Design, build and maintain a stable and efficient infrastructure to optimize service delivery across production, QA, and development environments throughout the development lifecycle.
Monitor, troubleshoot, maintain, and continuously improve building, packaging, and deployment processes. Implement automated infrastructure capabilities like backups, security tools, monitoring. Utilize a consistent DevOps approach to improve all phases of the process and ensure end-to-end quality across functions. Knowledge of deployment/configuration management tools like Jenkins, Maven, Puppet, or Ansible. Utilizes version control tools like GIT, Bitbucket, SVN, or CVS. Experienced with network infrastructure, database, cloud and data center operations, and security protocols. Strong knowledge of Linux and/or Windows OS. Understands AWS and other services. Experience with programming and scripting with languages like Python, Perl, Bash, PHP, Java, SQL, or C++.
Salary.com identifies five increasing levels of proficiency for each skill/competency. Some jobs require only a relatively low level of proficiency in each skill/competency, while other jobs will require a more advanced level of proficiency in the same skill/competency. These levels rate the degree of proficiency (skill level, expertise) we expect the incumbent to perform in the given skill/competency for the given job. Note that we intentionally do not associate timeframes or years of experience in performing the skill/competency because that can be misleading. Proficiency levels identify what the incumbent knows and can do rather than how long they have been doing it. Also, note that the proficiency levels are cumulative, e.g., a level 4 proficiency implies the ability to perform all the behaviors at the lower levels.
Check each DevOps Engineer IV skill and competencie below to view definitions.
Skill definition-Applying computer science and engineering principles, methods, and practices to design, develop, deploy, and maintain reliable software systems.
Level 1 Behaviors
(General Familiarity)
Describes the application of engineering principles and methods in software architecture design.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Gathers and compiles user requirements to support software design and development processes.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Performs system analyses to assess the functionality and interoperability of software products.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Establishes performance metrics to track the effectiveness of software engineering processes and procedures.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Designs and executes innovative strategies to streamline software engineering processes.
Skill definition-Testing mobile applications for functionality, usability, and performance to deliver the best product and experience to the end-user.
Level 1 Behaviors
(General Familiarity)
Identifies commonly used testing tools for mobile application quality assurance.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Tracks QA metrics to check the progress of mobile application testing and its results.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Works closely with the development team to correct bugs and errors in mobile applications.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Sets timeframes for each mobile application QA process to meet the release deadline.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Stays abreast of the new mobile application quality assurance techniques to improve testing efficiency.
Skill definition-Ability to employ the process of virtually packaging and isolating applications to allow greater scalability, availability, portability, and running consistently on any infrastructure.
Level 1 Behaviors
(General Familiarity)
Names commonly used container tools, techniques, and methods.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Identifies the need for containerization to support the implementation of cloud modernization.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Works with DevOps team in developing CI/CD pipelines using containerization technologies.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Provides technical leadership in deployment, maintenance, and containerization of systems.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Promotes application containerization to automate system and infrastructure deployments.
Skill definition-Automating and integrating the efforts of IT operations and development teams to deliver software applications faster.
Level 1 Behaviors
(General Familiarity)
Lists down common DevOps tools and their functionalities.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Supports continuous integration and delivery to merge code changes frequently and incorporate end-to-end testing.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Uses external information to bring progressive solutions to advance the DevOps capabilities of our organization.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Provides coaching on best practices for DevOps culture enablement.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Promotes the adoption of emerging practices and tools in DevOps operations to increase performance and automation processes.
Skill definition-Gathering, organizing, and analyzing information to identify the root cause of organizational problems and develop alternative solutions accordingly.
Level 1 Behaviors
(General Familiarity)
Lists skills, traits, and characteristics of analytical thinkers.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Makes a list of items without order or set of priorities.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Investigates analytical thinking tools and incorporates them accordingly.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Leads brainstorming to encourage teammates to create new perspectives.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Promotes the adoption of business intelligence analysis technology to drive strategic decisions.
Skill definition-The ability and process of implementing new ideas and initiatives to improve organizational performance.
Level 1 Behaviors
(General Familiarity)
Names our key stakeholders from a business value chain perspective.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Supports the planning, implementation, and management of training programs that foster process improvements.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Participates in the redesign of organizational structures to reflect business priorities.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Trains others on various business and operation topics.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Forecasts the short-term and long-term impact of various business cases on P&L performance.
There are 9 hard skills for DevOps Engineer IV, Software Engineering, Mobile Application QA, Chatbots, etc.
7 general skills for DevOps Engineer IV, Containerization, DevOps, Docker, etc.
9 soft skills for DevOps Engineer IV, Analytical Thinking, Innovation, Attention to Detail, etc.
While the list totals 25 distinct skills, it's important to note that not all are required to be mastered to the same degree. Some skills may only need a basic understanding, whereas others demand a higher level of expertise.
For instance, as a DevOps Engineer IV, he or she needs to be skilled in Analytical Thinking, be skilled in Innovation, and be skilled in Attention to Detail.
