DevOps Engineer's roles and responsibilities

The main function of a DevOps engineer is to introduce continuous delivery and continuous integration workflow, which requires the understanding of the mentioned tools and the knowledge of several programming languages.

Depending on the organization, job descriptions differ. Smaller businesses look for engineers with broader skillsets and responsibilities. For example, the job description may require product building along with the developers. Larger companies may look for an engineer for a specific stage of the DevOps lifecycle that will work with a certain automation tool.

The basic and widely-accepted responsibilities of a DevOps engineer are:

1. Writing specifications and documentation for the server-side features
2. Continuous deployment and continuous integration (CI/CD) management
3. Performance assessment and monitoring
4. Infrastructure management
5. Cloud deployment and management
6. Assistance with DevOps culture adoption