I've got ~6 years of experience as a Senior DevSecOps Engineer (Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, Platform Engineering, Security).

One thing I don't understand is how people are actually getting into ₹60 - 70 LPA+ roles. Applying through FAANG or other company portals feels like a black hole after a certain experience level.

For those who've made it:

What actually worked referrals, recruiters, open source, networking?

What skills made the biggest difference?

Which companies should experienced DevOps/SRE engineers target besides FAANG?

Would love to hear real experiences instead of generic career advice.

Hey everyone,I need some career advice.

I have been working as a DevOps Engineer for 1.5 years at a large MNC. Due to a recent company-wide reorg, I was moved into an "L1.5" Cloud Ops role.

The current reality of my situation:

The Workload: Very light tasks. I have a lot of downtime.

The Schedule: It is shift-based and includes an on-call rotation.

My Tech Stack: Good experience with AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation, and CI/CD migrations.

The Missing Link: I have zero production exposure to Kubernetes (K8s), which is hurting my external job hunt since almost every job posting requires it.

I have two options internally right now, and I am torn on which path to take while I plan my exit:

Option 1: Stay in the L1.5 Cloud Ops role. Use the massive amount of downtime and light workload to aggressively study Kubernetes, build labs, get certified (CKA), and apply for external jobs in parallel.

Option 2: Move to an internal L2 Cloud Ops role. This might look slightly better on paper and give me slightly deeper troubleshooting experience, but it is still shift-based, has on-call, and will significantly reduce my free time to study and interview.

Should I leverage the easy L1.5 paycheck to fix my K8s gap and apply externally, or is it better to take the internal L2 progression first?Open to all suggestions, especially from anyone who has navigated the Ops-to-DevOps pivot without production K8s experience. Thanks!

My husband has 20+ years as an integration engineer, 5 years as a software developer and now wanting to transition over to devops. Has had top secret clearance before for many years. He just got his AWS certification during his 3-year stay-at-home-dad gig while watching my son. He's returning to the work force and has been applying. I keep reading "in this market". I'm sorry I sound out-of-touch but how bad is it right now? When he first started applying, he had 2 interviews within 2 weeks of applying but didn't get either of those positions. It's been 2 months after that and he hasn't gotten any callbacks at all. Not sure if he just got lucky with those 2 interviews right off the bat.

We are in the Twin Cities, MN area. He's been applying to mostly local, hybrid or on-site positions.

Hello,

A year ago I posted a thread about my first ever job in IT as a Cloud Engineer, and it went to the front page with 200 upvotes. Long story short, I got fired because of my social anxiety/underperformance. We had night shifts a few times a month, and when there were P1 or P2 tickets, we had to escalate them to the senior engineer who was on call. My problem was that I always wanted to fix the ticket by myself and ended up calling too late while the client was losing money because of the downtime...

Anyways, at least they paid me five salaries after the sack. I've traveled around Europe for a year to clear my mind, and now I literally forgot everything. I even subscribed to KodeKloud around January and haven't opened it ever since. Maybe I need professional help, or maybe this job and all the pressure just aren't for me. Anyone else in a similar position?

Right now I may try to get some certs but its getting really scary, no one wants to hire juniors in my country(Eastern EU) and I don't even know how to get in front of other candidates. Projects? Certs? Good soft skills during the interview?

Hi everyone,

I recently completed my DevOps internship, where I worked with tools and technologies like Linux, Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Azure, CI/CD, Python, and Shell Scripting.

During my internship, I built and deployed applications, automated deployment pipelines, and worked with cloud infrastructure.

Now I'm looking to gain more real-world experience while waiting for my full-time joining.

I'm interested in:

DevOps freelance work

Small paid or unpaid projects

Open-source contributions

Startup collaborations

Infrastructure automation tasks

CI/CD pipeline setup

Docker/Kubernetes deployments

Azure cloud projects

I'm eager to learn, contribute, and solve real engineering problems. Even if you have a small project or need an extra pair of hands, I'd love to help.

If you know of any opportunities or communities where beginners can contribute to real DevOps projects, I'd really appreciate your suggestions.

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,

I'm in the early stage of my career and have experience working as a Junior Software Engineer. My interests are in cloud technologies, automation, and cloud support roles. I'm currently looking for opportunities in areas where I can learn and grow.

If anyone knows of any openings, referrals, or has advice on where I should apply, I'm trying all my best through every platform, Sometimes I'm confused.

I'd really appreciate your help. Please someone gimme our thoughts!!

Where ever I go to find a job on online portals like LinkedIn, Internsala, indeed, unstop etc. they want min 0-1, 0-2, 0-3. years of work experience. as a fress The problem which I face how can I find entry-level roles, freshers job. So please 🙏 help me to tell me how can and where should I find job and which types of company's, startups. so I get my job before end of my college. After applying Dagens of application and get rejections. it's demotivate me Did in this job market did no one can get job easily without refral? I hope you understand. and thanks in advance.

Throwaway for obvious reasons.

SWE/SRE background, ~7 years experience, applying across engineering and adjacent roles. Laid off earlier this year in a company-wide cut.

I tracked everything since the layoff, so here is the actual funnel:

- 240+ applications
- ~50 companies replied with anything human at all (screen or better)
- 33 reached a first round
- 9 reached a second round
- 4 reached a final round
- 1 offer, which stalled in negotiation
- Everything else: rejected at resume screen, req closed, or ghosted

Mostly just wondering if others are in the same boat. The numbers made me question myself a lot until I laid them out like this and realised most of it never even reached a person. Curious how everyone else's search has been going this year, and how you are holding up.

Hi everyone,

I'm a 2025 Information Science & Engineering graduate from Bengaluru, and I'm honestly at a point where I feel lost.

For the past few months, my routine has been the same every single day—searching for jobs, tailoring my resume, applying on LinkedIn, Naukri, Indeed, company career pages, startup websites, and even directly emailing recruiters. I've probably submitted hundreds of applications, but I've received very few interview calls and most applications never get a response.

I'm not looking for a dream company or a huge package. At this point, I'm simply looking for an opportunity where I can learn, work hard, and build my career.

I'm interested in entry-level roles such as:

Technical Support

Service Desk / Help Desk

System Administrator

Linux Administrator

Infrastructure Support

NOC Engineer

IT Operations

Application Support

Cloud Support

DevOps Intern / Trainee

I have hands-on knowledge of Linux, AWS fundamentals, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, Python, Bash scripting, SQL, networking, and Windows administration. I'm continuously learning and working on projects to improve my skills because I know there's still a lot to learn.

The hardest part has been staying motivated. Watching months go by without an opportunity makes you question yourself, even when you're putting in the effort every day. Still, I haven't stopped applying because I believe all it takes is one chance.

If your company is hiring freshers, if you know of any openings, or if you're willing to refer someone who's genuinely eager to learn and work hard, I would be incredibly grateful. Even suggestions on companies that hire fresh graduates or feedback on my resume would help a lot.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I truly appreciate any help or guidance this community can offer. Hopefully, this post reaches someone who can help me take that first step in my career.

Currently I have been working in an MNC as a SRE role for a year. But tbh I haven't learned anything everything over is well settled and I am mostly into maintenance work.

My aim and goal is to earn a lot of money at this point of time I am really confused as to what should I study DSA python go Java . Should I stay in sre field or other field.

I am just hell lot confused.

Please any senior guy help me ....

Hello , I'll be graduating in April 2027 , placements are starts , doing btech in cs from Gujarat,india

And still confused about which career should be better devops or development

I need to go deeper in devops learn fundamentals tools etc but many companies I've seen is asking experience of 2-5 years

And in development in which field should I go , node js or react developer or software engineer

Switching career in devops after development is easy or going to be tough

Is there any market for tech ?