DevOps Engineer Roadmap

1

Programming / Scripting

Learn a language like Python or Go for automation. Master Bash scripting.

2

OS & Networking Basics

Understand the Linux command line, file system, and basic networking (IP, DNS, HTTP).

3

Version Control (Git)

Learn Git branching, merging, and pull requests. (This is essential).

4

CI/CD Pipelines

Learn Continuous Integration & Deployment. Master tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.

5

Cloud Providers

Get comfortable with at least one cloud provider: AWS, Google Cloud (GCP), or Azure.

6

Containers (Docker & Kubernetes)

Learn to package apps with Docker and manage them at scale with Kubernetes (K8s).

7

Monitoring & Logging

Learn to monitor your applications using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack.

8

Config. Management (Ansible)

Learn to automate server setup and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Ansible.

9

DevSecOps (Secrets Management)

Learn to securely manage passwords and API keys using a secrets manager like HashiCorp Vault.

10

Advanced Kubernetes

Learn professional K8s concepts like Service Mesh (Istio) and GitOps (ArgoCD) for automated deployments.