P1P1 — Entry-Level Professional
DevOps Engineering and Infrastructure Entry/Mid
Early-career DevOps engineers concentrate on learning existing processes and gradually improving them.
What this level means
New to role or field; performs basic tasks under supervision
- Scope
- Own tasks within a defined component
- Autonomy
- Close supervision; work reviewed frequently
- Complexity
- Routine problems with known solutions
- Impact
- Own deliverables
- Decision rights
- Few independent decisions; escalates the rest
- Leadership
- None — building the craft
- Typical experience
- 0–2 yrs
What you'd do
- Assist in deployments
- Monitor pipeline success
- Improve automation
- Participate in team meetings
- Document processes and improvements
- Collaborate with software development teams
- Support infrastructure maintenance
- Troubleshoot deployment issues
- Assist in software deployments
- Monitor and report on pipeline health
- Implement small automation scripts
Skills, knowledge & tools
- CI/CD tools
- Basic cloud platform usage
- Automation scripting
- Monitoring tools
- Version control systems
- Basic networking
- Linux/Unix systems
- Containerization basics
- Continuous integration
- Continuous deployment
- Cloud infrastructure basics
- Automation frameworks
- Software development lifecycle
- Basic security practices
- System monitoring
- Configuration management
- Deployment frequency
- Change failure rate
- Pipeline reliability
- Problem-solving
- Team collaboration
- Technical documentation
- Basic scripting
What good looks like
- Basic understanding of CI/CD processes
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 0-2 years of experience in DevOps or related field
- Experience with version control systems
Common titles
DevOps Engineering and Infrastructure Entry/MidP1–P4
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.