For DevOps & SRE engineers who want recognition for what they actually do

You keep the lights on. But nobody sees it until they go out.

Stop being invisible. Start being valued.

  • Turn uptime and reliability into measurable achievements
  • Show the business impact of your infrastructure work
  • Interview prep for incident response and system trade-offs
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Steve J. Ngoumnai
Steve J. Ngoumnai Founder, Head Career Coach
147+ professionals coached
4.9★ average rating
89% land offers in 60 days
$47K avg. salary increase

The problem

Your best work is preventing disasters. That's hard to put on a resume.

Nobody thanks you when nothing goes wrong.

The Gap

Maintenance doesn't sound sexy

'Maintained CI/CD pipelines' doesn't convey that you enabled 10x faster deployments.

The Struggle

Incident stories are tricky

You handled a crisis, but explaining it without sounding like you caused it is an art.

The Doubt

Is this even engineering?

You wonder if platform work 'counts' as much as product engineering. (It does. We'll help you prove it.)

Sound familiar?

The DevOps engineer's job search reality

These are the conversations we have every day with platform engineers just like you.

"Nobody notices until it breaks"

99.99% uptime? 'That's expected.' One outage? 'What happened?!' The best infrastructure work is invisible — which means you get blamed for failures but not credited for success.

"My resume is just a list of tools"

Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Datadog, Prometheus... You've listed every tool in your stack. But so has everyone else. Nothing shows the impact of your work.

"I don't know how to talk about cost savings"

You optimized cloud spend by 40%. You reduced infrastructure costs by $500K. But it feels like bragging, and you're not sure how to frame it without the exact numbers.

"Incident stories feel risky"

Your best stories involve incidents. But you worry talking about them will make you look bad. How do you show crisis leadership without implying you caused problems?

"DevOps vs SRE vs Platform — I'm not sure what to target"

Job titles are all over the place. You're not sure whether to position yourself as DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineer, or Cloud Engineer. Different companies mean different things.

"I want to move into management but don't know how"

You've mentored junior engineers. You've led initiatives. But transitioning to EM or Platform Lead feels like a different career path that nobody explains.

If any of this sounds like you — you're not alone. This is exactly what we help DevOps and platform engineers fix, every single day.

Success Stories

People who made the leap

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How It Works

How we get you there

1

Quantify your impact

We dig through your work and find the numbers that matter — uptime, cost savings, velocity improvements.

2

Craft your story

Your resume and LinkedIn get rebuilt to show platform ownership and business impact.

3

Prep for the tough questions

Incident response stories, system design trade-offs, and the 'tell me about yourself' that actually works.

Deliverables

What you actually get

Concrete outcomes, not vague advice.

Impact Mapping

Find and articulate the business value of your infrastructure work.

Story Overhaul

Resume and LinkedIn that show platform leadership.

Interview Readiness

Incident stories and system design prep that work.

Steve, Askia Career Coach

Your Coach

Steve understands infrastructure

I've led platform teams and seen firsthand how DevOps and SRE work gets overlooked. Uptime, deployment velocity, incident reduction — I know how to translate that into business impact that hiring managers can see. Let's make your infrastructure story land.

50+ platform engineers coached 3 weeks avg. to first interview $52K avg. comp increase
This is for you if

You've built serious infrastructure and want serious recognition.

  • You've improved reliability but can't quantify it
  • Your resume sounds like a job description
  • You're ready to move from Senior to Staff/Principal
  • You want to transition from ops to platform engineering
This probably isn't for you if

We focus on experienced professionals.

  • You're just learning DevOps fundamentals
  • You want help getting certifications
  • You're looking for hands-on technical training

Questions DevOps engineers usually ask

Real answers.

How do I quantify reliability work?

We look for uptime improvements, incident frequency reduction, MTTR, deployment velocity, cost savings. The numbers are there — we help you find them and frame them as business impact, not just technical metrics.

Do you help with platform engineering roles specifically?

Yes. Platform, SRE, and DevOps all have nuances. We tailor positioning to your target — internal developer platform, external reliability, cloud infrastructure, whatever matches your experience and goals.

What about cloud certifications?

Certifications can help, but they're not what gets you hired. Impact gets you hired. We focus on demonstrating real results. If you have certs, great. If you don't, it rarely matters for experienced engineers.

How do I talk about incidents without looking bad?

Incident stories are your best leadership stories. We help you frame them to show crisis response, decision-making under pressure, and post-incident improvement. Interviewers want to know how you handle chaos, not that you've never seen any.

DevOps vs SRE vs Platform — what should I target?

It depends on what you actually want to do. SRE emphasizes reliability and operational excellence. Platform engineering focuses on internal developer experience. DevOps is broader. We help you figure out what fits your experience and goals.

How do I show scale without big company names?

Scale isn't just about traffic. It's about complexity, reliability requirements, and business impact. We help you articulate the real challenges you've solved, regardless of company size.

I want to move from DevOps to SRE at a FAANG. Is that realistic?

Yes, if your experience matches. We help you identify the gaps and frame your experience in SRE terms. The core skills often translate — it's the framing and interview prep that matter.

Can you help me transition into management?

Yes. We work with platform engineers moving into EM or Platform Lead roles. The transition requires reframing your experience around team leadership and organizational impact, not just technical work.

What's your experience with infrastructure roles?

I've led platform teams and hired extensively in the space. I understand the challenge of making invisible work visible and can help you translate operational excellence into career advancement.

How do you help with system design interviews?

Infrastructure system design is different from app system design. We practice reliability-focused architecture, trade-off discussions, and capacity planning scenarios that show your operational thinking.

"Within 3 weeks I had 4 interviews lined up. Steve completely changed how I talk about my work."

★★★★★ — Marcus T., Senior Engineer → Staff at FAANG

Your infrastructure runs the company. Time your career ran on the same level.

You've kept the lights on for everyone else. Let's make sure you get recognized for it.

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