The Comprehensive DevOps Interview Guide

DevOps is the methodology revolutionizing modern software delivery, merging development and operations through culture, automation, measurement, and sharing (CAMS) to achieve rapid, high-quality releases. This guide is your complete career launchpad, designed not just to teach you the technical pipeline but to ensure you excel in securing top DevOps engineer roles.

This book builds your expertise, starting with foundational DevOps principles and the full DevOps toolchain. You will master Git/SVN and secure CI/CD pipelines with automated testing. You will learn to implement Ansible/IaC (Terraform), orchestrate environments with Docker/Kubernetes, and integrate cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) for monitoring/observability (ELK stack). Finally, you gain essential career skills, such as perfecting your resume, mastering negotiation, and conquering mock interviews and case studies.

By the final page, you will possess not only deep technical knowledge across the entire DevOps landscape but also the confidence and proven strategies necessary to articulate your value, secure the job offer, and immediately contribute as a highly competent DevOps professional.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
● Mastering CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud, and interview case studies.
● Solve problems using Docker, Kubernetes architecture, and cloud security.
● Design robust pipelines, manage config, and monitor cloud systems.
● Handle merge conflicts, automate testing, and scale containers.
● Implement DevOps principles, use ELK stack, and pass mock interviews.
● Essential career skills, such as perfecting your resume and mastering negotiation.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This guide is for aspiring and current DevOps engineers, SREs, and developers with foundational knowledge in software development or IT operations, ready to master the technical pipeline and excel in job interviews.

1. Introduction to DevOps
2. DevOps Toolchain
3. Version Control Systems
4. Continuous Integration and Deployment
5. Configuration Management and Automation
6. Containerization and Orchestration
7. Cloud Platforms in DevOps
8. Monitoring, Logging, and Observability
9. Tailoring Resumes for DevOps Roles
10. Strategies to Improve Negotiation Skills
11. Preparing for DevOps Interview
12. Mock Interviews and Case Studies

● Pradeep Shankar Chintale is a distinguished senior DevOps engineer with over 18 years of experience designing secure, scalable, and highly automated cloud and DevOps ecosystems. He has held senior technical leadership roles at SEI Investments, Microsoft, and Comcast, where he architected mission-critical fintech and enterprise platforms supporting millions of users and major U.S. financial institutions. His expertise spans Kubernetes, cloud-native DevOps, AI/ML-driven automation, infrastructure-as-code, and high-availability architectures across private and public cloud environments.

Pradeep holds multiple global patents in AI-powered cybersecurity, including a Germany-registered utility model cited internationally and licensed to U.S. companies. He serves as a judge and technical reviewer for the Globee Awards, AIVA, IEEE, and Springer conferences, having reviewed more than 200 research papers and chaired numerous sessions. An accomplished author, his book DevOps Design Pattern has been featured at international book fairs and accepted by leading universities worldwide. He also serves on multiple advisory boards and mentors global startups in cloud, DevOps, AI, and cybersecurity innovation.

● Ankur Harendrasinh Mahida is a distinguished site reliability engineer (SRE) at Barclays in Whippany, New Jersey, USA, with extensive experience in building resilient, scalable, and secure platforms for mission-critical applications in highly regulated environments. He specializes in observability, automation, and performance engineering, leveraging a deep understanding of cloud operations and modern DevOps practices to bridge development and operations teams.

Throughout his career, Ankur has designed and implemented cloud-native and data- platform solutions that enhance system reliability, availability, and efficiency. He has led initiatives to develop advanced monitoring and alerting frameworks, improve end-to-end observability for complex application and data ecosystems, and architect automation-driven solutions that reduce incidents and operational effort. His technical expertise spans CI/CD automation, configuration management, disaster recovery, and performance optimization, working with technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Python, shell scripting, Terraform, enterprise Java, and relational databases. An active researcher and prolific author, he has published extensively on reinforcement learning, edge computing, financial crime detection, observability, AI/ML in incident management, cloud security, and DevOps/SRE practices. His contributions have earned him multiple international honors, including finalist in the Rising Star category of the European Search Awards 2024, Golden Award winner as Leader of the Year in the IT Eagle Awards 2024, and recipient of the Global Recognition Award 2024, along with service as a judge and reviewer for various global awards, conferences, journals, and book projects.

Ankur holds a master of computer science from the New York Institute of Technology, New York, USA; a master of engineering in electronics and telecommunication (E & TC) with specialization in VLSI and embedded systems from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India; and a bachelor of engineering from Babaria Institute of Technology, Vadodara, India. He is a senior member of IEEE, a fellow member of the British Computer Society (BCS), a full member of Sigma Xi, and an ACM Professional Member.

● Gopi Desaboyina is a lead cloud architect at SEI Investments, bringing nearly two decades of expertise in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and enterprise FinTech infrastructure. He specializes in designing secure, scalable multi-cloud architectures across Azure, Oracle Cloud, AWS, and GCP.

Gopi is a recognized SME in Azure networking, hybrid connectivity, ExpressRoute, VPN, Azure Firewall, and large hub-and-spoke architectures. He has deep hands-on expertise in Oracle Cloud networking, including DRG-v2, FastConnect, transit routing, private DNS, and security-zoned architectures.

As a Kubernetes platform leader, he has architected and operated production- grade clusters on AKS and OKE, focusing on container networking, GitOps, cluster governance, and secure workload operations.

Driven by automation, Gopi builds end-to-end Terraform, Ansible, Python, and DevOps pipelines, enabling infrastructure-as-code and firewall-as-code across the enterprise.

He has strong domain knowledge in distributed systems, high-performance data transfers, cloud governance, identity integration, and cross-cloud networking. His GCP experience includes Shared VPC, service perimeters, Cloud DNS, and enterprise connectivity patterns.

Gopi’s work has significantly strengthened SEI’s national-interest financial platforms, and he was selected to participate in the DHS-led Cyber Storm IX cybersecurity exercise. He continues to drive innovation in cloud automation, secure networking, and platform engineering while mentoring teams and shaping SEI’s cloud-native future.