• call.copse - Wednesday, March 15, 2017 3:24 AM

    I've not yet worked anywhere big enough to have a distinct Operations team sadly. We (development) always write the theme tune, sing the theme tune. This is now changing but slowly enough. I hope to do some of this learning that is spoken of and divest at least a few responsibilities!

    I consider myself a good database Developer/Admin, but you wouldn't want me messing with your website configuration. Where I work now, we have a dedicated DevOps team. They do things like IIS configuration, domain account administration, instrumentation and automation for deployments, etc. Essentially they perform an assortment of roles and tasks across the enterprise that in some organizations a developer or database admin might have been expected to do occasionally, except a DevOps specialist takes it to the next level professionally. But, of course, everyone in IT is a link in the overall DevOps chain; it's not just a department. Even a small company with a handful of IT employees can apply the principles of DevOps.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho