How has the role and importance of the DevOps profession changed over the last 3-4 years?

Over the past 3-4 years, the role of DevOps has significantly grown and become more complex. While previously DevOps was often associated with CI/CD automation and infrastructure setup, it is now a full engineering discipline that includes:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) management using Terraform, Ansible, and other tools.
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Monitoring and logging to ensure stability and quick response.
• Security and compliance (DevSecOps).
• Optimization of software development and delivery processes.

Thus, DevOps has become a link between development and operations, responsible for the speed, quality, and reliability of releases.