The last few years have seen a proliferation of terms, but what is the actual difference between them, where do they overlap – or is it all just buzzwords? So what does a DevOps, a DevSecOps, an InfraOps or IT Operations engineer actually do? And what happens, if the role becomes that one of an “Agile InfraOps engineer”?
On the basis of job descriptions the answer seems to be: read the requirements first, as there does not seem to be a lot of agreement between roles, even though they may carry the same title. In reality there is probably a significant overlap between all of these areas and every company will do things differently depending on:
- Is it IT-/company-pervasive or does it apply only to select areas?
- Is the focus more on technology, culture, mindset or does it cover all of them?
- Which items does it include, i.e. from the above abbreviations is Security, Business and Applications part of the agile approach?
Regardless of the term used, the aim should be to:
1.Deliver more often
2.Reduce impact and risk
3.Reduce delivery effort
4.Increase security
What ultimately matters is the outcome and not the terminology. While the terms below will create an initial view, the implementation will vary on each environment and implementation.
All of these approaches will depend on staff willing and interested to adapt and learn continuously, a good framework for automation, orchestration and instrumentation, and company support to develop new ways of working and new products.
