Comment by Emigre_

Take a look at courses from A Cloud Guru, they are great. Consider studying and passing kubernetes certifications, like CKAD or CKA. Probably also consider the AWS ones. After that, you start being more attractive to perform a devops role. You don’t really need the certifications, but they might help you. What you’ll need is somebody willing to give you work involving that kind of experience, after you gain a base of knowledge thanks to courses, practicing on your own, etc. In small startups or companies work is less compartmentalised and there are probably less impediments to start exploring work that’s more devops than front-end. You might have to get less compensation, perhaps, but that would allow you to progress towards your professional goal. Ultimately, everybody’s case is different, so who knows. Good luck!!!