The field of DevOps is now in its 11th year and still relatively new. It was not long ago that the job title “DevOps engineer” did not exist. But like many things in technology, radical change can happen in flash. Within the past few years and 53% of respondents to the Upskilling 2021: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report saying they had recently hired or plan to hire someone for that title. A job title is one thing, but the practice of DevOps Engineering and the journey of DevOps includes many key topics around culture, processes and the technology ecosystem.

While there are unique journeys, cultures and technical challenges, we all agree that the ability to deliver quality software with speed and reliability is a key differentiator for almost all organizations, independent of vertical, region, or size. The SKILbook on DevOps Engineering was written for those who want to pursue DevOps Engineering to achieve great things.