DevOps Engineers are focused on implementing and facilitating the use of DevOps practices within a business. This encompasses multiple stages of the software development life cycle, automating processes around development, testing and release for continuous integration of new features, and subsequent continuous delivery of a product.

DevOps Engineers will typically work as part of a larger team and will need context of both the development and technical operations aspects of a project in order to streamline communication between teams. They are expected to interpret design documentation and specifications defined and delivered by specialist members of the team, such as a business analyst or technical architect.