DevOps Roadmap
Foundation
- Understanding of DevOps culture and principles
- Basic system administration (Linux/Unix)
- Networking fundamentals
- Basic scripting (Bash, Python)
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Agile and Scrum methodologies
Version Control
- Git
- GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket
- Branching strategies (e.g., GitFlow, Trunk-Based Development)
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Terraform
- CloudFormation (for AWS)
- ARM templates (for Azure)
- Pulumi
Configuration Management
- Ansible
- Puppet
- Chef
- Salt
Containerization
- Docker
- Docker Compose
- Container security
- Image optimization
Container Orchestration
- Kubernetes
- Docker Swarm
- OpenShift
- Helm (Kubernetes package manager)
CI/CD
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
- GitHub Actions
- CircleCI
- ArgoCD
- Tekton
Monitoring and Logging
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
- Datadog
- Jaeger (for distributed tracing)
- Splunk
Cloud Platforms
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Multi-cloud strategies
Security
- DevSecOps principles
- Security scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, OWASP ZAP)
- Compliance as Code
- Secret management (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Serverless
- AWS Lambda
- Azure Functions
- Google Cloud Functions
- Serverless Framework
Performance and Scalability
- Load testing (e.g., JMeter, Gatling)
- Auto-scaling strategies
- Caching mechanisms
- Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
Collaboration and Documentation
- Confluence
- Jira
- Notion
- Technical writing skills
Soft Skills
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork
- Continuous learning