DevOps and platform engineer: certifications, study paths and pay
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You build the pipelines and platforms that let developers ship software quickly and safely. You automate builds, testing, releases and infrastructure.
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What you do
- Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Run container and Kubernetes platforms
- Automate infrastructure with code and improve release reliability
Skills that matter
- Git, CI/CD and automation
- Containers and Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as code
- Observability and troubleshooting
What does this role pay?
United States, May 2025, annual wages for the closest official occupation: Software developers, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pay grows with experience, scope and certifications. Pay in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries is different, so check local job boards and salary guides. These figures are a guide, not an offer or a promise of pay.
Practice tests that fit this role
Certifications that appear most often alongside this role. Start with the first one if you are new to it.
Study paths that lead here
Cloud native and DevOps path
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STUDY PATHStart in tech: your first certification
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STUDY PATHAI infrastructure and MLOps
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Job titles this page covers
- Build and release engineer
- CI/CD pipeline engineer
- DevOps consultant
- DevOps engineer
- DevOps or platform engineer
- DevOps or release engineer
- Developer experience engineer
- GitOps engineer
- Infrastructure automation engineer
- Junior DevOps or platform engineer
- Junior developer or DevOps engineer
- Kubernetes administrator
- Kubernetes support engineer
- Platform engineer
- Release engineer
- Release manager
- Release or delivery engineer
- Release train coordinator
Employers use many names for similar work. Requirements vary by employer and country, and a certificate supports your application but does not guarantee a job.
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- Project and delivery manager
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