Freshers DevOps Engineer Job Overview

For fresher level positions in the DevOps engineers, the ideal candidate should have a degree or certification in computer science or IT. Coming to the specifics, we expect freshers in the organization to present themselves as knowledgeable in computer science or IT infrastructure. It would be advantageous if you have a certification in Cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

As a fresher DevOps Engineer, you will work on automating infrastructure, managing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring smooth software deployment. You'll collaborate with development and operations teams to improve system efficiency, monitor performance, and troubleshoot issues in cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Yes, there are certain certifications like AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, Microsoft Certified. Having experience in Azure or Aws would be beneficial, other than that, having knowledge in Azure fundamentals or Google Cloud Associate Engineer certification is helpful but not necessary.

Being a fresher in the DevOps domain, your salary mostly will be between INR 3 lakhs* to INR 4.5 lakhs* per annum based on your academic qualification, certifications, and interviews. There is a lot of opportunity to advance in this position, and with added practical knowledge of one of the cloud platforms, AWS, Azure, or GCP, you can expect your salary to grow quickly.

Yes, you need to gain practical experience if you want to become a DevOps Engineer. While undergoing your training period, you will perform projects in real time with the help of senior engineers. These projects will mostly be with cloud structures, deployment automation, and containerized applications so you will have practical ways in which to apply what you have learned.

Of course, there is a formal training for the new employees for free as part of our company policy. Candidates move through an onboarding phase, and then receive thorough technical training in DevOps tools and practices, cloud services such AWS, Azure, or GCP, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, version management and automation. Real life, end-to-end, hands on DevOps projects are incorporated in this training to prepare you for a real life DevOps role.

It is your work that will involve much of your effort depending on the nature of the project. There are cases when projects are implemented in one cloud, for example Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, etc. Experience in one cloud platform is enough, but it is even better if the candidate knows several platforms, since it is possible to work with more complex tasks in this case.