DevOps and Cloud Engineer Roadmap

Linux, containers, CI/CD and one major cloud — the standard path into DevOps and cloud roles.

8 milestones · ~260 hours total

1. 1

   Linux and networking

   ~30h

   Shell, permissions, processes, systemd, SSH, DNS, HTTP and TCP troubleshooting.

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2. 2

   Git and scripting

   ~20h

   Branching workflows, code review, Bash and Python scripts for automation.

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3. 3

   Containers

   ~25h

   Dockerfiles, images, volumes, networking and Docker Compose for multi-service apps.

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4. 4

   CI/CD pipelines

   ~25h

   Build, test and deploy automatically with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, with secrets handled safely.

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5. 5

   One cloud in depth

   ~50h

   Compute, storage, networking, IAM and managed databases on AWS, Azure or GCP; learn the cost model too.

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6. 6

   Infrastructure as code

   ~30h

   Terraform fundamentals, state, modules and reviewing infrastructure changes like code.

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7. 7

   Kubernetes basics

   ~40h

   Pods, deployments, services, config and autoscaling, then observability with metrics and logs.

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8. 8

   Certification and projects

   ~40h

   Prepare for one associate-level cloud certification and deploy one project end to end with monitoring.

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