How to become a DevOps engineer
Collaborate with development and IT operations teams to create unified and efficient process across the software development life cycle.
What does a DevOps engineer do?
A DevOps engineer bridges the gaps bewteen softare development and IT operations team to ensure agility and stability and accounted for in the development lifecycle.DevOps engineers use promote a culture of continous delivery through the introduction of specific methods, pracices and tools. They help reduce risks, help produce better code and increase speed to market.
Duties and tasks
- Lead software development teams and manage IT projects.
- Promote a culture of continuous integration and continuous development.
- Understand and write computer and programming languages.
- Monitor operations, performance testing and benchmarking.
- Design and improve IT systems and infrastructure.
- Assess or build automation tools.
- Monitor security and compliance.
Professional bodies
- The Australian Computer Society
- Information Technology Professionals Association (ITPA)
- Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Systems Engineering Society of Australia
- Engineers Australia
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