DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
As a DevOps engineer, you’re a developer or infrastructure administrator who also has subject matter expertise in working with people, processes, and products to enable continuous delivery of value in organizations.
Assessed on this exam
| Section | Est. Percentages |
|---|---|
| Design and implement processes and communications | 10–15% |
| Design and implement a source control strategy | 10–15% |
| Design and implement build and release pipelines | 50-55% |
| Develop a security and compliance plan | 10–15% |
| Implement an instrumentation strategy | 5–10% |
Learning Path
Development for enterprise DevOps
Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions
Design and implement a release strategy
Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines
Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC
Design and implement a dependency management strategy
Implement security and validate code bases for compliance
Your responsibilities for this role include delivering Microsoft DevOps solutions that provide continuous security, integration, testing, delivery, deployment, monitoring, and feedback. You design and implement flow of work, collaboration, communication, source control, and automation.
As a DevOps engineer, you work on cross-functional teams that include:
- Developers
- Site reliability engineers
- Azure administrators
- Security engineers
You must have experience both administering and developing in Azure, with strong skills in at least one of these areas. You should also have experience implementing both GitHub and Azure DevOps solutions.