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DevOps / Cloud Engineer roadmap

Own the infrastructure the AI world runs on.

Someone has to run the GPUs. Cloud + Kubernetes + IaC skills are evergreen, deeply remote-friendly, and less saturated than pure SWE tracks.

What it pays

India: ₹8–18 LPA entry → ₹30–55 LPA experienced

Remote worldwide: $110k–$180k remote

Before you start

  • Linux comfort
  • One scripting language
  • Basic networking

The plan, phase by phase

1

Foundations

Weeks 1–8

Skills

Linux adminNetworking (DNS, TLS, HTTP)Bash scriptingGit deeplyAWS core: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC

Learn it free

Build: Host a real app on AWS with proper VPC, TLS, and backups.

Interview angle: 'Debug why this site is down' — layered troubleshooting thinking.

2

Containers & IaC

Weeks 9–18

Skills

Docker deeplyKubernetes concepts → real clustersTerraformCI/CD pipelinesMonitoring (Prometheus/Grafana)Incident response basics

Learn it free

Build: Full GitOps pipeline: push → test → build → deploy to K8s with monitoring dashboards.

Interview angle: Scenario-based: outages, scaling events, security incidents.

Remote-readiness checklist

  • Homelab or cloud portfolio with real uptime
  • Can write a postmortem

Portfolio proof you need

  • Terraform repo provisioning real infra
  • K8s deployment with monitoring
  • 1 incident postmortem write-up

Roadmap done? Now get the job.

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