DevOps Professionals Seeking Deeper Understanding

“Really getting good with all the challenges of distributed systems is very hard without working on a real system with lots of users that'll create real situations. Understanding the basic logic of synchronizing work between distributed nodes is easy, but dealing with different traffic patterns, database deadlocks, load balancing, tracing debugging problems or bugs, doing deployments, managing the infrastructure, under the stress of real life traffic patterns is not something you can whip up”

“I am looking for experience devs to help me answer this question I have 6 YOE as a full stack dev. I have built SAAS solutions from the ground up but never where the issue of scalability had become a problem that we'd require cloud. I have build solutions in the cloud but never to the point where the product was experiencing thousands of users I want to advance in my career and while I will be undertaking cloud and architectural certificates, we all know that hands-on experience triumph theo”

“So mu company has asked me to learn Jenkians. Which tutorials or playlist would you suggest to learn jenkins? Please give your suggestions. Also, how much time does it require to learn so that I can start writing basic CI/CD pipelines. submitted by /u/naam-benaam [link] [comments]”

“Hey guys, I recently got the opportunity to move to a DevOps team, and I’m looking for some advice on how to prepare. I have around 5 years of experience working in infrastructure and systems. Most of my experience is with: VMware/vSphere and virtualization Windows and Linux administration Networking and troubleshooting NetApp and storage PowerShell scripting and automation Monitoring, backups, and general infrastructure operations I also have some beginner-level experience with Docker, Kubernet”

“Hello! As the title says, I'm a QA engineer and I'm trying to transition to a new position. Right now, I don't know whether to pick Data Engineering or DevOps. Regarding my skills, in my free time I'm learning Linux, Python (along with some MySQL), CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and currently playing around with Azure. I'm asking because both seem interesting, but I don't know which one to choose to learn further. Edit: also learnt some openshift and helm chart, because it wa”

“I left my frontend developer job about one year ago after working for more than four years because I was burned out. After leaving the job, I started learning DevOps and spent around four months studying and practicing AWS basics, Linux, Docker, Jenkins, and Terraform. However, I struggled to find a DevOps job because most companies were looking for candidates with at least two years of professional DevOps experience. I applied through different platforms, but I rarely received interview calls.”

“Was going through some job listings the other day, not actively looking, just keeping tabs on what companies in the AI infrastructure space are hiring for. Recently Saw Lyzr had a Forward Deployed Engineer opening in Bangalore and got curious to know more about it. So, I had seen the title before. Palantir made it famous. OpenAI started using it more recently. But I had always kind of lumped it in with solutions engineering or pre-sales technical roles without really understanding what makes it”

“I run Cloud Operations across 8+ AWS accounts and I'm trying to deepen into real DevOps/SRE engineering rather than stay in monitoring-and-tickets land. Looking for an honest technical gut-check on whether my day-to-day and my side projects are pointed at the right skills, or whether I'm building shallow things that look good on paper but don't hold up. What the day job actually involves: CloudWatch + EventBridge/SNS alerting across 8+ client accounts, SLA-based incident triage and r”

“Need help? Anyone with experience in Devops, CI CD, pipelines, docker , kubernetes , Linux, Terraform, AI infra or any relevant Devops skill . Can you guys please give me KT in your Free time over weekend or weekdays at your comfortable time... I am having experience in IT , learning devops but lacking hands-on experience or real project experience in devops... And due to this I am not having confidence in interview. I fumble when I am asked about project experience. I can buy you coffee or beer”

“Devops career decision advice? 3-4 years in IT helpdesk/IT support I wasn't a pro coder so had to start with tech support 24/7 To be honest i prefer work life balance 9-5 job I like devops and cloud I am okay with little coding 20-30% I thought of devops, data analyst and cybersec Currently in confusion whether to go in devops or not? I am okay with on call rotation once/twice a week in a month but not all the time/ also don't like overtime So what should I choose devops? Data analyst? C”

Location: Southern CA | Remote: Yes, remote only | Willing to relocate: NoTechnologies: Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Go, Python, Docker, Helm, Argo, Kong, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Vector, QuickwitResume/CV: [available on request]Email: open4work2026@gmail.com (want to…

“Hey all, I’m looking to seriously change my career path but I am genuinely unsure where to start. I come from a Business Management background, and am looking to get into the IT field, specifically DevOps. I realize that will not be an easy transition by any stretch of the imagination, but life needs to change, and this is my change. My question is, where and how do I even begin? I’ve heard conflicting answers from peers and family, some say that a degree is absolutely necessary, while others sa”

“Hello everyone, I'm starting my 4th year in Computer Science and I'm looking for a DevOps/Cloud related thesis subject. I want to do this thesis in collaboration with the company I'm working at, but they told me to find some possible ideas before we decide to move forward with this. I'm pretty new to DevOps and Cloud, I filled an intern position at the start of July, so I would like to avoid the very complex subjects. Thank you. submitted by /u/Bloodman104 [link] &#32”

“Hi everyone, I’m a DevOps/Cloud Engineer with around 4 years of hands-on experience and I’m currently looking for freelance, part-time, or short-term remote DevOps work. I can help with: AWS & cloud infrastructure Docker & Kubernetes Terraform / Infrastructure as Code Jenkins / GitLab CI/CD Ansible Linux administration Python & Shell scripting CI/CD pipeline setup and automation Troubleshooting and deployment automation I’m open to small tasks, ongoing freelance work, or project-base”

“When looking at private cloud deployments, it's often a balance between control and complexity. You gain a lot of flexibility with infrastructure choices, but then you're also taking on the full burden of security patching, network configuration, and hardware maintenance that a public cloud provider typically handles. Services like Google Cloud's Anthos can bridge some of that gap by bringing managed services to your own hardware, but there's still a significant operational overh”

“I've been working in a variety of tech roles for 6 years from help desk, system admin, to cloud migrations now. I have multiple certifications in Azure, GCP, CCNA, and Comptia. My current role has had multiple layoffs, so I've been looking at where to go next in my career. I've had one friend say to stay in cloud administration, devops, or to progress to SRE roles because a lot of my certs and what I have learned is similar to those paths. That it would be too long to start over and”

Hey everyone, When I learnt kubernetes and completed CKA, I didn't instantly get a chance to work on a real project. Later, i got a job and learnt a lot, but I…

“A career supporting it. Im going on 20 years now. It helps when none of your systems have a gui. A good way to learn is needing to fix really important shit under pressure. The folks who mentored me didn’t have google at their fingertips. old hats read through lots and lots of manpages.”

“I am wondering if there are any suggestions for my ride to work. I am 6 years into IT, so not new. I am pushing to get out of helpdesk and would like to take advantage to my drive to work. I am interested in SysAdmin work. Which I know is still a bit broad. I am working in Windows Environment and long-term want hybrid skills (on-premise and Cloud). Of course not looking for a car ride to be my sole time to up skill, but it is time I would like to use to learn things I can later apply. subm”

“I’ve been a cloud engineer for 4 years now. I’d say my ‘superpower’ has always been my drive and motivation to learn new things. I taught myself to become an engineer over 3 years of nights and weekends before I was lucky enough to land a junior role (which was a grueling learning curve). I’ve learned 3 languages, countless frameworks and libraries, grabbed many cloud certs and on and on. However, with genAI, I’ve found that I no longer have that drive to learn new things. Picking up a new skill”

“I have someone pushing a colleague to an Openshift virtualization position. We do multi cloud deployments, GHA heavily, ephemeral integration environments, etc. Not seeing the intersection with this guys skills or desires. Am I missing something? submitted by /u/36lbSandPiper [link] [comments]”

“I'm in Cloud/infra and so, so much is focused on development. There needs to be people with broader perspectives. I think DevOps is a good middle ground.”

“I'm curious if other DevOps/platform/SRE teams are running into the same thing my team is. We're a fairly large environment, mostly EKS, and essentially 100% IaC/Terraform. We also support multiple companies/business units, so while I'd argue our infrastructure is fairly well organized, there's inherently a lot of it and a lot of architecture and context to understand. Over the last year, our devs have sped up dramatically with AI. The company has leaned heavily into AI-assisted”

“Hey Everyone I have around 5 years of experience and would need your advice in choosing the organization. I have two offers one from MNC and other from product based company but the role is different. With product based it is kind of non technical close to managerial role (this company was my client earlier and based on relations I got the job when I asked them as none of my interviews was getting cleared) and now I got the role in MNC as Salesforce Devops Engineer role. I am in dilemma as what”

“I genuinely think DevOps or platform engineering is the area of software I enjoy the most. I like CI/CD, Terraform, cloud infrastructure, debugging weird deployment problems, trying to understand why systems fail, automating repetitive things, and generally having ownership instead of just implementing another CRUD endpoint. I’m currently a working student in an SRE/platform team in a big company in Germany. I’ve already worked on things like services from Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, Terraform,”

“This was my thinking too. Mix of GPU and CPU nodes as well as new technologies to learn and master. I’ve got some experience in basic admin work but this would expose me to really interesting technologies”

“Hi everyone, I’ve just started learning DevOps from scratch and thought it might be fun to learn together with others here. If anyone is also starting out, we can share resources, discuss concepts, and keep each other updated on our progress. I feel it’s always more motivating when a few people are learning the same thing together. Having a small group with the same goal makes the process more encouraging and enjoyable. If you’re interested, feel free to comment... submitted by /u/Mo”

“I'm currently working in DevOps/SRE and I'm trying to better understand the gap between my current experience and what is expected from DevOps/SRE engineers in other countries. My long-term goal is to work internationally, so I'm trying to be realistic about where I stand and what I need to improve before making that move. I'd really like to connect with DevOps/SRE engineers who are currently working in countries outside their home country, especially people who have gone through”

“I graduated in computer science 4 years ago and since then I've been working IT. I didn't get an internship in college, and I didn't go into programming, I had comptia certs so I just went into IT. I wanted to do cybersecurity out of college because that's the course where most of my relevant experience was. I didn't have much frontend experience so I wasn't a full stack dev fresh out of college. Anyways I'm now 4 years into my career. My title is system engineer. I d”

“So it’s really just because your team pushes VMware. Not because it’s more widely used in professional environments.”

“I'm looking to build up my virtualization skills and wanted to get some realistic advice from people in the field. I'm considering diving into VMware ESXi, but with all the recent Broadcom changes (licensing overhauls, removal of free tiers, SMBs looking at alternatives), I wanted to ask: Is ESXi still relevant enough to prioritize, or should I be spending my time on Proxmox/KVM instead? Also, for my lab setup: I don't have a spare physical server to format. My company has a unused s”

“Hi all, This is more targeted towards Indian members here but open to hearing all suggestions. Bit of a long post, TL;DR at the bottom. I'm currently at a lean, profitable product startup, ~8 months in. I'm one of 2 DevOps engineers and currently own infra across both our products. Before this, I was at a reputed vKYC platform SaaS with a team of 4 DevOps engineers. I was still fairly junior at the time, but ended up leading most of the team's work in practice. Both places have had o”

“Hey everyone — I’m looking for advice from anyone working in DevOps or DevSecOps. My background is cybersecurity with experience in Windows/Linux, VS Code, PowerShell scripting, security automation, vulnerability research, software versions, dependencies, and repositories. I understand Git/GitHub conceptually but haven’t used Git heavily in a development workflow. I’m preparing for a DevOps/software engineering opportunity involving automation, CI/CD, source control, testing, deployment, and sec”

“Alright so I'm at a consulting firm and I'm getting moved off my Linux sysadmin role onto an AWS project as a "cloud engineer". Starting soon. Not gonna lie, I'm sweating a bit. Everything I know about AWS is theory. Docs, videos, cert prep stuff. Never actually touched prod. Linux I'm fine with. Been doing it for a while. But this feels like a different beast. The project is small at least. Problem is every senior who ran it has left. All of them. So it's three jun”

“Hey participating in cloud hackathon. I'm a 2nd-year CS student, handling cloud/DevOps side — AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring. Looking for: 1 backend dev (Node/Python/Go) 1 frontend dev (React or similar) Idea I'm thinking: [1-line project pitch, or 'open to brainstorm once team's formed'] If you're in, comment or DM let's lock the idea early so we're not scrambling on day 1. submitted by /u/Remarkable-Ebb-8665 [link] [c”

“Got a homeLab. Z820 256GB RAM 8TB HDD 2TB Ssd Newbie(Blue Collar) looking to Get DevOps and K8s experience. Knowledge base: - Beginner/Intermediate linux - Touched Docker and docker compose - Beginner Terraform and Ansible - Networking: beginner - beginner K8s (K3s on one homelab). Have enough space for another Kubeadm cluster (CKA) practice. - Proxmox on homelab. Torn between using Claude to create a simple work(metrics) logging/tracking with feature updates while I handle all things ops or get”

“I’ve recently learned the basics of Kubernetes and Helm, and I’d like to build a homelab at home to get more comfortable with the kind of environment I might encounter at work. I have three PCs available, but I’m also considering starting with just one machine and adding the other two later. My goal isn’t just to have a Kubernetes cluster running. I’d like to reproduce, as much as reasonably possible, the kind of setup you’d see in a company that develops and manages applications: deploying appl”

“I shifted 4 years ago to software from mechatronics engineering. Learned backend, networks, docker & kubernetes, databases. Worked on multiple projects but never studied OS. How valuable is it to study OS? Isn’t it too low level considering I work on backend systems and want to focus more on system design, patterns and architecture textbooks? Or should i put in time first to start with OS first? Is it just for potentially passing an interview or will it benefit me in my work? submitted”

“Thanks for that. Some things to consider. Cyber does nterest me actually. I work with it a little through Data/AI governance and I did start collecting some certs a while back. I'd definitely be open to moving more on that direction. I was offered a role in a cybersecurity team internally, but it was pretty much just a risk management admin role and they wanted people in the office 3x a week. You might be onto something with APAC companies, although that does mean competition with candidates”

“I have a 12 YOE with a focus on DevOps, some python, AWS Cloudformation and MongoDB. Lately I've been less hands on but have worked on event driven architecture design and done code reviews for pipelines running with serverless components and Python SDK. Most of the data I've worked with has been csv and spreadsheet data for schedules, structured metadata and image/media key value stores. As a result I've primarily worked on MongoDB and used aggregation pipelines to join or transform”

“Looking to understand what your org structures look like? Is it a small company or a large company? What teams do you have? How do you separate responsibilities? What does support and deployment look like? submitted by /u/Appropriate-West-144 [link] [comments]”

“I’ve been looking for a DevOps/Cloud/Infrastructure role for almost a year now. I’ve applied to a lot of positions, including opportunities shared here on Reddit, but still haven’t been able to land a role. I have hands-on experience with Linux, AWS, Docker, Python, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and cloud deployments. At this point, I’m trying to understand what I might be doing wrong. Is the market really this difficult, or should I be approaching the job search differently? I’d really appr”

“Yea I've heard the fact we always work in Windows server is discounting any experience I'm getting. I assume I need to get into Linux to get applicable experience.”

“Hi there I'm not sure that it's the correct subreddit but yeah My current workplace will in foreseeable future shutdown so I'm currently getting back into studying and it's well kinda hard to kickstart it to be honest I've always wanted to have some sort of small group of like-minded people to study and well just socialize. I do believe that we all strive for such connections so here's my attempt at that If you are currently studying or working in that space I'd like”

“Experience: ~4 years (DevOps / Cloud Engineering) Certification: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional Current Location: Bangalore (Relocating permanently to Hyderabad) Notice Period: 30 Days Core Technical Stack: Cloud (AWS): EKS (Classic & Auto Mode), ECS, EC2, VPC, IAM, KMS, S3, RDS, Lambda, MWAA IaC & Containers: Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, HashiCorp Packer CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins (Groovy scripting), ArgoCD, GitLab CI Observability & Alerting: Prometheus, G”

“Hello. I started working as a QA last month and saw that my colleagues are pretty great at devops too. All of them have 4-5 years of experience while I am fully fresh out of university. Now I want to learn about devops just so when discussion comes up, I know what's being discussed and take part in it. Which things should I learn and how? Could have asked that to claude or chatgpt but wanted REAL advice from the REAL professionals. Please suggest. TIA submitted by /u/No-Remove195”

“I have 6 years of experience building and shipping production applications with React, Node.js, APIs and databases, last 1 year we forced to use Ai coding 100% in my Organization. and I forgot how to manual code now literally and am not a DSA guy. Over the last year, I've realised I'm becoming much more interested in the infrastructure side of software - cloud, architecture, scalability, deployment and automation - than pure application development to survive in AI era. I'm now serio”

“Hi everyone, I’m looking to expand my skillset into Salesforce Revenue Cloud and would love some recommendations on the best resources, courses, or learning paths to get started. For context, my current expertise lies heavily in Salesforce DevOps. I am a complete novice when it comes to the revenue and billing side of the platform. One major question I have: I am not familiar with Salesforce CPQ at all. Will it be significantly tougher for me to learn Revenue Cloud without knowing CPQ beforehand”

“Hi everyone, I recently started working in a DevOps-related role, and I’ve been asked to learn Kubernetes, Helm, and the concepts around them. I’m currently trying to understand the best way to approach it. There are so many resources and topics that I’m not sure what I should prioritize first. For those of you who work with Kubernetes professionally: How did you learn Kubernetes when you were starting out? What topics would you recommend learning first? How much hands-on practice should I do co”

“I am trying hard to land some interviews for Devops/Cloud engineer but no luck. I dont know where is the issue submitted by /u/FindingExpress3992 [link] [comments]”

“Hi everyone, I have three years of experience as a data analyst. In my job, I have gained some basic skills in Shell scripting and SQL. Now, I am planning to move into DevOps because there is a lot of demand for it. Eventually, I want to explore DevSecOps or MLOps, since I am interested in security checks and learning more about AI governance. I would appreciate any advice on how to get started and which skills I should focus on. There are many courses out there, but most are quite expensive, an”

“I got my first job as an Embedded Software Engineer. Did some actual low level embedded stuff but I was leaning a lot towards testing with Linux, CI/CD with hardware etc, so I transitioned to a DevOps position. Now, after some years of work, my knowledge is like half Embedded, half DevOps. I find myself like both fields Embedded for the great hardware feeling and DevOps for the nice documented and more modern tools. In the end I'm not sure if I like a field more than the other. I tend to bel”

“Getting into Linux and docker is a good start imho. The whole web runs on Linux and containers.”

“Hi everyone, I am planning to build an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) Proof of Concept. My main goal is self-learning (I am very interested in DevEx and self-service) to understand the moving parts of a modern platform, but I am also hoping to gather enough hands-on experience to potentially present a business case to my company down the line. Before I start gluing components together, I would love to get input from the community on what you are using in production and what you would recommen”

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“Hello everyone, Next week i start my first devops infra role with a large space systems company. I graduated a year ago with a bs in management information systems and have no professional experience outside of an junior dev ops internship i completed my junior year of college, an aws saa cert, sec+ and 2 home lab projects that i have created within the past year. I am extremely excited to start this role since this has been my dream role ever since graduating. It was between this devops infra r”

“I'm a student trying to decide which technical skills would be most useful to learn if my long-term goal is to found a hard-tech startup. I’m not very interested in biotech or robotics, but am interested in chemical / materials / mechanical engineering. Some skillsets I’m considering specializing in are: electrochemistry reaction engineering / catalysis membranes / separations metallurgy nanomaterials / surface science My plan is to spend the rest of the time I have left in undergrad doing r”

“I’ve noticed that everyone seems to be learning about AI. I’m curious to know from people who have been working in DevOps for years: are you learning about AI, building something with AI, or just continuing with your usual DevOps work? submitted by /u/Successful-Ship580 [link] [comments]”

“If anyone could provide a roadmap, any leads or anything that could help me. Any sort of advice, help would be appreciated Thank you. submitted by /u/Infamous-Feeling-252 [link] [comments]”