
DevOps Specialist
About This Course
Course Description
A comprehensive program designed to build expertise in DevOps practices, tools, and methodologies. Students will learn to implement continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure, and maintain secure, scalable systems using modern DevOps tools and practices.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines
- Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure
- Apply infrastructure as code principles
- Implement containerization and orchestration
- Monitor and optimize system performance
- Apply DevSecOps practices
- Automate development and operations processes
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of programming concepts
- Command line interface familiarity
- Basic networking knowledge
- Understanding of basic system administration
Assessment Structure
- Hands-on labs (40%)
- Project assignments (30%)
- Final project (30%)
Course Materials
- Lab environments
- Infrastructure templates
- Configuration scripts
- Documentation templates
- Best practice guides
Technical Requirements
- Laptop with minimum 16GB RAM
- Linux/Unix environment (native or VM)
- Cloud platform accounts (AWS free tier)
- Docker Desktop
- Required software tools
Support Resources
- Hands-on workshops
- Office hours
- Discussion forums
- Troubleshooting sessions
- Mentoring support
Additional Tools
- AWS CLI
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins/GitLab CI
- Monitoring tools