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The DevOps Engineer Roadmap

Your journey to mastering CI/CD, cloud, and automation.

How to Use This Roadmap
  • Explore Each Step: The roadmap is laid out in a suggested order. Start from the top and work your way down.
  • Click for Details: Click on any underlined title or list item to open a pop-up with extra notes, project ideas, and interview questions.
  • Find Resources: Look for the link icon (🔗) to find curated lists of books, articles, and videos for deeper learning.
  • Check the Icons: The icons (❤️, 😰, etc.) give you quick hints about the topic. See the legend below for what each one means.
  • Learn by Doing: Don't just read! The best way to learn is to build the projects suggested in the notes.
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1. Pick a Programming Language

  • Python
    ⭐
    🔗
  • Go 🔗
  • Bash Scripting
    🚀
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🕒 3-4 Weeks
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2. Operating System Fundamentals

  • Linux Command Line
  • Networking Concepts
    😰
    🔗
  • Filesystems & Permissions
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🕒 2-3 Weeks
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3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  • Terraform
    ⭐
    🔗
  • Ansible
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🕒 4 Weeks
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4. CI/CD Pipelines

  • GitHub Actions
    ⭐
  • Jenkins
    😰
  • GitLab CI
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🕒 3 Weeks
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5. Containerization & Orchestration

  • Docker
    🚀
  • Kubernetes
    😰 ⭐
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🕒 5-6 Weeks

Choose Your Path

GitOps

Argo CD, Flux, managing infrastructure via Git.

Site Reliability (SRE)

SLOs/SLIs, Error Budgets, Chaos Engineering.

Security (DevSecOps)

SAST/DAST, Container Scanning, Policy as Code.