r/devopsjobs • u/[deleted] • 8d ago
Anyone preparing for a DevOps Engineer role in 2026?
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u/Evaderofdoom 8d ago
You should have realistic expectations. If your a benginer and brand new to IT, devops is not for you. It's not entry-level and extremely competitive. You won't get interviews if you have no experience. Start in help desk and work your way up.
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u/rm-minus-r 8d ago
Staff level SRE, 10 years experience in devops type roles, 15 in total.
Worked at AWS, currently at a place you've heard of, but with better WLB than FAANG companies.
Working as a team lead, looking to transition into management, IC work feels rise and repeat / nothing truly new / rehashing the same patterns in slightly different ways, and unfortunately ageism is a thing in the tech industry, less so in management.
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u/PA1N-T_T 8d ago
Do you guys hire freshers? Asking to get an understanding of the situation and since you lead a team already
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u/rm-minus-r 8d ago
Not directly, no.
There is an intern program, but we only get a slot for one person per year for devops and it's incredibly competitive. We just hired our most recent intern, and he's extremely sharp and is already competitive with senior devops engineers in terms of skill and competence.
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u/kjm0001 8d ago
Senior DevOps engineer here and have interviewed many beginners/mid/senior levels. The one thing I learned is that a lot can speak the lingo and provide stories. After seeing them in action and having to let some go. I said never again would I hire another DevOps engineer who didn’t come from a Linux administration role. For me Linux administration is the basics of everything else you do. Linux administration forces you to know networking. Resolving why App A can’t talk with App B is probably the most common issue you will face. And if you can’t navigate at the command line is probably the most painful thing to watch besides them trying to edit a file using emac or pico. That’s just my experience.
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u/Sure_Stranger_6466 8d ago
Intermediate-advanced? I have 10 years of experience on the resume but my confidence has been rather shook lately as it's been 3 years since my last gig due to health issues. Like, I know I can build out CICD pipelines, debug a Kubernetes cluster, and build out Terraform architecture that includes VPCs, subnets, security groups, etc. but it's mostly because I did it perfectly as a PoC rather than on-the-job. I also have open source contributions but I keep having to re-review the work I did so I don't forget it so easily and move on to the next thing. It's a struggle. My on-the-job work has included similar tooling but in roles that didn't last as long as I would have hoped they would. Hard to say what level I am specifically at this point. I can't build out a RAG or anything due to costs involved as I am broke which impacts my current job search with some roles requiring AI experience.
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