DevOps & Cloud Computing: A Complete Career Roadmap
Everything you need to know about building a career in DevOps and Cloud Computing. From basics to advanced concepts.
The 2025 DevOps Engineer Roadmap
DevOps is no longer a "role"—it is a culture and a massive technical domain. Here is the roadmap to go from zero to a production-ready DevOps engineer.
Phase 1: Foundations (Month 1-2)
Linux Administration Master the command line. Understand processes, file systems, permissions, networking (TCP/IP, DNS), and shell scripting (Bash). This is the bedrock.
Networking Basics Understand HTTP/HTTPS, DNS resolution, load balancing concepts, firewalls, and VPNs.
Phase 2: Version Control & CI/CD (Month 2-3)
Git Mastery
Go beyond git add and git commit. Learn branching strategies (GitFlow, trunk-based), rebasing, cherry-picking, and resolving conflicts.
CI/CD Pipelines Build pipelines with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI. Understand stages: lint → test → build → deploy. Implement automated testing gates.
Phase 3: Containers & Orchestration (Month 3-5)
Docker Write optimized, multi-stage Dockerfiles. Understand layers, caching, networking, and volumes. Use Docker Compose for local multi-service environments.
Kubernetes Deploy, scale, and manage containers. Understand Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Helm charts.
Phase 4: Cloud & Infrastructure as Code (Month 5-7)
AWS / Azure / GCP Start with one. AWS is the market leader. Key services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFront.
Terraform Write declarative infrastructure. Manage state, use modules, and implement best practices for team environments.
Phase 5: Monitoring, Security & SRE (Month 7-9)
Monitoring & Observability Set up Prometheus + Grafana for metrics. Use the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) or Loki for logs. Implement distributed tracing.
Security Integrate security into the pipeline (DevSecOps). Use tools like Trivy for container scanning, SonarQube for code quality, and Vault for secrets management.
Conclusion
At Archer Infotech, our Cloud & DevOps course follows this exact roadmap with hands-on labs on real cloud infrastructure. We do not teach theory alone—we build real pipelines, deploy real applications, and prepare you for real interviews.