Salary Range
$90,000 – $165,000
Job Outlook
22% growth through 2032
Education
Bachelor's in Computer Science or IT; experience often valued over degree
Work Settings
Remote, Hybrid
About This Career
DevOps Engineers bridge development and operations by building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure, and ensuring reliable, scalable deployments.
Top Skills
KubernetesDockerTerraformCI/CD pipelinesLinux administrationMonitoring (Prometheus/Grafana)Scripting (Bash/Python)
Typical Responsibilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Automate infrastructure provisioning
- Monitor system health and performance
- Manage container orchestration
- Respond to production incidents
- Implement security best practices
Common Certifications
✓ AWS Solutions Architect✓ CKA✓ Docker Certified✓ HashiCorp Terraform✓ GCP Professional
Career Progression
1
Junior DevOps Engineer
0-2 years experience
2
DevOps Engineer
2-5 years experience
3
Senior DevOps / SRE
5-8 years experience
4
Staff SRE / Platform Lead
8+ years experience
ATS Keywords to Include in Your Resume
CI/CDKubernetesDockerTerraforminfrastructure as codemonitoringautomation
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Hiring Industries
SaaSCloud ProvidersFinanceE-commerceStartups
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