From QA to DevOps - Your Hidden Advantage

QA and test automation engineers have transferable skills that make transitioning to DevOps more accessible than they might think. Skills like writing scripting logic, understanding quality gates, and designing test scenarios map directly to CI/CD automation and infrastructure as code. The main gap is knowledge of cloud platforms and infrastructure concepts. A recommended path is to start with AWS, learn core cloud concepts, then study four to five foundational services in the context of application deployment. With focused effort, a meaningful DevOps skill level can be reached in four to six months.