DevOps Engineer resume example

This example shows how a mid-level DevOps engineer can present pipeline, infrastructure-as-code and reliability work with measurable outcomes, keeping each role focused on what changed and how it was verified.

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Daniel Okafor

DevOps Engineer

Bristol

Professional summary

DevOps engineer with five years of experience building CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes platforms and Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure. Reduced deployment times and incident volume through automation and observability. Collaborates closely with developers and support teams.

Experience

DevOps Engineer · Harbourline Software
2021 – Present
- Migrated 14 services from manual deployments to GitHub Actions and Argo CD, cutting average release time from 90 minutes to 15 minutes
- Codified AWS networking and EKS clusters in Terraform modules, reducing environment setup for new teams from three days to four hours
- Built Prometheus and Grafana alerts tied to service level objectives, lowering after-hours pages by about 35% over two quarters
Junior Systems Engineer · Brightwell Digital
2018 – 2021
- Containerised three legacy applications with Docker, which removed recurring configuration drift between staging and production
- Automated server patching with Ansible playbooks, shortening the monthly patch cycle from two days to half a day
- Maintained Jenkins build jobs and fixed flaky tests with developers, raising the build success rate from 82% to 94%

Skills

Kubernetes · Docker · Terraform · AWS · GitHub Actions · Argo CD · Prometheus · Grafana · Ansible · Python

Education

BSc, Computer Science — University of the West Midlands (2018)

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Name the pipeline tool and the before-and-after deployment time, such as 90 minutes down to 15, so readers see the scale of your automation.
Separate tools you operate daily from ones you have only used; list Kubernetes or Terraform only if you can discuss real incidents or changes.
Describe reliability work with a metric like pages per week, error budget or mean time to recovery rather than saying you improved stability.
Mention team context briefly, such as how many services or engineers your platform supported, to show the scope of your responsibility.
Include one bullet on security or cost, for example image scanning or rightsizing instances, since hiring teams often screen for those concerns.

Should a DevOps resume list every tool I have used?

No. Group the tools you use regularly and can discuss in depth, and drop those you only touched once. Recruiters search for key terms, but interviewers will probe whatever you list.

How do I show impact if I do not own production metrics?

Use what you can observe: build duration, deployment frequency, number of manual steps removed or setup time saved. Keep numbers modest and accurate, and be ready to explain how you measured them.

Do certifications belong on a DevOps resume?

They can support your skills, especially for cloud platforms or Kubernetes, but they do not replace experience. Place them near the education section and keep the focus on projects you delivered.