DevOps Engineer Roadmap
DevOps Engineer Roadmap: From Linux Basics to Production Infrastructure
DevOps is about making software reliable to build, ship, and run - not a specific tool, but a set of practices around automation, infrastructure, and reliability.
Foundations
4-8 weeks- Linux fundamentals and command line proficiency
- Networking basics: DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, load balancing concepts
- Git and version control workflows
- Scripting (Bash and/or Python) for automation
Core skills
2-4 months- Containers (Docker) and container orchestration basics (Kubernetes)
- CI/CD pipelines - building, testing, and deploying automatically
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar)
- A major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) fundamentals
Specialize and scale
2-4 months- Monitoring, logging, and alerting (observability stack)
- Security basics: secrets management, least-privilege access, vulnerability scanning
- Cost optimization and scaling infrastructure reliably
Job-ready polish
2-4 weeks- A portfolio project showing a real CI/CD pipeline and infrastructure-as-code setup
- Practice explaining trade-offs in reliability, cost, and complexity
- Mock interviews covering troubleshooting scenarios and system design basics
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