DevOps Engineer
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- What's it like to be a DevOps Engineer?
- How to become a DevOps Engineer
- Latest DevOps Engineer jobs
- Top skills and experience for DevOps Engineers
- DevOps Engineer role reviews
What's it like to be a DevOps Engineer?
DevOps engineers are IT professionals who oversee the development and use of software in an organisation. They use a mix of hard and soft skills to overcome barriers and bring coding and operations teams together in order to accelerate software development. Their focus is on outcomes for end users.
Tasks and duties
- Designing tools and processes for managing IT infrastructure.
- Writing code in programming languages.
- Automating workloads across cloud providers.
- Automating testing and deployment processes.
- Creating tools and processes designed to increase user experience.
- Managing version control via Git and similar systems.
How to become a DevOps Engineer
To become a DevOps Engineer you usually need a degree and industry experience.
Complete a Bachelor of Computing or related degree specialising in software development. This usually takes three to four years of study.
Secure an entry-level job in a software-related field and build industry experience.
To progress your career, consider further study such as a Master of Engineering (Software), Master of Software Development or additional industry certifications in DevOps, Agile and related fields.
