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DevOps Roadmap

Step by step guide for DevOps, SRE or any other Operations Role in 2026

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What is DevOps?

DevOps Learn a Programming Language Python Ruby Go Rust JavaScript / Node.js Personal Recommendation / Opinion Alternative Option - Pick this or Purple Order in Roadmap not Strict - Learn anytime Operating System Linux Unix Ubuntu / Debian SUSE Linux RHEL / Derivatives FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Windows Terminal Knowledge Process Monitoring Performance Monitoring Networking Tools Text Manipulation Bash Power Shell Vim / Nano / Emacs Scripting Version Control Systems Git VCS Hosting GitHub GitLab Bitbucket What is and how to setup X? Forward Proxy Firewall Nginx Tomcat Apache Caddy IIS Caching Server Load Balancer Reverse Proxy Containers Docker LXC Cloud Providers AWS Azure Google Cloud Digital Ocean Alibaba Cloud Hetzner Heroku Contabo FTP / SFTP DNS HTTP HTTPS SSL / TLS SSH White / Grey Listing SMTP DMARC IMAP SPF POP3S Domain Keys Email Protocols OSI Model Networking & Protocols Serverless Vercel Cloudflare Azure Functions AWS Lambda Netlify Provisioning AWS CDK CloudFormation Pulumi Terraform Configuration Management Ansible Chef Puppet CI / CD Tools GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins Circle CI Octopus Deploy TeamCity Secret Management Sealed Secrets Cloud Specific Tools Vault SOPs Infrastructure Monitoring Zabbix Prometheus Datadog Grafana Logs Management Elastic Stack Graylog Splunk Papertrail Container Orchestration GKE / EKS / AKS AWS ECS / Fargate Docker Swarm Artifact Management Artifactory Nexus Cloud Smith GitOps ArgoCD FluxCD Service Mesh Istio Consul Linkerd Envoy Cloud Design Patterns Availability Data Management Design and Implementation Management and Monitoring Have a look at the following relevant roadmaps Backend Docker Kubernetes Linux Visit the Beginner Version Loki Kubernetes Web Server Editors GCP Functions Observability Jaeger New Relic Datadog Prometheus OpenTelemetry Find the detailed version of this roadmap along with other similar roadmaps roadmap.sh ESO Dynatrace Salt OpenShift

Frequently Asked Questions

To become a DevOps Engineer, you need to have a combination of technical and soft skills. Technical skills include knowledge of programming languages, automation tools, containerization, cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management tools, and monitoring and logging tools.

Soft skills include communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and adaptability. After all, you'll be dealing with multiple actors, both from the different dev teams you interact with and from ops teams looking to ensure smooth operations and robust performance.

Gain experience by working on DevOps projects, develop a DevOps mindset, get certified, and apply for DevOps Engineer positions by highlighting your DevOps skills and experience in your resume.