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¶

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¶

Linux — ready · 25 tutorials
Shell Scripting — ready · 18 tutorials
Python for DevOps — ready · 27 tutorials
Networking — ready · 25 tutorials
Git — ready · 20 tutorials

Phase 2 · Containers¶

Docker — ready
Kubernetes — ready
Helm — ready

Phase 3 · Cloud & IaC¶

Terraform — ready
Ansible — ready
AWS — ready
Google Cloud — ready

Phase 4 · Pipelines¶

GitLab CI/CD — ready
GitHub Actions — ready
Jenkins — ready
Argo CD — ready

Skills gained¶

Ordered mastery of the technologies on this path
Hands-on labs and production-oriented habits

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¶

CKA, Terraform Associate, AWS SAA

Estimated duration¶

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