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One such topic that got recommended to us by one of our listeners was to discuss the differences between a DevOps Architect and a DevOps Engineer. So often, we find these two titles being used interchangeably and it can get very confusing to know what each role entails.
What do DevOps Architects and DevOps Engineers do?
DevOps Architect
The DevOps Architect’s role is more conceptual and is more high-level. Their work revolves around overall software goals and business goals. They need to have a solid understanding of capabilities and constraints to do their roles.
DevOps Engineer
The DevOps Engineer’s role is more execution and implementation-oriented. Their background might be similar to that of a DevOps Architect, but their work is more on the realizing the plans side.
If we were to simplify things further, we would say, if an organization has a DevOps team then it most definitely needs DevOps engineers. If the organization does not deal with very complex deployments and has pretty fairly established operations and infrastructure tools & practices, then the organization could build a whole team and carry out their operations smoothly with just DevOps Engineers alone and may not feel the need for DevOps Architects.
However, if the organization has software architects or enterprise architects on board, then we would recommend the company also get some DevOps architects on board sooner rather than later.
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