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A typical Tuesday: investigating why a deployment pipeline is failing, writing Terraform code to provision a new cloud environment, automating a manual process so the team never has to do it again. You care about reliability, speed, and making other engineers' lives easier.
Levels.fyi / BLS, 2025
BS in Computer Science or IT
4 years (BS) or 1–2 years (certifications + projects)
Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering
Years to Senior: 4–6 years
Lateral moves: Software Engineer, Security Engineer, Cloud Architect
Search "DevOps Intern," "Platform Engineering Intern," or "SRE Intern." CS background + Linux/cloud/Docker knowledge is the entry point. Smaller companies often give interns real infrastructure responsibility.
Every company running software needs DevOps. Cloud infrastructure spending continues to grow year over year.
Salary and outlook data is approximate and varies by location, company, and experience.