Month 1: Foundation and AWS Fundamentals
Week 1-2: DevOps Core Concepts
- Understanding DevOps philosophy and culture
- Linux system administration fundamentals
- Shell scripting (Bash, Python)
- Git and GitHub advanced workflows
- Basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
Week 3-4: AWS Core Services
- AWS Global Infrastructure understanding
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) architecture
- EC2 and EBS fundamentals
- S3 and storage solutions
- RDS and database services
Month 2: Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
Week 1-2: Infrastructure Automation
- Terraform fundamentals and best practices
- AWS CloudFormation deep dive
- Infrastructure versioning strategies
- State management and remote state
- Module development and reusability
Week 3-4: Configuration Management
- Ansible for AWS automation
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS OpsWorks
- Configuration drift detection
- Infrastructure testing strategies
Month 3: Containerization and Orchestration
Week 1-2: Container Technologies
- Docker fundamentals and best practices
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
- Container security and optimization
- Multi-stage builds
- Container networking and storage
Week 3-4: Kubernetes and EKS
- Kubernetes architecture and components
- Amazon EKS deployment and management
- Kubernetes operators and custom resources
- Service mesh implementation (AWS App Mesh)
- Container monitoring and logging
Month 4: CI/CD and Automation
Week 1-2: CI/CD Pipeline Implementation
- AWS CodePipeline architecture
- AWS CodeBuild and CodeDeploy
- GitHub Actions integration with AWS
- Artifact management
- Pipeline security and compliance
Week 3-4: Advanced Automation
- AWS Lambda and serverless CI/CD
- AWS CDK for infrastructure
- Blue-green and canary deployments
- Feature flags and A/B testing
- Automated testing strategies
Month 5: Monitoring, Logging, and Security
Week 1-2: Observability
- Amazon CloudWatch deep dive
- AWS X-Ray for distributed tracing
- Prometheus and Grafana integration
- Log aggregation with OpenSearch
- Custom metrics and dashboards
Week 3-4: Security and Compliance
- AWS Security Hub
- AWS GuardDuty
- AWS WAF and Shield
- Compliance automation
- Security scanning and remediation
Month 6: Advanced Topics and Real-world Implementation
Week 1-2: Cost Optimization and Performance
- AWS Cost Explorer and Budgets
- Resource optimization strategies
- Performance monitoring and tuning
- FinOps practices
- Sustainability and green computing
Week 3-4: Modern DevOps Practices
- GitOps workflows with AWS
- Chaos engineering practices
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Incident response automation
- DevSecOps implementation
Practical Projects
- Multi-environment AWS infrastructure deployment
- Automated CI/CD pipeline for microservices
- Kubernetes cluster with monitoring stack
- Serverless application with full DevOps pipeline
- Security compliance automation system
AWS Certifications Path
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
Learning Resources
- AWS official documentation
- AWS Skill Builder
- Hands-on labs and workshops
- AWS community events
- Open source projects
Career Development
- Building a DevOps portfolio
- Contributing to AWS open source projects
- Technical blog writing
- AWS community participation
- Professional networking strategies
