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DevOps engineer cover letter example: results first
A cover letter for DevOps engineer jobs that leads with what you achieved, not with what you were responsible for. Copy it, replace the parts in [brackets] and use the words of the posting you answer.
- Open DevOps engineer jobs today
- 467
- Can be done from home
- 29%
- Median advertised pay
- $210K
Dear Hiring Manager, I am applying for the DevOps Engineer position at [Company]. I have [number] years of experience as a DevOps engineer, most recently at [Current company], where my focus is release pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring. Two results from that work: - Moved 35 services to Kubernetes; a deploy takes 6 minutes instead of 40 - Described the whole infrastructure in Terraform; a new environment takes 20 minutes, not 2 days [One or two sentences on why this company: a product you use, a goal from the posting, a problem you can help with.] I would bring the same focus on measurable results, and hands-on experience with Python, Kubernetes and Terraform, which the posting asks for. I would welcome the chance to talk about how I can help. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, [Your name]
Questions about a DevOps engineer cover letter
- What should a DevOps engineer cover letter include?
- Three things: the role you are applying for, one or two results from your DevOps engineer work with numbers, and one specific reason you want this company. Name the skills the posting names; for this work the most frequent today are Python, Kubernetes, Terraform.
- Do DevOps engineer jobs ask for a cover letter?
- Only 1 of the 53 open DevOps engineer postings with a full description here mention a cover letter in their text (counted today). The application form often has a separate field for one: when it does, a short letter still helps.
- How long should a DevOps engineer cover letter be?
- Three short paragraphs, under 250 words: a screen without scrolling. Recruiters read the first lines and the results; everything else is skipped.