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Roles and Responsibilities of a DevOps Engineer
Every major enterprise in the market tends to depend on critical IT infrastructure that ranges from
website to software or application platforms. The DevOps Engineer is responsible for building tools
that support such mission-critical infrastructures. DevOps Engineers form the core of the
engineering department, and also support deployment of traffic management services and shared
infrastructure. Such Engineers also constantly support existing websites and application.
Given below is the detailed Process Flow for successful DevOps Delivery, as followed by most
enterprises in today’s market:
Source:ibm.com
DevOps staff works hand in hand with various engineering and technical departments to deploy
code, provide operational support for fresh software and debugging production hassles. DevOps
individuals and teams also function in the troubleshooting of enterprise software.
In terms of authority, DevOps Engineers can exercise critical decisions without extensive oversight or
approvals for decisions on resource building, automation processes, tools and a lot more.
Objectives and Responsibilities of a DevOps Engineer
1. Management
The DevOps Engineer ensures compliance to standards by monitoring the enterprise software and
online websites. The engineer also regulates tools and processes in the engineering department and
catalyses their simultaneous enhancement and evolution. Along with this, they also actively build
and enhance platform services including website software and applications. They also host and
manage databases.
Given below are the obstacles to implement DevOps and the best practices that can be used to get
through them.
Source:linkit.nl
DevOps staff also checks and monitor alarms on a periodic basis, detects and analyses root causes.
They also deploy preventive processes to stop issue recurrences along with complete ownership and
accountability of enterprise web-service performance. While handling capacity planning, they also
ensure enterprise software is deployed in scalable architecture.
Learn DevOps from Industry Experts
2. Design and Development
Design and Development of enterprise infrastructure and its architecture is one of the major
responsibilities that DevOps Engineers are tasked with. Such Engineers are highly skilled coders
which enable them to script tools aimed at enhancing developer productivity.
Source:image.slidesharecdn.com
Automated risk-management techniques are also enabled by such Engineers by designing, testing
and deploying the same. He/she will also uphold core infrastructures running the Enterprise’s online
practices. Also maintained by these Engineers will be Business’s configuration and deployment tools
like Puppet and Terraform.
3. Collaboration and Support
The DevOps’ Modus Operandi is to collaborate extensively and yield results in all aspects of their
work. Everything ranging from technical analyses to deployment and monitoring is handled, with the
focus to enhance overall system reliability and scalability. The diagram below gives one a clear
picture of the values that define DevOps.
Source:eblogline.com
They achieve this through periodic and consistent communication and interaction with the IT
department in troubleshooting apps and software. They also keep an eye on cost-effectiveness and
performance requirement.
4. Knowledge
DevOps staff and Engineers aid in promotion of knowledge sharing and overall DevOps culture
throughout the engineering department. They also have to stay on top of industry trends and best
practices whilst recognizing opportunities for automation, design development and other solutions
in a comprehensive manner to boost operational efficiency.
5. Versatile Duties
DevOps staff and Engineers also take on work delegated by IT director, CTO, DevOps head and more.
They will also perform similar duties to the designations mentioned above.
Required Qualifications of a DevOps Engineer
1. Education
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science and other associated fields are
suitable qualifications for this position. Also considered for this position is experience compatible
with the fields mentioned above.
Register for DevOps Free Live Webinar
2. Experience
Experience in development of large scale software solutions in languages ranging from Python, .NET,
Java, and JavaScript are the massive advantages for a DevOps Engineer. Also valued would be
experience with Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and MySQL. Linux server administration or a deep
understanding of Linux/Unix is also very helpful in this case.
Source:image.slidesharecdn.com
Puppet, or Chef or any other configuration management tools will also help in succeeding as a
DevOps engineer in the long run. Approaches such as risk-management, clustering, load balancing
and failover will also prove useful in this case.
3. Communication and Interpersonal Skills
The cross-domain nature of DevOps by itself requires a thorough set of interpersonal and
communication skills. This will ensure greater ease in eliciting and facilitating collaboration efforts
amongst neighbouring technical and engineering teams. (Technical) Communication skills are the
bread and butter of DevOps individuals so that issues can be resolved quickly before they branch out
into further bugs and hitches. And a greater set of interpersonal skills will help in avoiding inter-
departmental conflicts and personal grudges.
Conclusion
DevOps is an ideology at its core and can involve Engineers skilled across various domains and
departments. As such, DevOps personnel are ever fluid within the organization, taking on many roles
at various times to enable creation of efficient enterprise processes and enhancement of the existing
ones. If there was ever a time to take on DevOps roles in your current organization this is it!

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Roles and Responsibilities of a DevOps Engineer

  • 1. Roles and Responsibilities of a DevOps Engineer Every major enterprise in the market tends to depend on critical IT infrastructure that ranges from website to software or application platforms. The DevOps Engineer is responsible for building tools that support such mission-critical infrastructures. DevOps Engineers form the core of the engineering department, and also support deployment of traffic management services and shared infrastructure. Such Engineers also constantly support existing websites and application. Given below is the detailed Process Flow for successful DevOps Delivery, as followed by most enterprises in today’s market: Source:ibm.com DevOps staff works hand in hand with various engineering and technical departments to deploy code, provide operational support for fresh software and debugging production hassles. DevOps individuals and teams also function in the troubleshooting of enterprise software. In terms of authority, DevOps Engineers can exercise critical decisions without extensive oversight or approvals for decisions on resource building, automation processes, tools and a lot more.
  • 2. Objectives and Responsibilities of a DevOps Engineer 1. Management The DevOps Engineer ensures compliance to standards by monitoring the enterprise software and online websites. The engineer also regulates tools and processes in the engineering department and catalyses their simultaneous enhancement and evolution. Along with this, they also actively build and enhance platform services including website software and applications. They also host and manage databases. Given below are the obstacles to implement DevOps and the best practices that can be used to get through them. Source:linkit.nl DevOps staff also checks and monitor alarms on a periodic basis, detects and analyses root causes. They also deploy preventive processes to stop issue recurrences along with complete ownership and accountability of enterprise web-service performance. While handling capacity planning, they also ensure enterprise software is deployed in scalable architecture. Learn DevOps from Industry Experts 2. Design and Development Design and Development of enterprise infrastructure and its architecture is one of the major responsibilities that DevOps Engineers are tasked with. Such Engineers are highly skilled coders which enable them to script tools aimed at enhancing developer productivity. Source:image.slidesharecdn.com
  • 3. Automated risk-management techniques are also enabled by such Engineers by designing, testing and deploying the same. He/she will also uphold core infrastructures running the Enterprise’s online practices. Also maintained by these Engineers will be Business’s configuration and deployment tools like Puppet and Terraform. 3. Collaboration and Support The DevOps’ Modus Operandi is to collaborate extensively and yield results in all aspects of their work. Everything ranging from technical analyses to deployment and monitoring is handled, with the focus to enhance overall system reliability and scalability. The diagram below gives one a clear picture of the values that define DevOps. Source:eblogline.com They achieve this through periodic and consistent communication and interaction with the IT department in troubleshooting apps and software. They also keep an eye on cost-effectiveness and performance requirement. 4. Knowledge DevOps staff and Engineers aid in promotion of knowledge sharing and overall DevOps culture throughout the engineering department. They also have to stay on top of industry trends and best practices whilst recognizing opportunities for automation, design development and other solutions in a comprehensive manner to boost operational efficiency. 5. Versatile Duties DevOps staff and Engineers also take on work delegated by IT director, CTO, DevOps head and more. They will also perform similar duties to the designations mentioned above. Required Qualifications of a DevOps Engineer 1. Education A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science and other associated fields are suitable qualifications for this position. Also considered for this position is experience compatible with the fields mentioned above. Register for DevOps Free Live Webinar
  • 4. 2. Experience Experience in development of large scale software solutions in languages ranging from Python, .NET, Java, and JavaScript are the massive advantages for a DevOps Engineer. Also valued would be experience with Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and MySQL. Linux server administration or a deep understanding of Linux/Unix is also very helpful in this case. Source:image.slidesharecdn.com Puppet, or Chef or any other configuration management tools will also help in succeeding as a DevOps engineer in the long run. Approaches such as risk-management, clustering, load balancing and failover will also prove useful in this case. 3. Communication and Interpersonal Skills The cross-domain nature of DevOps by itself requires a thorough set of interpersonal and communication skills. This will ensure greater ease in eliciting and facilitating collaboration efforts amongst neighbouring technical and engineering teams. (Technical) Communication skills are the bread and butter of DevOps individuals so that issues can be resolved quickly before they branch out into further bugs and hitches. And a greater set of interpersonal skills will help in avoiding inter- departmental conflicts and personal grudges. Conclusion DevOps is an ideology at its core and can involve Engineers skilled across various domains and departments. As such, DevOps personnel are ever fluid within the organization, taking on many roles at various times to enable creation of efficient enterprise processes and enhancement of the existing ones. If there was ever a time to take on DevOps roles in your current organization this is it!