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The DevOps Career Handbook

You're reading from   The DevOps Career Handbook The ultimate guide to pursuing a successful career in DevOps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803230948
Length 234 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Nate Swenson is a hands-on DevOps engineer with 12 years of experience within Fortune 100 companies in the Insurance and Finance sectors who considers himself a DevOps generalist, although the majority of his work revolves around cloud infrastructure and CI/CD(continuous integration and continuous delivery). Nate is the lead DevOps engineer for a team responsible for a self hosted GitLab platform responsible for the source code management and CI/CD for several hundred products. Outside of work Nate can be found hanging with his wife and two daughters, exploring the outdoors, or tinkering with his custom home automation setup.
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John Knight is an engineering manager and former director with 17 years of DevOps experience, encompassing 8 different Fortune 500 companies. Lately he focuses on digital transformations and enterprise migrations and wants to redefine what DevOps means for the next 10 years.nJohn is a lifelong learner, holding 8 major Cloud and DevOps certifications, 2 master’s degrees and currently working on a third, Computer Science at Georgia Tech, where he hopes to focus on AI and ML and apply the intersection to the next generation of AI/MLOps.nOutside of work John spends time with his wife and 4 kids, enjoys streaming his favorite series, playing video games and doing fun projects, like Legos, Robots and Raspberry Pis
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: A Career in DevOps
2. Chapter 1: Career Paths FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Essential Skills for a DevOps Practitioner 4. Chapter 3: Specialized Skills for Advanced DevOps Practitioners 5. Section 2: The Application Process
6. Chapter 4: Rebranding Yourself 7. Chapter 5: Building Your Network 8. Chapter 6: Mentorship 9. Chapter 7: Working with Recruiters 10. Section 3: Interview Process
11. Chapter 8: Preparing for Your Interview 12. Chapter 9: Interviews Step by Step 13. Section 4: Tips, Tricks, and Interviews
14. Chapter 10: DevOps Career: Tips and Tricks 15. Chapter 11: Interviews with DevOps Practitioners 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 3: Specialized Skills for Advanced DevOps Practitioners

As DevOps engineers progress in their career-specific areas, they may stand out either as a result of their natural ability or skills or on account of their strong liking for the subject. This leads DevOps engineers down a specialized career path. The focus of this chapter will be on the skills required for entry into different DevOps specialties.

Mid–Senior Level Content

This chapter is full of useful information for anyone interested in the field of DevOps; however, it is geared for DevOps engineers who have been practicing for a minimum of 1-3 years. This chapter assumes that individuals already have the knowledge listed in the previous chapter.

In this chapter, the following specialized DevOps competencies will be covered:

  • CI/CD pipeline DevOps engineer
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Cloud and application modernization
  • Containers and container management
  • Security
  • Advanced DevOps...
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Brian Knight is the owner and founder of Pragmatic Works, and is a serial entrepreneur, starting up other companies. Brian is a contributing columnist at several technical magazines. He is the author of 16 technical books. Brian has spoken at conferences like PASS Summit, SQL Connections, TechEd, SQLSaturdays, and Code Camps. He has received a number of awards from the State of Florida, governor, and press, including the Business Ambassador Award (Governor) and Top CEO (Jacksonville Magazine). His blog can be found at Pragmatic Works website.
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John Knight is an engineering manager and former director with 17 years of DevOps experience, encompassing 8 different Fortune 500 companies. Lately he focuses on digital transformations and enterprise migrations and wants to redefine what DevOps means for the next 10 years. John is a lifelong learner, holding 8 major Cloud and DevOps certifications, 2 master’s degrees and currently working on a third, Computer Science at Georgia Tech, where he hopes to focus on AI and ML and apply the intersection to the next generation of AI/MLOps. Outside of work John spends time with his wife and 4 kids, enjoys streaming his favorite series, playing video games and doing fun projects, like Legos, Robots and Raspberry Pis
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Nate Swenson is a hands-on DevOps engineer with 12 years of experience within Fortune 100 companies in the Insurance and Finance sectors who considers himself a DevOps generalist, although the majority of his work revolves around cloud infrastructure and CI/CD(continuous integration and continuous delivery). Nate is the lead DevOps engineer for a team responsible for a self hosted GitLab platform responsible for the source code management and CI/CD for several hundred products. Outside of work Nate can be found hanging with his wife and two daughters, exploring the outdoors, or tinkering with his custom home automation setup.
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Nate Swenson
Nate Swenson is a hands-on DevOps engineer with 12 years of experience within Fortune 100 companies in the Insurance and Finance sectors who considers himself a DevOps generalist, although the majority of his work revolves around cloud infrastructure and CI/CD(continuous integration and continuous delivery). Nate is the lead DevOps engineer for a team responsible for a self hosted GitLab platform responsible for the source code management and CI/CD for several hundred products. Outside of work Nate can be found hanging with his wife and two daughters, exploring the outdoors, or tinkering with his custom home automation setup.
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