DevOps Engineer Roadmap: Tools, Skills, and Order of Learning
A practical roadmap to becoming a DevOps Engineer. Linux, scripting, Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, and observability, in the right order.
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A practical roadmap to becoming a DevOps Engineer. Linux, scripting, Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, and observability, in the right order.
ArgoCD makes Git the source of truth for your Kubernetes clusters. Learn the GitOps pattern, the App-of-Apps model, and sync strategies that work.
Use the matrix strategy in GitHub Actions to test across Node versions, operating systems, and dependency sets without duplicating workflow files.
Set up NGINX as a reverse proxy for Node, Python, or container backends with the right headers, timeouts, and TLS configuration for production.
Learn how Prometheus scrapes metrics, how PromQL queries them, and how Grafana turns them into dashboards and alerts you actually want to look at.
Learn the foundations of Terraform: writing HCL, configuring providers, managing state, and creating your first cloud resource the right way.