DevOps Architect

What Exactly is a DevOps  Architect?

A man who has new plans, designs for the construction of the building is called an Architect. Now the time changes and we have come with a new word and technology called DevOps Architect. This is not a replacement for Architecture but a new term with a web known world containing features.

DevOps Architect is quite similar to DevOps Engineer, only the one difference is it does not have the leadership quality. There are many terms or titles given by several organizations for the DevOps Architect such  as,  Build Engineer,  Release Engineer, Automation Architect, DevOps Architect , DevOps Engineer etc.

A DevOps Architect is a person who knows software architects, software developers, etc and they have deep knowledge about all the concepts and stages of DevOps. A DevOps Architect provides the standardized explanation which matches  perfectly  for the management, operational and technical standards. This person must be eligible to handle all the issues which came across with the DevOps.  They have a huge experience  in dealing practically  with the terms like leadership role, operations, configuration etc.

 

Responsibilities of a DevOps Architect

Their responsibilities is to build tools and processes and help the whole team with solving their issue if any. There are many important responsibilities of a DevOps Architect such are as follow:

• It has the power and skills to organize a team with a leadership mindset.
• In any kind of issues and problems DevOps Architect supervises the operating team and the developers.
• One of the main responsibilities is to execute, analyze and streamlining DevOps practices.
• They have to review, monitor and manage the technical operations.
• DevOps Architecture has the responsibility to create an endless build environment to speed up software deployment and development.
• They have to do the automating processes.
• Through the organization, their responsibility is to DevOps the channel.

To protect the company from the future, DevOps Architects have to develop an environment and do the whole work together with the team which encourages the endless development of the company.

 

DevOps Architect Skill Set

It is necessary to have all the knowledge and experience about building software and have knowledge about all the important tools and processes. One of the important skills to have in a DevOps Architecture is the quality of Leadership, they can handle a team, solve issues together, work together with the whole team. Some valuable required skills for DevOps Architect are as follow in a given point:

 

• A brief and clear knowledge about the tools and technology.
• One of the important key skills is having a leadership mindset.
• Detailed knowledge about the concept.
• Have the skills to solve practical problems.
• Experience in decisive operations .
• Having Visionary Skills.
• For the Operational and Development team  they have the skill set to create and establish a new channel.

What Does A DevOps  Architect Do ?

It is necessary to have all the knowledge and experience about building software and have knowledge about all the important tools and processes. One of the important skills to have in a DevOps Architecture is the quality of Leadership, they can handle a team, solve issues together, work together with the whole team. Some valuable required skills for DevOps Architect are as follow in a given point:

 

• A brief and clear knowledge about the tools and technology.
• One of the important key skills is having a leadership mindset.
• Detailed knowledge about the concept.
• Have the skills to solve practical problems.
• Experience in decisive operations .

Components in DevOps Architecture

Some important components in DevOps Architecture are Build, Code, Test, Release, Monitor .Lets understand each in points as below :

Build

The cost which arises from the consumption of resources was analyzed and based on utilizing individuals with fixed hardware allowance and this is done without DevOps and with DevOps build is depending upon the requirements of the users which is a tool that regulates the procedure of resources or capacity.

Code

Code is not used only to assure the business for writing the code but it also supports searching the changes and also informing the reason about the changes and if it is required then originated the original code and you can use this code again and also organize it in files and folders.

Test

When all the tests are done the application moves further to production. By automation, this test will be completed and it reduces the time for testing, by the reduces of time automatically the cost of production will also reduce.

Release

Though by automation the deployment to an environment will be performed in one condition it is performed manually when deployment is created to the production environment. To do the impact on the customers the deployment in the production environment is done manually and it specifies almost most of the processes that consist of release management.

Monitor

The monitor is an important component in DevOps Architecture that supports the tracking system and is used to specify any risk and issues.

 

DevOps Architecture Best Practices

Some best methods that can be used universally for DevOps Architecture are as follow:

 

Employing the right employ

Though every organization wants their employees with great skill and finding a great choice of employee is very important for the growth of a company. There are some position names suggested that a company hired for DevOps jobs is as Software Developer, Release Manager, DevOps Architect, Database Engineer, Project Manager, Automation Specialist etc.

 

DevOps Architecture should be Agile

All the team in DevOps Architecture work together and give feedback together. By this alliance, great coordination comes through communication and that’s the strategy of the project manager of DevOps. The agile project management work on a concept that how they plan, estimate the total work and there are two frameworks that the whole team practicing agile methodology is Scrum and Kanban.

 

It is created with the right tool

The right choice of tool is very important for the DevOps lifecycle because it enhances the speed of delivery and the quality of software.

 

Execute automation

The CI and CD mean Continuous Integration and Continuous Developers permits developers to join code continuously. The automation test consists of final testing, integration test, a performance test and unit test.

 

Regulate the application and DevOps Pipeline

It is important to regulate the DevOps pipeline because it helps to prevent delays, if the pipelines are regulated so the broken pipeline is formulated and it doesn’t cost any useless delay.

 

Conclusion:

A DevOps Architect is a person who knows software architects, software developers, etc and they have deep knowledge about all the concepts and stages of DevOps. A DevOps Architect provides the standardized explanation which matches  perfectly  for the management, operational and technical standards. This person must be eligible to handle all the issues which came across with the DevOps.  They have a huge experience  in dealing practically  with the terms like leadership role, operations, configuration etc.