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DevOps Engineer Resume Examples & Template (SRE, Platform)

Platform and SRE hiring managers scan for cloud, IaC, and reliability metrics (SLO, MTTR, error budget). The strongest DevOps resumes lead with a reliability or cost win, not a tool list.

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Chris Avila

Senior DevOps / SRE · AWS · Kubernetes · Terraform

SRE with 7 years running production platforms for high-traffic SaaS. Strong at IaC, observability, and reducing toil for product teams.

  • Cut p95 deploy time from 38 min → 6 min by migrating 40+ services to GitHub Actions + ArgoCD.
  • Reduced AWS spend $480k/year by right-sizing 220 EKS workloads and moving cold storage to S3 IA.
  • Drove MTTR from 41 min → 9 min by rolling out SLOs and burn-rate alerting in Datadog.
  • Built internal developer platform that cut new-service bootstrap from 3 days → 25 minutes.

ATS tips for devops engineer resumes

Mirror the JD's cloud verbatim — write 'Amazon Web Services (AWS)' once, then AWS.
Name the IaC tool and version: Terraform 1.x, Pulumi, OpenTofu.
Quantify reliability: SLO targets, MTTR, error budgets, deploy frequency.
Avoid two-column templates — DevOps JDs often go through Greenhouse / Lever which mishandle them.

Top skills for devops engineer resumes

Hard skills

AWS / GCP / AzureKubernetes (EKS / GKE)Terraform / OpenTofuDockerCI/CD (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins)Observability (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)Linux administrationBash / Python / GoIncident response

Soft skills

On-call ownershipCross-team enablementDocumentationMentorship

Best templates for devops engineers

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Common devops engineer resume mistakes

  • Listing 20+ tools — recruiters round down on credibility past ~10.
  • Skipping reliability metrics — DevOps roles are evaluated on them.
  • Hiding incident-response work — it's a signal of seniority.
  • Writing 'managed AWS' instead of naming the services (EKS, RDS, MSK, Lambda).

DevOps Engineer salary insights

Entry-level

$90k – $120k

Mid-level

$135k – $185k

Senior

$195k – $290k+

U.S. base salary ranges, 2025 Levels.fyi + SRE Salary Report.

Frequently asked questions

Is a cloud certification worth it?

Yes for early-career — AWS Solutions Architect or CKA reliably moves callback rates. Diminishing returns past senior.

Should I list every script I've written?

No. Mention the 2–3 internal tools that other teams adopted — that's the signal.

How important is on-call experience?

For SRE / platform: required. Quantify it (rotation size, pages per week, MTTR).

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