DevOps Engineer Roadmap
The complete end-to-end path: Linux and networking foundations, containers, cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and a portfolio of real projects.
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Foundations
The two pillars everything else sits on.
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Filesystem, bash, processes, systemd, and SSH.
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TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, subnets, and the troubleshooting toolkit.
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Version control
Git is the backbone of every DevOps workflow.
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Branching, rebasing, pull requests, and trunk-based development.
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Containers
Package and run applications consistently anywhere.
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Images, Dockerfiles, Compose, registries, and CI pipelines.
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Cloud
Provision and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS.
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IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, and cost guardrails.
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Orchestration
Run containers at scale with Kubernetes.
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Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, and operations.
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CI/CD
Automate test, build, and deploy pipelines.
- GitHub Actions validator optional
Lint your workflow YAML before it hits the runner.
- GitLab CI validator optional
Validate .gitlab-ci.yml syntax interactively.
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Observability
Instrument, alert, and query your running systems.
- PromQL explainer optional
Understand and build Prometheus queries step by step.
- Loki alert rule tester optional
Test LogQL-based alert rules against sample logs.
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Build a portfolio
Finish real projects to prove your skills.
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Four portfolio-ready projects: EC2 deploy, Compose stack, monitoring, and a mini CI pipeline.
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