Companies around the world are increasingly implementing DevOps practices to streamline daily system administration and software development tasks. As a result, companies are hiring cross-industry IT professionals who can use DevOps effectively to shorten delivery times and improve quality when developing new software products.

To meet this growing need for qualified professionals, LPI has developed the LPIC-Open Technology DevOps Tools Engineer certification, which verifies the skills to use the tools to improve collaboration in workflows in system administration and software development.

When developing the LPIC Open Technology DevOps Tools Engineer certification, LPI reviewed the DevOps tool landscape and defined a number of key skills in using DevOps. The certification exam therefore focuses on the practical skills required to work successfully in a DevOps environment. They focus on the skills required to use the most popular DevOps tools. The result is a certification that covers the intersection of development and operation and is relevant for all IT experts who work in the DevOps area.