{"id":2676,"date":"2022-09-16T16:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T11:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T11:04:22","slug":"how-can-i-shift-to-a-devops-career-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/how-can-i-shift-to-a-devops-career-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I Shift to a DevOps Career?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many people consider DevOps engineers as experts of both software development and IT system operations. This could be completely true, however, not all job roles demand such diverse DevOps competency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog, we discuss how to become a DevOps engineer quickly and take smart steps to excel in the vastly demanded role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s DevOps?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Before we start DevOps career advice, let\u2019s quickly go through what\u2019s DevOps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In software development, DevOps is an emerging discipline that aims to refine the development strategy across the whole organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the software updates are fast, feedback reception and response is quick, and companies save a lot of money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With DevOps<\/a>, user experience is delivered at the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the waterfall model\u2019s insufficiency to offer efficiency in software development, the agile concept was adopted. DevOps is even a step further from agile concept, and is the next emerging solution for enterprises digital service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demand of DevOps in Global Market<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

As a result, DevOps has seen a boost in investment per year (measured as CAGR) in the global market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, DevOps market share<\/a> was valued at over USD 2b which took a splendid boost in 2021 reaching to over USD 7b. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysts report this boost a result of rapid software delivery and quality privileges by DevOps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acumen Research and Consulting forecast<\/a> a growth rate of CAGR 20% taking DevOps market size to a ballooning figure of over USD 27b by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this mean for you? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More enterprises<\/a> are adopting DevOps because of its ability to offer low-cost IT services. The microservices based service virtualization is another benefit that businesses are after, making DevOps skills increasingly in-demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the Skills of a DevOps professional?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Once you know that DevOps is a cost effective and efficient way to enable software development cycle, let\u2019s see what skillset a DevOps engineer requires for successful entry in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the abstract level (without narrowing DevOps job roles) a DevOps engineer is expected to have a good understanding of the following things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Expertise in one of the high level programming languages; Java\/C++. Depending on the type of company, an object oriented programming knowledge is required.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    1. Understanding of Unix\/Linux or Windows OS. Almost 90% of web servers are based on Linux OS. However, some companies look for Microsoft DevOps expertise, and in that case understanding windows is required.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      1. Knowledge and hand-on in prominent DevOps Tools:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        1. CI\/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab), <\/li>
        2. configuration automation tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible), <\/li>
        3. container run time (Docker, rkt, cri-o, <\/li>
        4. container orchestration tools (Kubernetics), <\/li>
        5. computer system architecture.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          1. Database management<\/a> – SQL\/PSQL<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            1. Scripting language to automate cron jobs (Bash, Perl, Python<\/a>)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
              1. Knowledge of any one cloud platform<\/a>: AWS, Azure etc<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                With all these skills, where to take a start?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                We understand that DevOps skills are so versatile. Fortunately, lower level software engineering job roles offer a smart way to quickly jump to DevOps Careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                An individual from the following job roles can quickly advance in DevOps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                1. Software engineer<\/li>
                2. Quality control<\/li>
                3. DevOps Evangelist<\/li>
                4. Security officer<\/li>
                5. Automation Expert<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                  Example of DevOps Job Description<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

                  Which DevOps skills companies in Pakistan look for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  With this question in mind, we explore DevOps job descriptions across Pakistan\u2019s industrial landscape and find out that almost all DevOps job skills overlapped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  First, there\u2019s DevOps trainee jobs<\/strong>. Though rarely found, entry level DevOps skills exist specifically targeting fresh graduates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                  Example of Jr. DevOps engineer job roles<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                  Note that no advanced level DevOps skills such as experience in DevOps tools are required for this role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Next, we have companies seeking experienced professionals with versatile job roles across the software development life cycle, and system administration tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Following are two examples of DevOps engineer roles and responsibilities from top tech recruiters in Pakistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                  An Associate level, DevOps Engineer job description. Recruiter: Afiniti, KPK<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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                  An Associate level, DevOps Engineer job description. Recruiter: Xgrid.co<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Career Advice<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

                  A good step to initiate a career in DevOps is by learning one skill at a time, and gradually moving to the next. Doing this, within a short time, a person becomes eligible to apply for fullfleged DevOps roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Doesn\u2019t matter what your current career level is, our team at Dice Analytics has developed an 8-weeks short course to get you covered with the most common DevOps skills recruiters look for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  From installation of tools, and building theoretical basis, to hands-on practical projects, our industry expert and technical assistants take you on the fastest track of upskilling your DevOps profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Visit course details<\/a> on our website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Dice Analytics<\/a> offers valuable concessions and discounts on all its courses.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  DevOps is a step ahead of agile approach to software development with its market share ballooning in the past five years. Learn a smart way to become a DevOps engineer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-devops"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2677,"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions\/2677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.dicecamp.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}