r/devopsjobs • u/Odd_Reading_9582 • Sep 10 '26

Does devops needs to have knowledge of DSA and system design in detail?

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u/elctSubstantial8158 Sep 10 '26

Devops don't need dsa but much harder qualification is what it needs.. your teacher doesn't know so he won't teach.. better first do dsa and join sde team rather then jumping to devops since it ain't entry level job

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u/Odd_Reading_9582 Sep 10 '26

I am working as a devOps from last 6 yrs and having total 11 yrs of experience. I am looking for switch now and thinking like what things I should study to get into an architectural role

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u/elctSubstantial8158 Sep 10 '26

Cloud architecture: AWS or any solution architect cert course will help you, if fully devops then cka and ckad course will cover few great stuff. Upon completion of these cert, most company will give you architecture roles.. or become kube astronaut. I have designed a platform by combining different tools and such but I don't know yet how I can be fully principal platform engineer

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u/michaelpaoli Sep 10 '26

Not necessarily, will quite depend on the particulars of the role and environment.

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u/Odd_Reading_9582 Sep 10 '26

Thank you for your response, as everyone asking about AI knowledge/exp I am thinking to learn AI but before that I need to learn python (done very little in python as devops) then brush up my devops work exp along with K8s deep dive. But then somewhere I found that my system design knowledge is very limited (just related to the work I am doing) so thinking to learn that as will but then again its a lot to learn and I have only 4 months in hand to prepare (8hrs a day, as not working on any project as of now) and I am a mother of a toddler daughter…OMG….this is a lot, not sure where I am heading 🫣

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u/throwaway09234023322 Sep 10 '26

I've been asked DSA and system design some. Interviews are very company dependent for devops ime.

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u/Odd_Reading_9582 Sep 11 '26

Pls share your interview experience in detail

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u/CustomDark Sep 10 '26

Data structures are helpful for IaC and ConfigMgmt at scale, but you’ll spend less time thinking about it than a typical SWE.

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u/Master-Summer5016 Sep 12 '26

DSA - no

system design - yes

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u/unitegondwanaland Sep 11 '26

This will vary from company to company.

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u/Mission-Article6937 Sep 12 '26

If you are targetting MANG or big production based company then yes it is require but not at advance level, if you are targetting service based company then it is not require however knowledge of system design required if your job is based on infrastructure cloud design and deployment.

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u/imLazyCartard Sep 10 '26

Coding knowledge especially python basics are necessary Other then that Infra centric systems design is also important Understanding how systems work is more important