When am I ready for devops?

[u/AgreeableIron811]

In todays age of AI the standards have changed. I am a bit confused on what shows I actually possess knowledge. So I will list what I have done this year solo:

1. Rebuilt network - (scope 38 users)

• We run alot of things on prem. I moved most of our servers and switches to a new server room we built in the basement.
• Replaced legacy firewall,setup vlan, migrated legacy dhcp and dns server to a newer one. Created reversproxy and a dmz zone.
• Replaced switches and changed our topology. Moved systems into different vlans and configured a firewall.

1. SSO and Active directory

As we had to move away from Microsoft products and setup local on prem solutions. I also created a SSO + AD solution for linux stack.

• Setup and tested playbooks for creating keycloak sso server + smallstep ssh server + freeipa server.
• Made it work so we can SSO to selfhosted apps like gitlab. Use SSO for ssh:ing to servers and have an active directory where I can choose what users should have sudo access where.

I have done smaller projects too but also supporting people in house with all kind of matters. I am maintaining our cloud on prem. I try to use ansible for everything I do and terraform to provision vms for me . I have 2-3 years experience as sysadmin.

[u/hijinks]

working for 26 years now.. started as a mid level solaris admin out of college.. now devops/sre/platform whatever you want to call us these days.

interview.. try to get an interview and it'll tell you quickly where your weaknesses are and where you need to brush up

worst case is they say no and you start to learn. best case they say yes and now you fake it till you make it. I'm 47 and still faking it.

good luck

[u/AgreeableIron811 → u/hijinks]

I am not getting an interview thats the problem. I spend alot of time applying with different resumes. I can land a sysadmin interview not a devops interview

[u/hijinks → u/AgreeableIron811]

then your resume doesn't scream devops post an anonymous version or DM me a link to an anon version and i can look at it

or put devops eng as your current role.. who really cares.. people lie all the time like that.. just done lie about experience

[u/magfoo]

Da hier niemand sagen kann, ob du irgendwas davon gut genacht hast, kann es hier auch keine Antwort auf deine eigentliche Fragen geben.

[u/AgreeableIron811 → u/magfoo]

No but an interviewer doesnt know that either. Why dont they give me an interview?

[u/magfoo → u/AgreeableIron811]

Weil es genügend andere Bewerber gibt, die auf dem Papier vielversprechender sind.

[u/40513786934]

remember that there are a lot more applicants than jobs now. you might have everything right and its just that other people have things even more right. keep applying, its a numbers game

[u/Ambitious_Matter3808]

yo that's a pretty stacked list for 2-3 years in, rebuilding a network from scratch and rolling out SSO with keycloak and freeipa isn't small potatoes, most admins coast for years without touching half that stuff

devops means different things depending on who's hiring but you're already doing the core pieces, infrastructure as code with ansible and terraform plus automating identity management puts you ahead of a lot of candidates I see

when I was making that jump myself I focused less on titles and more on the workflows, if you're comfortable treating servers like cattle instead of pets and can debug a busted pipeline at 2am you're already there

the AI stuff is mostly noise right now, companies still need people who understand what's actually happening under the hood so don't let the hype make you second guess your skills

maybe start poking around job postings that mention "platform engineer" too, sometimes that's just devops with a different sticker on it