Simply put, DevOps is a software development methodology that is meant to improve the overall functionalities of a business. With DevOps, a business can improve its productivity, better satisfy its customers, and enjoy greater profit margins.

A DevOps engineer is a person who is responsible for creating, maintaining, and deploying software with DevOps practices and methodology. This engineer works in close coordination with the IT teams of an organization.

This depends on the individual function and the business. However, some of the most common requirements are that you should have an extensive technical background, experience with DevOps tools, and cloud computing experience.

Today’s popular DevOps tools are Chef, Puppet, Selenium, and Ansible.

These are the phases in a DevOps lifecycle: Planning, Coding, Building, Testing, Integrating, Deploying, Operating, and Monitoring.