DevSecOps Engineer¶

Duration: 14–20 weeks · Difficulty: advanced · Badge: Security

Shift-left security across containers, Kubernetes, pipelines, and cloud.

Complete roadmap¶

Target audience¶

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

Job roles¶

DevSecOps Engineer
Security Engineer (Cloud)
AppSec Engineer

Expected salary ranges¶

Mid to senior security engineering 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¶

Foundations¶

Linux — ready · 25 tutorials
Docker — ready · 20 tutorials
Kubernetes — ready · 20 tutorials
Git — ready · 20 tutorials
GitLab CI/CD — ready · 20 tutorials

Security¶

DevSecOps — stub / coming soon
Security — stub / coming soon

Cloud¶

AWS — ready · 20 tutorials
Terraform — ready · 20 tutorials

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¶

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

Certification roadmap¶

CKS, AWS Security Specialty

Estimated duration¶

14–20 weeks of focused study (tutorials + labs). Stretch if you are new to Linux or cloud.