity Awareness
Cybersecurity Standards	Data Analysis
Data Anonymization	Data Architecture
Data Backup	Data Consistency
Data Entry	Data Federation
Data Governance	Data Integration
Data Integrity	Data Lakes
Data Lifecycle Management	Data Lineage
Data Loss Prevention	Data Migration
Data Modeling	Data Partitioning
Data Profiling	Data Quality
Data Replication Strategies	Data Structures
Data Types	Data Visualization
Data Warehousing	Database Automation
Database Backup & Restore	Database Constraints
Database Deployment	Database Design
Database Partitioning	Database Performance Tuning
Database Security	Database Sharding
Databases	Debugging
Dependency Injection	Dependency Management
Design Patterns	DevOps
Digital Transformation	Disaster Recovery
Docker	Document Tools
Domain-Driven Design	ETL
Edge Computing	Email Communication
Encryption	Endpoint Security
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)	Entity-Relationship Modeling
Error Handling & Exceptions	Event-Driven Architecture
Fault Tolerance	File Management
File Storage	Firewall Configuration
Forensics	Frameworks Such as Spring For Java
Frontend Frameworks	Generative AI
Git	Graphic Design Tools
HTML/CSS	Hadoop
Hibernate	High Availability
Human Resource Management (HRM)	Hybrid Cloud
ISO 27001	IT Governance
IT Metrics	IT Service Management (ITSM)
IT Strategy	Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Incident Management	Incident Playbooks
Incident Response	Indexing
Industry & Trend Awareness	Infrastructure Automation
Infrastructure Monitoring	Infrastructure Provisioning
Infrastructure as Code	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Integration Patterns	Interoperability Standards
IoT Security	JSON
Java	JavaScript
Kubernetes	Layered Architecture
Linux	Load Balancing
Localization	Log Management
Machine Learning	Machine Learning Integration
Maintainability & Extensibility	Marketing Automation
Master Data Management	Media Tools
Message Queues	Metadata Management
Microservices	Mobile Security
Model-View-Controller (MVC)	MongoDB
Monitoring & Logging	Multi-Cloud
MySQL	NIST
Network Architecture	Network Protocols
Network Security	Networking Basics
NoSQL	Non-Functional Requirements
Normalization & Denormalization	OLTP & OLAP
ORM Frameworks	Object Storage
Object-Oriented Programming	Operating Systems
Orchestration	Password Management
Patch Management	Penetration Testing
Performance Optimization	Physical Security
Platform as a Service (PaaS)	PostgreSQL
Presentation Software	Privacy Compliance
Private Cloud	Problem Management
Process Automation	Python
Query Optimization	RESTful APIs
Recursion	Requirements Analysis
Responsive Design	Risk Assessments
Rollbacks	Root Cause Analysis
SQL	Sales Automation
Scalability	Schema Design
Scripting	Secrets Management
Secure APIs	Secure Coding
Security Architecture	Security Auditing
Security Best Practices	Security Governance
Security Information and Event Management	Security Monitoring
Security Policies	Security Testing
Serverless Architecture	Serverless Databases
Service Design	Service Discovery
Service Level Agreements (SLAs)	Service Level Indicators (SLIs)
Service Level Objectives (SLOs)	Shell Scripting
Site Reliability Engineering	Software Design
Software Development Lifecycle	Software as a Service (SaaS)
Spreadsheets	Supply Chain Management (SCM)
System Architecture	Task Automation Tools
Task Management	Technical Debt Management
Technical Leadership	Technology Roadmaps
Terraform	Test-Driven Development
Third-Party Risk Management	Threat Intelligence
Threat Modeling	Transactions
TypeScript	UI Development
Unit Testing	Using Enterprise Software
Using Generative AI	VPNs
Version Control Systems	Virtual Private Cloud
Virtualization	Vulnerability Assessments
Web Development	Webhooks & Callbacks
Workflow Automation

Coding

There is a big difference between being able to code in a programming language and having the full skills required to be a front-end, back-end or full stack developer. Developers require knowledge of computer science such as algorithms, industry knowledge such as cloud platforms and experiences with frameworks, development processes, projects and operations.

Architecture

Architects have to know how to translate business requirements into technologies, processes and other solutions. This requires familiarity with the constraints and trade-offs inherent in any technology such as scalability, consistency, reliability, cost and performance. Architects need to be trend-aware and know how solutions are commonly structured and why.

Cybersecurity

Skills for architecting, designing, implementing, operating, monitoring and auditing technologies for security and security compliance. Users also require skills in this area known as cybersecurity awareness.

Cloud

Skills for using cloud tools and architecting, implementing and operating systems and applications using cloud technologies. This includes general knowledge related to open source cloud platforms and cloud architecture. Cloud skills can also be highly specialized to the countless cloud offerings of cloud providers.

Data & Databases

Skills for using, designing, architecting and administering traditional relational databases and more scalable NoSQL databases.

DevOps

DevOps is the end-to-end process of developing, integrating, testing, deploying and operating code. Skills in this area mostly relate to deployment and operations such as monitoring and incident management. The focus of DevOps is automating these processes using scripts and frameworks in areas such as containerization and infrastructure provisioning.

Systems

Skills related to specific technologies including open technologies and proprietary platforms. These are often specialist skills where most of the other skills above are more generalist in nature.

Digital Literacy

Skills for using technology, particularly related to common office tasks such as creating documents, communicating and collaborating.

Summary

Technical skills exist at many levels -- users, developers, architects, IT operations, IT managers and IT governance. It is common for these skills to be specialized to a particular technology. Technical skills can also be generalist skills that are broadly applicable to any technology or business domain.