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DevOps engineer CV: example and template

This example is for DevOps engineers, platform engineers and SREs at product companies, software houses, banks and e-commerce, and for administrators and developers moving into DevOps.

The employer wants to know which CI/CD pipelines you build, on which infrastructure, how you automate and monitor and how you shorten deployment time. We show you how to describe this on your CV with numbers.

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Example CV: DevOps engineer

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Kamil Zieliński

DevOps engineer

Krakow, remote work +48 123 456 789 kamil.zielinski@example.com github.com/kamilzielinski

Professional profile

DevOps engineer with 6 years of experience at a product company and a software house. I build CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI, maintain Kubernetes clusters in AWS and describe infrastructure in Terraform and Ansible. I cut deployment time from hours to under twenty minutes, run monitoring in Prometheus and Grafana and take part in on-call.

Work experience

DevOps engineer

04.2021 - present

Product company, payments platform, Krakow, remote

  • CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI for 35 microservices, about 80 deployments a day.
  • Maintaining Kubernetes clusters in AWS and deploying with Helm and Argo CD.
  • Infrastructure as code in Terraform, modules for development teams.
  • Monitoring and alerts in Prometheus and Grafana, about 40% faster outage detection.
  • Production on-call and post-incident reviews.

Systems administrator

07.2018 - 03.2021

Software house, Krakow

  • Linux servers and test environments for client projects.
  • Containerising applications in Docker.
  • Automation scripts in Bash and Python.

Education

Engineer's degree, computer science

2014 - 2018

AGH University of Krakow

Skills

  • CI/CD: GitLab CI and GitHub Actions
  • Kubernetes, Helm and Argo CD
  • Docker
  • Terraform and Ansible
  • AWS
  • Prometheus and Grafana

Certificates

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator, 2022
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, 2021

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Linux every day, Bash and Python

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How to write a DevOps engineer CV

Professional summary

Write which infrastructure you maintain, with which tools and at what scale. Add one measurable result, for example shorter deployment time or fewer outages, because DevOps is judged by results. Mention on-call if you take part in it.

Linux administrator with 3 years of experience who automates work in Ansible and builds first CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI. I have containerised 10 applications in Docker and I am preparing for the CKA exam. I am looking for work as a junior DevOps engineer.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe pipelines, platforms, tools and scale: the number of services, deployments and environments. Show results in numbers: deployment time, availability, costs, time to detect outages. Add your work with developers, because DevOps is also a way of working.

Weaker: Building CI/CD.

Better: CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI for 35 microservices, about 80 deployments a day.

Weaker: Kubernetes.

Better: Maintaining Kubernetes clusters in AWS and deploying with Helm and Argo CD.

Weaker: Monitoring.

Better: Monitoring and alerts in Prometheus and Grafana, about 40% faster outage detection.

Skills worth listing

List CI/CD tools, containers, orchestration, infrastructure as code, the cloud and monitoring. In your soft skills show work with teams, calm during incidents and a drive to automate repetitive work.

Professional skills

  • CI/CD
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Terraform and Ansible
  • Cloud
  • Monitoring

Personal skills

  • Working with teams
  • Calm during incidents
  • Automating
  • Problem solving
  • Documenting

Certificates

List Kubernetes certificates, for example CKA or CKAD, and cloud and tool certificates. A link to a repository with example configurations helps, as long as it contains no company data.

How to become a DevOps engineer

People usually move into DevOps from administration or development. On your CV show the automation you have already done and your own projects, for example a Kubernetes cluster in a home lab.

Describe a project from code to deployment: repository, pipeline, container, monitoring. It is better proof than a list of courses.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A product company looks for Kubernetes, many deployments a day and on-call, a bank for stability, security and procedures, and a software house for work with many clients and different clouds. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a DevOps engineer CV

Questions and answers

What should a DevOps engineer put on a CV?

CI/CD tools, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, the cloud, monitoring, scale, results in numbers and certificates.

How do you become a DevOps engineer with no experience?

Most often through work as an administrator or developer and your own projects with automation, containers and CI/CD.

Does a CKA certificate help on a CV?

Yes, it is one of the best known certificates for people who work with Kubernetes.

Should you list production on-call?

Yes, it shows responsibility for running systems and experience with incidents.

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