Agentic DevOps: Will AI Replace DevOps Engineers? | EP48 ft. NetOrca’s Scott Rowlandson

EP 48 – Agentic DevOps | Featuring Scott Rowlandson (NetOrca)
In this episode, Philippe Trounev sits down with Scott Rowlandson from NetOrca to unpack one of the most urgent questions in technology today:

We dive deep into the evolution of DevOps, the rise of AI agent orchestration, and how automation is reshaping engineering teams across regulated industries like financial services.

Scott brings real-world experience from working in high-compliance environments—where automation isn’t just helpful… it's essential. Together, we explore:

• How automation is changing the DevOps landscape

• Why DevOps roles aren’t disappearing—but evolving

• AI agents and the future of engineering workflows

• Reducing delivery times in complex tech stacks

• Why regulated industries rely heavily on automation

• “Human-in-the-loop” DevOps models

• What skills DevOps engineers MUST develop to stay relevant

• Automation will eliminate some manual DevOps tasks.

• But demand for skilled DevOps engineers is increasing, not shrinking.

• AI agents will drastically accelerate deployment, compliance, and operations.

• DevOps pros who embrace orchestration and automation will lead the next era.

• The future of engineering is hybrid: AI + humans working together.

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