Rethinking QA: From DevOps to Platform Engineering and SRE

Source: DZone DevOps

The Wake-Up Call

The software development landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, challenging traditional roles and requiring new skills. While DevOps has been a key element for over a decade — promoting collaboration and continuous delivery — the specific role of a “DevOps engineer” is being re‑examined.

• Shift in focus: Organizations are moving from siloed DevOps teams toward broader platform engineering models that embed reliability, security, and quality directly into product teams.
• Emerging responsibilities: Engineers are expected to own end‑to‑end service health, automate testing pipelines, and ensure that quality is baked into every stage of delivery.

This evolution calls for a rethink of how QA fits into the modern software delivery lifecycle.