Becoming a DevOps Engineer: Role and Responsibilities

A DevOps Engineer is a great job that often has you working as a combination of a developer, a systems operator, and an automation expert. As a result, there are always interesting problems to solve on a variety of topics.

Common DevOps job roles

I’ve worked in many teams doing this job, and I’ve also helped thousands of students who are currently in this role or want to do this job.

However, the title “DevOps Engineer” itself is confusing, and no one can agree on what precisely a DevOps Engineer is (or does). So, for now, let’s list some typical activities you might have in this role:

• Providing leadership and guidance for reducing the time it takes to deploy a software change.
• Managing CI (continuous integration) systems and pipelines.
• Creating automated software builds and testing.
• Designing and implementing infrastructure.
• Automating infrastructure buildout and maintenance.
• Managing and enhancing logging and monitoring systems.
• Providing developers with self-service tools for provisioning systems, deploying code, and running tests.

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