Aye, anyone who did that missed the point, I think. There’s no more pivotal role in devops than QA, I’ve seen many takes on devops and the best outcome (so far) was when QA own the CI/CD pipeline and their job isn’t performing tests, but writing automated ones, and directly pairing with developers, BAs, and SREs.

This tends to make QA a gateway job to dev, SRE, or product management. In some organisations the QA function is perceived as a dogsbody role, and the reframing helps flatten the pecking order. In the long run there’s a virtuous cycle to accessing the talent pool this way.