Python for DevOps Automation
Automate infrastructure and cloud operations with Python.
About This Assessment
Python appeared in 18% of tech job postings in 2025, used across cloud engineering, DevOps, data science, and automation roles. This assessment tests practical Python scripting for infrastructure automation, including working with APIs, file processing, error handling, and integrating with cloud services. Automation skills are consistently ranked as high-priority by hiring managers as organizations seek to improve operational efficiency.
What Candidates Will Do
Write a Python script to automate AWS resource inventory collection via boto3
Parse and process log files to extract and report error patterns
Create a script that interacts with REST APIs and handles errors gracefully
Automated Grading
Verify Python code runs without errors, follows PEP 8 style guidelines, properly handles exceptions, AWS API calls return expected data, log parsing extracts correct information, and REST API interactions include proper error handling and authentication.
Environment
Ubuntu 22.04 with Python 3.10+, pip, boto3, requests library, AWS CLI configured, sample log files and mock API endpoints
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