A good DevOps person is someone who acts as a connector between the development and operations teams, seamlessly integrating automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement to orchestrate and drive organizations to the pinnacle of innovation.

! In today’s rapidly evolving technologies landscape, The role of the DevOps professional is becoming increasingly crucial. Our organization strive for faster development cycles, efficient collaboration, reliable deployment, innovation researcher, and business partnership. We’re focus the demand for skilled DevOps practitioners continues to grow.

Opsta, a leading company in the industry, present a remarkable opportunity to embark on a fulfilling DevOps career. This guide aims to equip aspiring DevOps professional with the knowledge and skill necessary to excel in the VUCA(acronym, which stands for "Volatile," "Uncertain," "Complex," and "Ambiguous”) world of DevOps at Opsta.

Understanding the DevOps culture

1. Explore the core principles and methodology that underpin the DevOps culture at our company.
2. Learn how to promotes collaboration, communication, and shared responsibilities among team
3. Discover the significance of automation, continuous integration & continuous delivery, observability(metrics, log, trace), Infrastructure as Code, and Network & OS in DevOps approach.
4. To drive cross-functional teams for tools, you need to be adaptable, goal-focused, and able to innovate towards your target.

Essentials technical skills for the DevOps engineer

1. To design, manage, and troubleshoot networks and operating systems, you need a solid foundation of knowledge in these areas..
2. Dive into Infrastructure as Code(IaC) conceptual and implementation such as Terraform and Ansible for provisioning and managing infrastructure. Maybe, the others can do it same.
3. Strong knowledge in containerize technologies such as Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes for scalable, resilience, and portable.
4. Gain proficiency in public cloud platform like GCP, AWS, and Azure to leverage our services for building and deploying application.
5. Understanding into Observability(also monitoring, logging, tracing) platform such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Istio, and others to ensure reliability, consistency, and availability on system.

Collaboration and communication in DevOps environment

1. Explore the importance of effective communication among team members and related teams.
2. Learn about agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban, that are adopted to streamline development and delivery.
3. Discover significance of cross-function teams and encourage a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.

Embracing automation in DevOps

1. Learn about the advantages of implementing a configuration management tool such as Ansible, Puppet, or others. These tools can be used to manage and configure both infrastructure and applications.
2. Explore the benefits of using a CI/CD pipeline with tools such as Jenkins, Gitlab-CI, Github Actions, ArgoCD, Tekton, and others to reduce human effort, team workload, and ensure compliance.
3. Learn the benefits of using cloud native services like AWS codepipeline, GCP cloudbuild, and Azure DevOps to automate for effective CI and CD applications.

Continuous learning and professional development

1. Continue moving and keeping abreast of DevOps along with technologies' innovations, trends, and expertise.
2. Discover resources that can help you improve your knowledge and skills, such as blogs, online and offline courses, and conferences.
3. Learn how to contribute to the community in order to assist the development of teams and other individuals through knowledge sharing, documentation, and training programs.

Conclusion

Technical know-how, teamwork, and a commitment to continual development were necessary for becoming an effective DevOps practitioner. You may start your journey toward becoming a successful DevOps professional by adopting the DevOps culture, developing key technical skills, and fostering good communication. Take embrace the chance to contribute meaningfully by promoting efficiency, creativity, and technical excellence within the DevOps environment.

I'll go into further detail about the technical skills you need to adopt the DevOps culture. Then, I'll talk about my experience working in a DevOps position and how it contributed to shifting a tech team toward DevOps culture. If you living in Thailand and have faith in technical professionals, you are welcome to join us in tackling challenging problems and empowering customers with technical standards.