Become a

Software Developer

Developers and testers are at the heart of every successful DevOps organization. Of course they turn requirements into code and test it to see if it meets business requirements but they are also responsible for unit testing, deployment and continuous monitoring. This makes it a critical role with many aspects which may need a personalized journey.

  • Learn how to incorporate a Continuous Delivery Mindset throughout your organization with the aid of practical examples, expert knowledge, and experience.

  • Learn how to Scale in an entire IT-environment through applying practices like Continuous Delivery and DevOps.

Be a T-Shaped Software Developer! But what is it?

Professionals in a DevOps Organization must have a balance of soft, process, functional and relevant technical skills. When transforming to DevOps, collaboration, cooperation and acceleration at its core. In cross-functional teams, with a focus on continuous delivery and adding value, we distinguish 5 principle roles, for each of which we have created a learning journey.

A T-Shaped Software Developer Looks like

  • Cloud technologies​
  • Shift-Left security
  • DevOps Mindset​
  • Agile & Lean values​
  • Collaboration​
  • Diversity & inclusion
  • Programming Language/Skills​
  • Version Control​
  • Trunk based development​
  • Database change Management​
  • Continuous Integration
  • Automated Deployment Process​
  • Test Data Management​
  • Test Automation​
  • Monitoring
  • Proactive Notifications

Software Developer Assessment

DevOps in any organization is practiced differently, this is the same for these journeys. The organization may expect different skills from people even though they appear to have a similar role. To truly understand the need of you and your organization, please feel free to get in touch and we will grab a cup of virtual coffee to personalize the journey for you.

The Journey to become a Software Developer

Understand

Beginner
(DOFD)® DevOps Foundation certificate

(AZ-900) Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

1-day training
Beginner

Unit Testing Fundamentals

2-days training
Beginner
Advanced

Professional Scrum Developer

3-days training
Beginner
(PSD) Professional Scrum Developer certificate
Beginner

Expand

Test Driven Development (TDD)

3-days training
Beginner

Quality Code using SOLID principles

3-days training
Beginner
Beginner

Accelerate

Beginner
Beginner

Masterclass Continuous Delivery by Dave Farley (Coming soon)

1-day training
Advanced

Curious which trainings are relevant for you?

Our Software Developer Trainer

Certified Trainer, DevOps Transformation Consultant, Professional Scrum Trainer

Phani Bhushan

Phani Bhushan is a DevOps transformation consultant with over 17 years of experience. He currently lives in the Netherlands helping major Dutch financial institutions with their DevOps journey. He is also a certified trainer, the first Professional Scrum Trainer from India and he’s also a certified trainer from Devops Institute. He has experience in various roles like research, development, requirements engineering, system architecture, and has lead development teams and project management. He is also an expert in eXtreme Programming like TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Automated deployment, and Agile Testing.

Discover other Learning Journeys

DevOn Academy offers a wide array of trainings targeted specifically to different DevOps roles.

The DevOps Leader is responsible for both process and people. They must promote the benefits of DevOps by identifying and quantifying the business benefits. Moreover, they remove the fear of failure and build a learning culture where it is safe to fail, to fail fast and to learn and improve.

The automation expert, often called architect finds the proper tools and implements processes which can automate manual tasks. They have the core automation role across DevOps tools and Cloud platforms. They are able to advocate lean thinking across processes.

The QAs, or XAs are responsible for User Experience and that the product has the features defines in the original specifications. However, they do not only test functionality but now also include experience testing.
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Developers and testers are at the heart of every successful DevOps organization. Of course they turn requirements into code and test it to see if it meets business requirements but they are also responsible for unit testing, deployment and continuous monitoring. This makes it a critical role with many aspects which may need a personalized journey.

The DevSecOps​ Engineer​ assures the security and integrity of an application in a DevOps organization. They work side by side developers and ensure built-in security. The DevSecOps Learning Journey helps you understand the fundamentals of designing secure systems and incorporating ‘security’ at a higher level or building ‘security in’ so to speak.

A Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is one of the roles in a DevOps organization who has an extremely broad reach. This role incorporates aspects of software engineering and it applies those to problems in both infrastructure and operations. Because of their knowledge and influence, they create ultra scalable and highly reliable distributed software systems.

Product Owners ensure fast and efficient delivery and as the voice of the customer. They’re responsible for prioritization, stakeholder management and creating the ultimate product. Within DevOps, POs need to understand the technical landscape and possibilities better than they were used to. Foundational knowledge of Security, CD and Cloud is no longer optional.

Let us help you gain insight and evaluate which skills you need to develop in order to become an expert in your field. All training courses focus on aspects within the DevOps spectrum, with a focus on role-based trainings within the different subjects. This can be a combination of regular training courses, mini-workshops, e-learning, and hackathons.

Not sure if The Software Developer is for you?