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DevOps Engineer

Duration: 20–28 weeks · Difficulty: intermediate · Badge: Recommended

Full-stack platform skills from Linux through CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, and IaC.

Complete roadmap

  1. Linux
  2. Shell Scripting
  3. Python for DevOps
  4. Networking
  5. Git
  6. Docker
  7. Kubernetes
  8. Helm
  9. Terraform
  10. Ansible
  11. AWS
  12. Azure
  13. Google Cloud
  14. GitLab CI/CD
  15. GitHub Actions
  16. Jenkins
  17. Argo CD
  18. Prometheus
  19. Grafana
  20. Loki
  21. Tempo
  22. OpenTelemetry
  23. DevSecOps
  24. Security
  25. Platform Engineering
  26. Site Reliability Engineering
  27. Cloud Architecture

Target audience

Engineers who want the DevOps Engineer skill profile and job outcomes below.

Job roles

  • DevOps Engineer
  • CI/CD Engineer
  • Release Engineer

Expected salary ranges

Mid to senior DevOps roles — treat as directional guidance only.

Prerequisites

  • Comfort with a laptop and a terminal
  • Complete earlier phases before later ones when marked ready
  • Prefer the Getting Started overview if you are new to the academy

Phases

Phase 1 · Foundations

Phase 2 · Containers

  • Docker — ready · 20 tutorials
  • Kubernetes — ready · 20 tutorials
  • Helm — planned

Phase 3 · Cloud & IaC

  • Terraform — ready · 20 tutorials
  • Ansible — planned
  • AWS — ready · 20 tutorials
  • Azure — stub / coming soon
  • Google Cloud — stub / coming soon

Phase 4 · Pipelines

  • GitLab CI/CD — ready · 20 tutorials
  • GitHub Actions — planned
  • Jenkins — planned
  • Argo CD — planned

Phase 5 · Observability

  • Prometheus — planned
  • Grafana — planned
  • Loki — planned
  • Tempo — planned
  • OpenTelemetry — planned

Phase 6 · Security

Phase 7 · Platform

  • Platform Engineering — planned
  • Site Reliability Engineering — planned
  • Cloud Architecture — stub / coming soon

Skills gained

  • Ordered mastery of the technologies on this path
  • Hands-on labs and production-oriented habits
  • Interview and certification readiness for mapped exams

Projects

See the Projects catalog and Capstones. Map picks to this path’s technologies.

Capstone

Choose a capstone that exercises the final phases of this path (for example Status API for DevOps / Kubernetes, or the Python automation framework for AI for DevOps).

Interview roadmap

  1. Finish ready technology tracks on this path
  2. Use Interview Guides per technology
  3. Rehearse troubleshooting stories from labs

Certification roadmap

CKA, Terraform Associate, AWS SAA

Estimated duration

20–28 weeks of focused study (tutorials + labs). Stretch if you are new to Linux or cloud.