DevOps Engineer
Automates the path from code to production: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, reliable and repeatable deployments.
Why this hire matters.
DevOps determines how often — and how safely — you ship. Without it, every deployment is a risky event: manual releases, drifting environments, improvised rollbacks, and a product team afraid to ship on Fridays. A strong DevOps engineer turns deployment into a non-event: automated pipelines, versioned infrastructure, cycle times cut in half. It's a silent multiplier of your entire engineering velocity. Get it wrong and you accumulate toil, avoidable incidents and a drifting cloud bill. Beware the title trap: many 'DevOps' candidates are really sysadmins without software culture — demand code, not just scripts.
Key missions.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Manage infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Automate deployments and rollbacks
- Standardize environments (dev, staging, prod)
- Set up monitoring and alerting
- Harden the delivery chain's security
- Reduce toil and document runbooks
Skills.
Technical skills
- CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
- IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
- Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Scripting (Bash, Python)
Expected qualities
- Operational rigor
- Teaching mindset
- Service orientation toward teams
Common stack
Salaries 2025-2026
| Level | Experience | Annual gross base |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | 0-2 yrs | 42–48 k€ |
| Mid-level | 2-5 yrs | 50–62 k€ |
| Senior | 5-8 yrs | 65–80 k€ |
| Lead | 8+ yrs | 80–95 k€ |
Paris market ranges, 2025-2026.
Outside the Paris region, expect 10 to 20 % less.
Sources : Sup de Vinci 2026 · Licorne Society 2026 · Silkhom 2026 · Michael Page 2026
Hiring this profile.
Typical background
Engineer or sysadmin who moved into automation, or a developer who crossed into infrastructure. Cloud certifications accelerate the path.
When to hire
As soon as deployments become a bottleneck (often 5-10 engineers, seed/Series A). Before that, a senior developer with strong ops culture can cover it.
Career path
Senior → Lead DevOps → Platform Engineer / SRE → Head of Infrastructure.