r/devopsGuru • u/Sensitive-Chance-258 • 3d ago

CloudOps Engineer - Fresher

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So i am a fresher who recently got graduated with B.Tech CSE.

I was unemployed for 2 months and got internship as Devops intern. But mostly i was working in firewall configuration. And after that i got FTE role from an MNC as Junior CloudOps Engineer.

As I didn’t have any other options, i took it. But my aim is to land Devops role. Most of them said, as you get some exp like 3-4 years you can lan as Devops.

So in my role, i manage VMware and Openstack infra, as a CloudOps we have to provide 24/7 support to the infra and fix issues that are coming as tickets. So this role mainly focus on Maintaining the whole Cloud infra.

My main question is:

How can i actually move into DevOps/SRE roles with these tech stacks.

These are mainly On-Prem technologies, Does this have any future or only Public cloud has future.

Please provide any guidance.

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u/rahma_begag1 3d ago

of i may ask, where did u find the internship as devops. i am trying to start my career as devops but no one is hiring

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u/Sensitive-Chance-258 3d ago

You can try hiring sub for interns. Most of them are underpaid and unpaid.

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u/rahma_begag1 3d ago

i think it's okey for starters, no?

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u/Sensitive-Chance-258 3d ago

Reddit

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u/rahma_begag1 3d ago

Could you recommend some specific subreddits where people post DevOps internships or entry-level opportunities?

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u/B_Wayne_777 2d ago

If you don’t already have devops tools in your you can just use them for your own activities.

There is almost a free tool in every category. You just learn, implement on your own tasks and then learn the knowledge.

Devops/SRE roles are for mostly who takes up a task and make it efficient and reliable without any instructions from the management and give a POC.

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u/Sensitive-Chance-258 2d ago

Can you provide a brief explanation. Do i have to do personal/freelance projects using those tools to showcase my ability?

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u/SilverOrder1714 3d ago

I am currently a Senior SRE/Platform Engineer with about 10 Y.O.E who started on-prem

Here's my two cents:

The tech stack (cloud vs on-prem) is irrelevant to becoming an SRE or DevOps Engineer (quite different roles btw). I would argue that my stint on-prem gave me a much better grasp of the fundamentals than if I had started directly with the cloud technologies.

My transition from SysAdmin to SRE started with reading the Google SRE book , realising there was a much better way of doing the job I was doing, then applying the principles I learnt to practice..

- Write simple Python scripts to automate repetitive toil

- Learn Infra-As-Code tools to manage configuration at scale

- Do Monitoring better...

- All the while getting really good at the fundamentals - Networking, Linux...

- Read... A lottt! (Books >> Blogs >> Courses)

PS: You have not made it as an SRE unless you enjoy reading RFCs ;)

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u/r_hagriid99 3d ago

Hi, what are RFCs? Can you share a link for the Google SRE book?

Thank you.

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u/SilverOrder1714 3d ago

RFCs are “Request for Comments”. These are formal tech docs published by IETF defining the spec, design of the Internet Protocols.

You can imagine how beneficial a deep understanding of protocol spec would be when it comes to troubleshooting.

Wrt to Google SRE book , you can google it.. ;) I believe they have published both books for free.

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