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Will AI replace devops engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting devops engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 312 live devops engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 37% of current devops engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
312live openings
37%ask for AI skills
20%remote
206companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
Employers still ask most for: CI/CD, DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, AWS — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Five9 | 10 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | 9 |
| Particle41 | 9 |
| MetroStar | 6 |
| Esri | 5 |
| Two Six Technologies | 5 |
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