DevOps Software Engineer - Job Description
DevOps Software Engineers are a combination of developer and system admin professionals who bridge the gap between developers and the IT team.
The DevOps Software Engineer is responsible for the analysis of business, engineering and scientific problems and is charged with the documentation and development of well-defined methods, procedures, and programs in the delivery of practical systems solutions.
The DevOps Software Engineer is challenged with assisting in programming, troubleshooting, and management of problems affecting IT software, as well as developing these areas for future expansion and sustaining the highest system reliability and performance possible.
DevOps Software Engineers are challenged to develop software and software fixes to integrate internal systems. They ensure code quality, test and distribute code updates, and monitor the health and stability of the servers.
As a software developer they are responsible for building software releases and testing the new code. As an automation expert, they use tools that automate the development, testing, and integration of software releases/fixes. As a release manager, they are responsible for releasing new features across the organization and making sure those releases are stable. And as a security officer, they continually monitor the product’s (system’s) health and security once the updates are deployed.
DevOps software engineers’ responsibilities include analyzing production errors to define and create tools that help mitigate problems in the system design stage and applying user-defined integrations, improving the user experience.
In addition, to be efficient in the position, the DevOps software engineer identifies changes that are necessary to maintain optimal system performance while liaising with management to successfully target and deploy solutions.
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