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)
Defines the role and importance of quality assurance in the mobile application development process.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Conducts basic quality assurance testing on the mobile app to ensure it meets the acceptance criteria.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Performs automated cross-platform testing to determine the app's performance across different operating systems.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Oversees the entire mobile application quality assurance process to ensure compliance with the procedures.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Establishes metrics and KPIs to measure and assess the effectiveness of mobile application testing.
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)
Describes the relation between containerization, APIs, and Microservices.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Conducts troubleshooting to ensure availability and scalability of container orchestration cluster.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Implements innovative strategies to ensure seamless migration workloads to containers.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Integrates containerization technologies to enhance the CI/CD pipelines of applications.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Develops strategies to secure cloud computing infrastructure operating containerized applications.
Skill definition-Automating and integrating the efforts of IT operations and development teams to deliver software applications faster.
Level 1 Behaviors
(General Familiarity)
Describes the methodologies and processes in adopting the DevOps model.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Assists in the implementation and management of proper DevOps techniques for building scalable applications.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Deploys serverless code on a computing platform to automate DevOps tasks.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Manages DevOps program to encourage a culture of continuous improvement.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Designs and lead the implementation of continuous testing routines within a DevOps pipeline.
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)
Explains the integral role data collection plays when conducting analytical thinking.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Breaks down a specific project into lists of tasks.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Develops alternative solutions and compares the pros and cons.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Draws conclusions based upon logic and intuitive judgment.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Evaluates potential risks using extensive industry knowledge when considering new opportunities.
Skill definition-The ability and process of implementing new ideas and initiatives to improve organizational performance.
Level 1 Behaviors
(General Familiarity)
Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of our products and services.
Level 2 Behaviors
(Light Experience)
Explains advantages and disadvantages of different organizational structures from an efficiency perspective.
Level 3 Behaviors
(Moderate Experience)
Demonstrates an innate sense of how to achieve positive results in the current environment.
Level 4 Behaviors
(Extensive Experience)
Evaluates and explains the financial aspects of a business initiative to different teams.
Level 5 Behaviors
(Mastery)
Conceptualizes new and creative business initiatives to boost business growth.
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.
