What gets assessed
Infrastructure-as-code, one major cloud in depth, container orchestration, and CI/CD. Depth in one cloud beats surface familiarity with three.
Ask about on-call before accepting
How often is the rotation, is it compensated, what is the average number of night pages, and how does it work given your timezone. This determines your quality of life more than the salary.
Why it stays remote
The work is inherently remote — you are operating systems you cannot physically touch anyway. That structural fit is why the roles persist as remote.
Common questions
Is DevOps well paid remotely?
It is consistently among the highest-paid remote engineering specialisms.
What should I ask about on-call?
Rotation frequency, compensation, typical pages per week, and how it interacts with your timezone.