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title: "IT Automation: Skills You Need to Succeed in This Growing Area"
description: As part of the process of automating the transition of legacy systems to the cloud, tech professionals should also become familiar with Spark, Java and Python, suggested Chetan Mathur, CEO at Next Pathway, an automated cloud migration company.
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# [IT Automation: Skills You Need to Succeed in This Growing Area](https://blog.nextpathway.com/growing-it-automation-skills-dice)

 Written by [Next Pathway](https://blog.nextpathway.com/author/admin) | 4/22/22 6:46 PM

Robotic process automation (RPA), which lets people offload repetitive manual tasks using bots and management tools, is a key part of automation that technologists should learn. Businesses need people with RPA skills such as coding, business process knowledge, process mapping, change management and data analytics, according to [TechTarget](https://www.techtarget.com/searchapparchitecture/tip/The-7-crucial-RPA-developer-skills).

As part of the process of automating the transition of legacy systems to the cloud, tech professionals should also become familiar with [Spark](https://www.dice.com/jobs/q-Spark-jobs), Java and [Python](https://www.dice.com/jobs/q-Python-jobs), suggested Chetan Mathur, CEO at [Next Pathway](https://www.nextpathway.com/), an automated cloud migration company.

You can read the full article here: [IT Automation: Skills You Need to Succeed in This Growing Area](https://insights.dice.com/2022/04/21/it-automation-skills-you-need-to-succeed-in-this-growing-area/)

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