DevOps & Cloud Engineer Roadmap
The roadmap from first container to cloud-certified engineer. Covers Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code, the skills that power modern software delivery.
Phase 1: Linux & Networking
Linux Fundamentals
Navigate the command line, manage files and permissions, and understand processes and services.
Networking Basics
TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, firewalls, and load balancers, and how traffic flows through infrastructure.
Shell Scripting
Automate tasks with Bash scripts, the first step toward infrastructure automation.
Phase 2: Containers & Orchestration
Docker
Build container images, run containers, manage volumes and networks, and write Dockerfiles.
Docker Compose
Define and run multi-container applications with docker-compose.
Kubernetes
Deploy, scale, and manage containerised applications with Kubernetes: pods, services, deployments, and config maps.
Phase 3: Cloud Platforms
AWS Fundamentals
EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, and VPC, the core AWS services every cloud engineer uses.
Azure Fundamentals
Azure VMs, Blob Storage, Azure SQL, Functions, and Active Directory, Microsoft's cloud platform.
Cloud Certifications
AWS Cloud Practitioner and Azure AZ-900 are entry-level credentials that prove foundational cloud knowledge.
Phase 4: CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD Pipelines
GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins to automate testing and deployment on every push.
Infrastructure as Code
Define infrastructure with Terraform or Pulumi for version-controlled, repeatable, and auditable.
Monitoring & Observability
Prometheus, Grafana, and alerting to keep systems healthy and debug production issues fast.