Compensación
Market data- p25
- 132.120 US$
- median
- 168.750 US$
- p75
- 202.000 US$
Base anual, USD, según vacantes públicas · basado en n=266 · Actualizado septiembre de 2026. Cómo lo calculamos
Carrera y salario · engineering
DevOps Engineer
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DevOps Engineers make software ship reliably and run smoothly — owning CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure as code, container orchestration, and the observability that keeps systems healthy. This page covers what the role does, the skills that matter, and how demand and pay break down by region.
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What a DevOps Engineer actually does
A DevOps Engineer owns the path code takes from a developer's laptop to running reliably in production — and everything that keeps it running afterward. In practice that means building CI/CD pipelines, defining infrastructure as code, managing cloud environments, orchestrating containers, and standing up the monitoring and alerting that catches problems early. The role is part software engineering, part systems operations, and part the cultural work of helping teams ship faster without breaking things.
The difference between a strong and weak engineer is mostly visible under pressure. A weak one wires up infrastructure by hand, leaves pipelines flaky, and treats monitoring as an afterthought — so outages become mysteries. A strong one automates relentlessly, makes infrastructure reproducible and reviewable, designs for failure (rollbacks, health checks, blast-radius limits), and builds observability before it's needed. They also weigh cost and complexity: the goal is a system the team can operate, not the most elaborate one possible. Calm, methodical incident response is a hallmark of seniority.
The tools and skills that matter
The modern baseline: solid Linux and shell fundamentals, containers (Docker), an orchestrator (usually Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform is the common denominator), and a major cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Around that sit CI/CD systems, observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, the OpenTelemetry world, or hosted equivalents), and scripting in Bash and Python. The senior differentiators are networking and security fluency, an understanding of distributed-systems failure modes, and genuine cost awareness. Real depth shows in how someone reasons about tradeoffs, not in how many tools they can name.
How Diiirect assesses this role
Candidates on Diiirect complete a role-specific skills assessment rather than relying on certifications alone. For DevOps Engineers that means scenario-driven problems — debugging a broken pipeline, reasoning about a Kubernetes failure, structuring Terraform safely, designing an alerting strategy — that surface real operational judgment under realistic constraints. Combined with profile and portfolio review, this gives hiring teams a grounded signal of how a candidate actually thinks about reliability, automation, and risk before the first interview.
Por seniority · mediana global
Intern37.036 US$
Junior60.183 US$+23.147 US$
Mid155.000 US$+94.817 US$
Senior172.050 US$+17.050 US$
Staff157.401 US$
Principal194.437 US$+37.036 US$
Director222.214 US$+27.777 US$
VP277.767 US$+55.553 US$
C-level370.356 US$+92.589 US$
Where would you land?
~50th percentile — about 168.750 US$ would out-earn an estimated 50% of DevOps Engineers.
Estimated from the p25–p75 band. For orientation, not an offer.
Vacantes abiertas
Puestos de DevOps Engineer en vivo
Las vacantes más recientes registradas en el mercado. Postúlate directamente, sin intermediarios.
- Lead Platform EngineerAllica BankMilton Keynes Officeayer
- Azure Infrastructure Engineer (m/w/d) in KölnGRÜNE'S LEIHHÄUSER GmbH & Co. KGBüro Kölnayer
- Teamleiter IT Infrastructure (m/w/d)IPG Automotive - PersonioKarlsruhe Fautenbruchstraßeayer
- Senior Network Site Reliability EngineerRealtimeboardglobalLondonayer
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Technical Leader, Kubernetes Platform (IRAP)CiscoBangalore, Karnatakaayer
- DevOps Engineer (Observability)twilioRemote - IrelandRemotoayer
- Compute Platform Engineer, License Scheduling - EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA5 Locationsayer
- Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer - EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA5 Locationsayer
- Senior Compute Platform Engineer, LSF - EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA3 Locationsayer
- Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer, Compute Platform - EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA3 Locationsayer
- Site Reliability EngineerTennrNew York City Officehace 2 d
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerTennrNew York City Officehace 2 d
Vacantes en otras empresas
Vacantes activas de DevOps Engineer
Puestos de otras empresas que están contratando DevOps Engineer ahora mismo, tomados directamente de sus propios portales de empleo.
- DevOps Engineer (Observability)twilioRemote - Ireland
- Compute Platform Engineer, License Scheduling - EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA5 Locations
- Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer - EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA5 Locations
- Senior Compute Platform Engineer, LSF - EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA3 Locations
- Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer, Compute Platform - EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA3 Locations
- Site Reliability EngineerTennrNew York City Office
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerTennrNew York City Office
- Senior Systems Software Engineer- EDA InfrastructureNVIDIA6 Locations
- Site Reliability Operations EngineerSalesforceWashington - Seattle
- Site Reliability Operations EngineerSalesforceWashington - Seattle
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Dónde se paga mejor
Compensación por región
Base anual mediana en USD por región. Contratar globalmente amplía el rango del que puedes reclutar, y el arbitraje que puedes capturar.
Regiónp25Medianap75Fuente
US120.000 US$140.000 US$140.000 US$Market data
CA92.192 US$108.461 US$127.984 US$Estimated
GB87.695 US$103.171 US$121.741 US$Estimated
UY49.469 US$58.199 US$68.675 US$Estimated
MX47.220 US$55.553 US$65.553 US$Estimated
BR44.972 US$52.908 US$62.431 US$Estimated
CL44.972 US$52.908 US$62.431 US$Estimated
CR44.972 US$52.908 US$62.431 US$Estimated
AR38.226 US$44.972 US$53.067 US$Estimated
CO38.226 US$44.972 US$53.067 US$Estimated
PE35.977 US$42.326 US$49.945 US$Estimated
Qué hacen
Responsabilidades representativas
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that ship code safely and frequently to production
- Provision and manage cloud infrastructure as code using Terraform and related tooling
- Operate container orchestration (Kubernetes) and the supporting networking, scaling, and deployment patterns
- Implement observability — metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting — so issues are caught before users feel them
- Harden systems and automate security, secrets management, and incident response runbooks
Herramientas
Habilidades demandadas
ci/cdkubernetesterraformawsdockerlinuxobservabilitybashpython
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Preguntas frecuentes
What's the salary range for a DevOps Engineer?
The median DevOps Engineer salary is $168,750. Most DevOps Engineer roles pay between $132,120 and $202,000 (USD, annual), based on 266 salary observations.
Which companies hire DevOps Engineers?
Companies actively hiring DevOps Engineers include NVIDIA, Palantir, Anthropic, MongoDB, Leidos, Workday.
How do I get hired as a DevOps Engineer on diiirect?
Apply directly to 511 open DevOps Engineer postings on diiirect — no recruiters, no middle layer. Companies review your profile and hire you directly.
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