Platform Engineer Learning Path
Build, ship, and scale modern platforms in 7 months. Master the DevOps-to-Platform journey with real-world tools, automation, and GitOps practices that top teams use.
Why this path
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Become productive fast with a structured path from fundamentals to deployment.
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Learn cloud-agnostic platform skills that apply across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
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Build an interview-ready portfolio with automation-first, GitOps-driven projects.
Who it’s for
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Aspiring Platform Engineers and DevOps Engineers.
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System Administrators upskilling to modern infrastructure.
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Developers transitioning into SRE and cloud roles.
What you’ll master
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12-Factor microservice design, containerization, and orchestration.
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Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and configuration with Ansible.
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CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitOps deployments with Argo CD.
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Automation using Golang, Python, and shell scripting.
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Kubernetes-first operations for resilient, scalable apps.
Program journey (7 months)
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Month 1: DevOps fundamentals, Git, Linux basics, shell scripting.
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Month 2: Python basics for automation and tooling.
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Month 3: Golang foundations for platform utilities and services.
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Month 4: 12-Factor App, Docker for containerization, image best practices.
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Month 5: Kubernetes fundamentals, workloads, services, and RBAC essentials.
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Month 6: Ansible for configuration, Terraform for provisioning, environments.
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Month 7: Jenkins CI/CD, GitOps with Argo CD, capstone, interview prep, career readiness.
Modules and outcomes
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DevOps Prerequisite Course: Core concepts, pipelines, Git, Linux basics. Outcome: Confident with the DevOps toolchain and SDLC.
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12 Factor App: Principles for cloud-native, portable apps. Outcome: Design stateless services, config management, and disposability.
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Golang: Language basics, modules, concurrent routines for tooling. Outcome: Build reliable CLI tools and microservices.
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Python Basics Course: Scripting, modules, virtual environments, HTTP and file ops. Outcome: Automate tasks and write clean utilities.
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Shell Scripts for Beginners: Bash, control flow, cron jobs, log parsing. Outcome: Automate repetitive ops at the OS level.
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Docker for Absolute Beginners: Images, containers, networks, registries. Outcome: Build lean images and push to registries.
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Kubernetes for Beginners: Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, scaling. Outcome: Deploy and manage apps on clusters.
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Ansible for Beginners: Playbooks, roles, idempotency, inventory. Outcome: Consistent configuration across servers.
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Terraform for Beginners: Providers, resources, state, modules. Outcome: Provision infra reproducibly as code.
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Jenkins: Pipelines, stages, agents, secrets, approvals. Outcome: Build, test, and deploy with automated CI/CD.
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GitOps with ArgoCD: Declarative delivery, sync policies, rollbacks. Outcome: Version-controlled deployments at scale.
What you get
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Structured 7-month roadmap and curated resources.
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Assessments, quizzes, and a completion certificate.
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Interview prep, resume review, and job application guidance.

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