DevOps Engineer roadmap

What you will learn

1. 1. Linux & Shell

   Work comfortably in a Linux shell and understand how file systems organize data.

   • Linux & Shell — DevOps · Linux & Shell
   • File Systems — Operating Systems · File Systems

2. 2. Git Collaboration

   Fetch, pull and push with remotes, and team workflows built on pull requests.

   • Fetch, Pull & Push — Git · Fetch, Pull & Push
   • Workflows, Pull Requests & Code Review — Git · Workflows, Pull Requests & Code Review

3. 3. CI/CD

   Turn code into versioned build artifacts and ship them through continuous integration and delivery pipelines.

   • Builds & Artifacts — DevOps · Builds & Artifacts
   • CI & CD — DevOps · CI & CD

4. 4. Dockerfile & Compose

   Write efficient multi-stage Dockerfiles and run multi-container apps with Docker Compose.

   • Dockerfile & Multi-Stage Builds — Docker · Dockerfile & Multi-Stage Builds
   • Docker Compose — Docker · Docker Compose

5. 5. Kubernetes Essentials

   Clusters, nodes and namespaces, and running pods with deployments and ReplicaSets.

   • Cluster, Nodes & Namespaces — Kubernetes · Cluster, Nodes & Namespaces
   • Pods, Deployments & ReplicaSets — Kubernetes · Pods, Deployments & ReplicaSets

6. 6. Infrastructure as Code

   Manage configuration and secrets per environment and provision infrastructure as code with Terraform.

   • Configuration & Secrets — DevOps · Configuration & Secrets
   • Infrastructure as Code & Terraform — DevOps · Infrastructure as Code & Terraform

7. 7. Metrics & Alerting

   Measure services with metrics and the golden signals, and turn them into dashboards, alerts and incident response.

   • Metrics & Golden Signals — Observability · Metrics & Golden Signals
   • Alerting, Dashboards & Incidents — Observability · Alerting, Dashboards & Incidents

8. 8. AWS Core Services in DepthOptional

   IAM and least privilege, VPC networking, EC2, containers and Lambda, S3, RDS and DynamoDB, and CloudWatch.

   • IAM & Least Privilege — AWS · IAM & Least Privilege
   • VPC & Networking — AWS · VPC & Networking
   • EC2, ECS, EKS & Lambda — AWS · EC2, ECS, EKS & Lambda
   • S3 — AWS · S3
   • RDS & DynamoDB — AWS · RDS & DynamoDB
   • CloudWatch — AWS · CloudWatch

9. 9. AI-Assisted DevelopmentOptional

   Work effectively with coding agents: give them context and instruction files, prompt for code, connect tools with MCP and review what they produce.

   • Coding Agents — AI-Assisted Development · Coding Agents
   • Context & Instruction Files — AI-Assisted Development · Context & Instruction Files
   • Prompting for Code — AI-Assisted Development · Prompting for Code
   • Tools & MCP — AI-Assisted Development · Tools & MCP
   • Reviewing & Testing AI-Generated Code — AI-Assisted Development · Reviewing & Testing AI-Generated Code

10. 10. Safe Releases & SLOs

    Release with blue/green, canary and feature flags, and decide how much risk to take with SLOs and error budgets.

    • Blue/Green, Canary, Rollback & Feature Flags — DevOps · Blue/Green, Canary, Rollback & Feature Flags
    • SLI, SLO, SLA & Error Budgets — Observability · SLI, SLO, SLA & Error Budgets

11. 11. Cryptography, Zero Trust & Cloud SecurityOptional

    Cryptography basics, identity-centric zero trust, securing cloud workloads and the compliance frameworks that audit them.

    • Cryptography Basics — Offensive & Defensive Security · Cryptography Basics
    • IAM & Zero Trust — Offensive & Defensive Security · IAM & Zero Trust
    • Cloud Security — Offensive & Defensive Security · Cloud Security
    • Compliance Frameworks — Offensive & Defensive Security · Compliance Frameworks