Hiring DevOps engineers

Your guide to finding and hiring the right person for your organization

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Job description

How to write a DevOps engineer job description

Finding a qualified DevOps engineer begins with the job description. The best post is thorough and succinct and clearly conveys expectations for the role, along with relevant information about the company. Be sure to give job seekers a good idea of what to expect, and how their work will contribute to the company’s long-term success.

DevOps engineer job description template

This sample job post will introduce your organization’s culture and values, while helping potential candidates understand how they’ll contribute from Day 1.

Sample DevOps engineer job description

At [Company X], customer experience is at the forefront of everything we do. To help us build functional systems that improve the customer experience, we’re looking for a DevOps engineer who can be responsible for deploying product updates, identifying production issues, and implementing integrations that meet our customers’ needs. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in software engineering and be familiar with Ruby or Python, and will work with developers and engineers to ensure that software development follows established processes and works as intended. The DevOps engineer will also help plan projects and be involved in project management decisions.

Objectives of this role

Building and implementing new development tools and infrastructure
Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying them to developers
Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results
Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and fixes
Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
Planning projects and being involved in project management decisions

Responsibilities

Deploy updates and fixes, and provide Level 2 technical support
Build tools to reduce occurrence of errors and improve customer experience
Develop software to integrate with internal back-end systems
Perform root cause analysis of production errors and resolve technical issues
Develop scripts to automate visualization
Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance

Required skills and qualifications

Experience as a DevOps engineer or in a similar software engineering role
Proficiency with Git and GitHub workflows
Good knowledge of Ruby or Python
Working knowledge of databases and SQL
Problem-solving attitude
Collaborative team spirit

Preferred skills and qualifications

Bachelor of science degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, or relevant field
Experience in civil engineering or customer experience
Experience in developing/engineering applications for a large company