building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes testing and examining code written by others and analysing results, ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’ working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions. skills for devOps engineers excellent teamworking and communication skills knowledge of programming languages strong problem-solving skills good attention to detail excellent organizational and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time awareness of devOps and Agile principles
