Infrastructure & Cloud
DevOps / Site Reliability career guide
Automates build, deploy and operations; keeps services reliable and observable.
Job titles
- DevOps Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Platform Engineer
Skills employers ask for
- CI/CD
- Infrastructure as code
- Containers
- Orchestration
- Observability
- Incident response
- SLOs
- Release management
- Automation
- Configuration management
- GitOps
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Helm
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
Certifications for DevOps / Site Reliability roles
- CKA
- CKAD
- AWS DevOps Engineer
- Terraform Associate
- AZ-400
- RHCSA
- Linux+
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What does a DevOps / Site Reliability do?
Automates build, deploy and operations; keeps services reliable and observable.
What skills does a DevOps / Site Reliability need?
Common skills in DevOps / Site Reliability postings include CI/CD, Infrastructure as code, Containers, Orchestration, Observability, Incident response, SLOs, Release management, Automation, Configuration management.
Which certifications help for DevOps / Site Reliability roles?
Employers often ask for CKA, CKAD, AWS DevOps Engineer, Terraform Associate, AZ-400, RHCSA.
How many DevOps / Site Reliability jobs are open?
ReconHire lists about 182 recent postings that match DevOps / Site Reliability titles, and 33 of them are remote.
How much does a DevOps / Site Reliability make?
Among 46 recent postings that list pay, the middle half falls between $149k and $203k a year, with a median near $175k. Pay varies by city, experience and employer.