I’m of the strong opinion that the title “DevOps Engineer” is an oxymoron. A contradiction in itself.
“DevOps Consultant” or “DevOps Coach”? Perfectly fine. But “DevOps Engineer” or “DevOps Developer”? Big nope. Same goes for a dedicated “DevOps Team”.
For me it hints towards a big misunderstanding of the ideas behind DevOps, as it tends to be more about cultural transformations in the way teams cooperate. Having a “DevOps Engineer” or a “DevOps Team” indicates that DevOps is the responsibility of a single person or team, which exactly goes counter to a lot of the ideas behind DevOps.
The following article perfectly captures the essence on why I think “DevOps Engineer” is such a bad title: