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In this video, we will discuss who is a DevOps Engineer?
So let us begin.
Who are DevOps Engineers?
DevOps engineers are a group of influential individuals who encapsulates the depth of
knowledge and years of hands-on experience around a wide variety of open source technologies
and tools.
They come with core attributes which involve an ability to code and script, data management
skills as well as a strong focus on business outcomes.
They are rightly called “Special Forces” who hold core attributes around collaboration,
open communication and reaching across functional borders.
DevOps engineer always shows interest and comfort working with frequent, incremental
code testing and deployment.
With a strong grasp of automation tools, these individuals are expected to move the business
quicker and forward, at the same time giving a stronger technology advantage.
In nutshell, a DevOps engineer must have a solid interest in scripting and coding, skill
in taking care of deployment automation, framework computerization and capacity to deal with
the version control system.
Demand for people with DevOps skills is growing rapidly because businesses get great results
from DevOps.
Organizations using DevOps practices are overwhelmingly high-functioning: They deploy code up to 30
times more frequently than their competitors, and 50 percent fewer of their deployments
fail.
Some of the characteristics or attributes of a great DevOps Engineer are-
Experience in a wide range of open source tools and techniques
Broad knowledge of Sysadmin and Ops roles Expertise in software coding, testing, and
deployment Experiences on DevOps Automation tools like
Ansible, Puppet, and Chef Experience in Continuous Integration, Delivery
& Deployment Industry-wide experience in implementation
of DevOps solutions for team collaborations A firm knowledge of the various computer programming
languages Good awareness in Agile Methodology of Project
Management The ability to connect the technical and business
goals
So what do DevOps Engineers do?
* The first and foremost critical role of a
DevOps Engineer is to be an effective communicator.
A DevOps Engineer is required to be a bridge between the silos and bring different teams
together to work towards a common goal.
Hence, you can think of DevOps Engineers as “IT Project Managers”.
They typically work on a DevOps team with other professionals in a similar role, each
managing their own piece of the infrastructure puzzle.
The second critical role of a DevOps Engineer is to be an Expert Collaborator.
This is because the role requires you to build upon the work of your counterparts on the
development and IT teams to scale cloud programs, create workflow processes, assign tenants
and more.
Thirdly, a DevOps engineer can be rightly called “Mentor” as a lot of time of a
DevOps Engineer is spent in mentoring and educating software developers and architecture
teams within an organization on how to create software that is easily scalable.
He also collaborates with IT and security teams to ensure quality releases.
Next, they need to be “customer-service oriented” individuals.
The DevOps Engineer is a customer-service oriented, team player who can emerge from
a number of different work and educational backgrounds, but through their experience
has developed the right skill set to move into DevOps.
The DevOps Engineer is an important IT team member because they work with an internal
customer.
This includes QC personnel, software and application developers, project managers and project stakeholders
usually from within the same organization.
Even though they rarely work with external customers or end-users, but they keep a close
eye on a “customer first” mindset to satisfy the needs of their internal clients.
Not to miss out, DevOps engineer holds broad knowledge and experience with Infrastructure
automation tools.
A key element of DevOps is automation.
A lot of the manual tasks performed by the more traditional system administrator and
engineering roles can be automated by using scripting languages like Python, Ruby, Bash,
Shell, Node.js.
This ensures consistent performance of manual tasks by removing the human component and
allowing teams to spend the saved time on more of the broader goals of the team and
company.
Hence, a DevOps engineer must possess the ability to implement automation technologies
and tools at any level, from requirements to development to testing and operations
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