DevOps with AWS

What is AWS DevOps?

AWS DevOps refers to using AWS cloud services along with DevOps practices to automate application deployment, scaling, monitoring, and infrastructure management.

Which AWS services are important for DevOps?

Key AWS services for DevOps include:

• EC2 – compute
• S3 – storage
• IAM – security & access
• VPC – networking
• EKS – Kubernetes
• CloudWatch – monitoring
• CodePipeline / CodeBuild – CI/CD

Learn more about CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes.

Is AWS mandatory for DevOps jobs?

Yes. In India, most DevOps roles require AWS as the primary cloud platform. Azure and GCP are secondary but AWS dominates job demand.

Check DevOps career FAQs for more on job requirements.

Can I learn AWS and DevOps together?

Yes. The recommended approach is:

1. Learn AWS basics
2. Parallelly practice Docker, Jenkins, and CI/CD
3. Deploy applications on AWS

This gives real-world experience.

Follow our DevOps roadmap for the complete learning path.

Do AWS DevOps engineers get higher salaries?

Yes. AWS DevOps engineers often earn 10–25% higher salaries compared to non-cloud DevOps roles due to cloud expertise.

See detailed salary breakdown in DevOps career FAQs.