Engineering Role

Hire a DevOps Engineer

Find DevOps engineers who build reliable, scalable infrastructure and deployment pipelines.

Role Overview

DevOps engineers bridge the gap between software development and IT operations, building the infrastructure, tooling, and processes that enable engineering teams to ship software reliably and at scale. They design CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure, implement monitoring and alerting, and drive automation to reduce manual operational burden. The role has evolved to encompass platform engineering and site reliability engineering (SRE).

A Day in the Life

DevOps engineers manage cloud infrastructure, troubleshoot production incidents, optimize CI/CD pipelines, implement infrastructure as code, set up monitoring and alerting, automate repetitive tasks, conduct capacity planning, and collaborate with development teams on deployment strategies and architecture decisions.

Career Path

DevOps Engineer → Senior DevOps Engineer → Staff/Principal DevOps Engineer → Engineering Manager (Platform) → Director of Infrastructure → VP of Engineering

Why Use a Specialized Recruiter?

DevOps/platform engineering requires evaluating a complex matrix of skills across cloud platforms, IaC tools, container orchestration, observability, and scripting languages. Understanding whether a candidate's Kubernetes experience is hobby-level or production-grade requires specialized technical screening.

Quick Facts

Salary Range:
$120,000 - $200,000
Experience Levels:
Mid-Level to Staff (3-15+ years)

Key Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi)CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)Monitoring (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)Linux administration

Common Industries

Valued Certifications

AWS Solutions ArchitectCKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)HashiCorp Terraform AssociateGCP Professional Cloud Engineer

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering?
DevOps focuses on CI/CD, automation, and development/operations collaboration. SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) emphasizes service reliability, SLOs/SLIs, and incident response — more operational. Platform Engineering focuses on building internal developer platforms (IDPs) and self-service infrastructure. In practice, there is significant overlap.
Which cloud platform experience is most in demand?
AWS leads in market share and demand, followed by GCP and Azure. Multi-cloud experience is increasingly valued. We match candidates to your specific cloud environment and can identify engineers with experience migrating between platforms.
Do DevOps engineers need to code?
Yes. Modern DevOps engineers are expected to be proficient in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or TypeScript are most common) for automation, tooling, and infrastructure as code. Pure ops experience without coding ability is insufficient for most senior DevOps roles.

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