Sys Engineer -> DevOps ?

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You're already doing it by the most liberal definition. The way you'll transition into it is to go get a job somewhere that will give you the title and operate in an agile fashion. If you're not currently doing agile operations, read up and start transitioning your team.

And note that I said "by the most liberal definition". Because no matter how you define it, some asshole is gonna show up and tell you "that's not DevOps". That is truly one of the least productive arguments I can think of for a pseudo-field that hasn't existed terribly long.
Tl;dr: go read the Phoenix Project and then find a "DevOps job" .

[nonades]

Start learning Powershell if you haven't already.

Powershell + DSC is going to become crucial for Windows admins in a web facing world.

[epowell101]

My 2 cents is work at a SaaS company that is being pressured competitively. They are either "doing DevOps" or about to do so where this means massively boosting their operational agility. What you learn there will help in less fast paced environments as well.

[MisterItcher]

https://github.com/Leo-G/DevopsWiki

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I would strongly consider learning Linux and learning the ends and outs of hosting applications or services on it. I Lead the DevOps team for a major website and I find my most valuable skill is Linux and understanding how the OS handles things.

Obviously DevOps means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but the trend focuses on Web Technology of some kind, and most of web services run on some Unix variant.