The Plain-Words Test: Explain a New DevOps Skill to a Beginner
If you cannot explain a fresh DevOps idea without jargon, you have found a gap. Here is how to run the plain-words test and turn the gaps into a study plan.
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Europe’s Trusted Partner for DevOps, SRE & Cloud Excellence
DevOpsSchool helps organisations across the Netherlands and Europe adopt DevOps, SRE, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, GitOps and FinOps — through expert consulting, hands-on engineering support, freelance talent and world-class training.
15+
Years of expertise
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Projects delivered
5000+
Engineers trained
Your pipeline to production, perfected.
$ git push origin main
✔ Build & unit tests passed
✔ Security scan — 0 critical findings
✔ Deployed to Kubernetes (GitOps sync)
✔ SLO check — 99.99% availability
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What We Do
End-to-End DevOps & Cloud Services
From strategy to hands-on delivery — one partner for consulting, engineering support, talent and training.
DevOps & SRE Consulting
Assessments, roadmaps, CI/CD pipelines, platform engineering and reliability practices tailored to your organisation.
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Cloud migration and adoption on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Kubernetes orchestration, GitOps workflows and infrastructure as code.
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Security embedded in your pipeline, plus ongoing operational support, monitoring and incident response for production platforms.
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Deep Specialisation Across the Modern Stack
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⚙️DevOpsCI/CD & Automation
📈SREReliability & SLOs
🛡️DevSecOpsShift-Left Security
☁️CloudMigration & Adoption
🚢KubernetesContainer Orchestration
🔁GitOpsDeclarative Delivery
🟠AWSAmazon Web Services
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🌈Google CloudGCP Platform
💰FinOpsCloud Cost Optimisation
Why DevOpsSchool
The Leading DevOps Company in the Netherlands & Europe
Headquartered in Amsterdam, we combine consulting depth with a training heritage: our consultants don’t just build your platform — they upskill your team so the capability stays with you.
- Certified, senior consultants across DevOps, SRE, DevSecOps and all three major clouds
- Practical, outcome-driven engagements — from assessment to production
- Training and mentoring built into every engagement
- Flexible models: consulting, managed support, freelance and contract talent
- Serving startups, scale-ups and enterprises across Europe
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5000+
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