Can AI Replace DevOps Engineers?
DevOps.com, Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
Let's cut to the chase: no, it can't. Not now. Not anytime soon.
In my experience working with engineering teams across industries, I've seen just how fast cloud infrastructure is evolving. Automation and AI are certainly becoming more embedded in daily workflows. And yes, they can take over certain tasks, especially the tedious, repetitive ones. But if you think that means engineers are becoming obsolete, you're missing the plot entirely.
If anything, what AI is doing is revealing how critical skilled engineers still are, and will continue to be.