DevOps: A way of working that brings development and operations together, using automation to build, release and run software reliably. It is also a job role.
Example
A DevOps engineer sets up the pipeline that deploys your code and the alerts that fire when something breaks.
Why DevOps matters for IT interns
It tells you who looks after deployments and infrastructure — and it is a career path some interns choose.
Where you will hear it
You will hear this term when your team builds, deploys, and runs software on servers and cloud platforms. If someone uses it and you are not sure what they mean in your project, it is completely fine to ask; every team uses terms a little differently.
Related terms
- Continuous Deployment (CD): Automatically releasing tested changes to an environment, sometimes all the way to production.
- Continuous Integration (CI): Automatically building and testing the code every time someone pushes changes, so problems are caught early.
- Deployment: Moving a new version of software onto the servers or environment where it runs, so people can use it.
- Docker: A popular tool for packaging an application with everything it needs into a container, so it runs the same…
- Environment: A separate setup where an application runs for a specific purpose — such as development, testing, staging or…
- Google Cloud: Google’s cloud platform (often called GCP), with services for computing, storage, data analytics and AI.
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Frequently asked questions
What is DevOps?
A way of working that brings development and operations together, using automation to build, release and run software reliably. It is also a job role.
What is an example of DevOps?
A DevOps engineer sets up the pipeline that deploys your code and the alerts that fire when something breaks.
Why does DevOps matter for IT interns?
It tells you who looks after deployments and infrastructure — and it is a career path some interns choose.
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Dhaivat has 16+ years of experience in the IT industry, working on AI and cloud technologies, project delivery, and engineering leadership. He has interviewed and mentored many interns, wrote The Lost Intern, and runs the non-commercial Career Impact Initiative, mentoring students for free.