Roles · Database Engineer / DBA · Mid-level
1 core skills, 56 in total. Expectations per skill, and what changes at the next level.
This page lists what a Mid-level } is expected to know and do, skill by skill. Core skills are the ones a manager and peers assess in a review cycle; the rest count only in self-assessment. Main areas: DevOps & CI/CD.
Grouped by area. The label on the right is the expected depth: Awareness, Working, Advanced or Expert.
Designs CI/CD pipelines from scratch. Configures caching for faster builds. Uses matrix builds for testing across different versions. Sets up deployment pipelines (staging → production). Works with secrets and environment variables.
Not assessed by the team, but part of the self-assessment and the development plan.
56 skills get a higher expectation or become core when moving from Mid-level to Senior. The biggest jumps first.
} in the open competency matrix: 56 skills across 5 levels. The matrix is free for individuals and stays free.