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How to Get the Most Out of Your Growing DevOps Team

How to Get the Most Out of Your Growing DevOps Team

We all know DevOps is about culture, but culture isn’t always easy to define. DevOps is different for every company because of cultural differences. A startup with one or two development teams isn’t going to have the same culture as a massive enterprise. Therefore, its impossible to truly articulate what will make your DevOps team successful, but there are key principals each enterprise must expect.


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Collaboration

Collaboration is a key component to success in DevOps. Without it, there really isn’t a point. Breaking down the silos is crucial to proper DevOps practices, so your team should be willing to collaborate internally and externally. DevOps is literally the combination of development and operations.

Team members may be having difficulty with cultural changes. Maybe you have an older IT worker who feels overwhelmed. There needs to be a culture of inclusion and collaboration needs to be encouraged. The team shouldn’t be afraid to ask questions or express their opinions. This is the case for any field, but it’s especially important for optimal software development.

One area where collaboration needs to improve is security. C-level executives don’t go into DevOps because everyone is collaborating, they do it because of the software release schedule. Development teams recognize this as well and they want their releases to be as quick as possible.

Security is essentially the ugly duckling in this development and operations marriage. Security should never be overlooked. Allowing collaboration between security teams and your DevOps team is essential to maintaining success. Even using automated security tools can be beneficial. Another alternative is to put your development team through training, so they can see what security teams are looking for and how to stay safe.

Dynamic Roles

What the heck is a DevOps engineer? It’s the number 2 job in America according to Glassdoor, but what does it even mean? DevOps engineers are people who have a diverse skillset. They’re someone who has experience in configuration, automation, operations, and leadership. It’s someone who didn’t settle down into their original position. They’re an inspired employee who wanted to learn as much as they could and build on their skills.

Your team might not start as DevOps engineers, but they could end up as one down the road. If everyone is willing and able to develop the proper skills your team will be far more nuanced and efficient. A culture of inclusion should also be a culture of inspiration. Your team should be inspired by each other to learn and develop their skills together. If everyone’s input is validated through the culture, then everyone should be willing to take on new roles and responsibilities.

With an everchanging IT landscape comes new technologies. Automation, AI, and machine learning are all technologies driving change in the world of DevOps. A lot of people are worried about losing their job to automation, but this shouldn’t be the case. IT automation will open up an entirely new focus in the IT world. Your DevOps team should embrace and learn as much as they can about automation. Learning new skills not only improves your team, but there is also self-interest in preserving job security.


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