DevOpstyön

DevOpstyön is a Finnish term describing the practical application of DevOps principles in information technology work. It covers the activities, culture and practices that aim to shorten the software delivery lifecycle and improve collaboration between development and operations teams.

The term is primarily used in Finnish-language IT discussions and education. It is not an official certification or standard, but a label for work practices aligned with DevOps.

Core practices include Infrastructure as Code, continuous integration and delivery pipelines, automated testing, monitoring and logging, incident management and blameless post-incident reviews, and the automation of provisioning and configuration management. Security considerations are increasingly integrated early in the development process, a concept often referred to as DevSecOps.

Common tools associated with DevOpstyön are Git repositories, CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps or GitLab CI, infrastructure automation tools like Terraform and Ansible, and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes. Teams often organize around platform engineering or site reliability engineering roles, responsible for building stable platforms, deploying software and maintaining reliability.

Benefits of DevOpstyön include faster and more reliable software delivery, improved collaboration between previously siloed teams, and better observability and incident response. Challenges include resistance to change, legacy systems, skill gaps, and the need to balance speed with security and compliance.

See also: DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, SRE, DevSecOps.