Demystifying DevOps: Capital One’s Journey toward Continuous Delivery
Many companies are either talking about DevOps or already working toward adoption. Books and conferences around DevOps abound, and it seems that everyone is hiring DevOps engineers. What impact does adopting DevOps have on a company and its people? What does DevOps look like from the inside out? What does it mean to be a DevOps engineer? What do you need to do and learn to make sure you’re not left behind? Adam Auerbach answers these questions, explains the overall DevOps movement, and discusses how DevOps is driving changes to our organizational culture and structure. He covers the core principles of the movement, provides some examples of how companies have managed their adoption of DevOps, and discusses what it means to be mature. Adam shares common metrics used to track impact and covers some lessons learned. Join Adam as he take the mystery out of DevOps.
Adam Auerbach is the senior director of technology for advanced testing and release services for Capital One Financial Corporation, a diversified bank with 65-million customer accounts worldwide. Adam is responsible for Capital One’s enterprise performance and automated testing departments as well as enterprise release management and test data management. Since joining Capital One, he has provided leadership for the agile transformation of their quality assurance group, and led the enterprise adoption of DevOps and ATDD. Previously Adam was with Chase and other financial and insurance companies in leadership positions focused on quality and agile practices.