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I have a background as a developer, but have been working on test automation here in the UK for the last years. I work a lot with Java, Webdriver and Jenkins/continuous deivery - but I am very interested in "switching" career to more devops since I already love and work with automation.

How do you make such a transition and where do you begin?

Jacob Beryt
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    Start by googling this and other forums. this question is asked every other week, like: http://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/3648/software-testing-a-first-step-to-development – Peter M. - stands for Monica Feb 22 '16 at 17:11
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    @PeterMasiar This question seems a bit different/unique in that they're looking to transition to DevOps, not Dev. – ernie Feb 22 '16 at 17:56
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    So to improve the question, OP could link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevOps, to other similar articles, and how provided answers lack the specifics for OP's situation. Basically, to show doing homework research, to show effort. – Peter M. - stands for Monica Feb 22 '16 at 18:29

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Generally I would consider some of the key requirements for an entry level position to be

  • background as a developer
  • experience with OO such as Java
  • practical experience with automation
  • familiarity with CI and Jenkins
  • enthusiasm about devops

In other words, you are already qualified.

If you wish to have a more mid-level or senior position then you will have to study / be questioned about / be knowledge in

  • Servers, flavors and capabilities
  • Unix, linux, osx, windows
  • Shell scripting
  • Packaging and deploying applications
  • Release and Change management
  • Monitor tools for performance and end user experience
Michael Durrant
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