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DevOps & GitOps Training
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Enterprise DevOps training covering CI/CD pipelines, GitOps with ArgoCD and FluxCD, DevSecOps, platform engineering, SRE practices, and infrastructure automation for modern software delivery teams.

DORA Elite
Performance Target
6 Labs
Hands-on Exercises
GitOps
Mastery
5 Days
Max Duration
Training Challenges

DevOps Training Challenges

CI/CD complexity, GitOps patterns, DevSecOps integration, and platform engineering create specialized training needs for modern software delivery teams.

CI/CD Pipeline Complexity

Building reliable CI/CD pipelines that handle testing, security scanning, artifact management, and multi-environment deployments requires deep expertise in pipeline design, tooling, and failure recovery patterns.

DevSecOps Integration

Integrating security into DevOps pipelines — SAST, DAST, container scanning, secrets detection, and compliance gates — requires specialized knowledge to implement without slowing delivery velocity.

GitOps at Scale

Implementing GitOps for Kubernetes with ArgoCD and FluxCD across multiple clusters and environments requires expertise in application synchronization, progressive delivery, and multi-cluster management.

Platform Engineering

Building internal developer platforms (IDPs) that abstract infrastructure complexity and provide self-service capabilities requires platform engineering expertise beyond basic DevOps tooling.

Tool Ecosystem Complexity

The DevOps ecosystem — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Tekton, Helm, Kustomize — is vast. Teams need structured training to choose and implement the right tools for their context.

DevOps Culture & Practices

DevOps transformation requires cultural change alongside technical skills. Teams need training in DevOps principles, SRE practices, blameless postmortems, and continuous improvement frameworks.

Course Overview

DevOps Training Programs

Comprehensive DevOps training covering CI/CD, GitOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, SRE, and cloud-native delivery from fundamentals through expert level.

CI/CD Pipeline Design

Comprehensive CI/CD training covering pipeline architecture, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, artifact management, and multi-environment deployment strategies.

GitOps with ArgoCD & FluxCD

GitOps training covering ArgoCD application management, FluxCD for infrastructure GitOps, progressive delivery with Argo Rollouts, and multi-cluster GitOps patterns.

DevSecOps

Security integration training covering SAST/DAST, container image scanning, secrets management, SBOM generation, and compliance gates in CI/CD pipelines.

Platform Engineering

Internal developer platform training covering Backstage, self-service infrastructure, golden paths, developer experience tooling, and platform team operating models.

Automation & Scripting

Automation training covering Bash, Python, Ansible, and shell scripting for infrastructure automation, configuration management, and operational runbook automation.

SRE & Observability

Site Reliability Engineering training covering SLOs/SLAs/SLIs, error budgets, incident management, chaos engineering, and observability-driven operations.

Container & Kubernetes DevOps

Container-native DevOps training covering Docker, Kubernetes deployments, Helm chart CI/CD, container registry management, and Kubernetes-native delivery patterns.

Cloud-Native DevOps

Cloud-native DevOps training covering AWS CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, GCP Cloud Build, and OCI DevOps for cloud-provider-native CI/CD implementations.

Learning Objectives

DevOps Skills You Will Gain

Design Enterprise CI/CD Pipelines

Design and implement production-grade CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI covering build, test, security scan, artifact publish, and multi-environment deployment stages.

Implement GitOps Workflows

Configure ArgoCD for application GitOps, implement FluxCD for infrastructure GitOps, and establish multi-cluster GitOps patterns with progressive delivery and automated rollbacks.

Integrate Security into Pipelines

Implement DevSecOps pipelines with SAST (Semgrep/SonarQube), container scanning (Trivy), secrets detection (Gitleaks), SBOM generation, and compliance policy gates.

Build Internal Developer Platforms

Design and implement internal developer platforms using Backstage, create golden path templates, implement self-service infrastructure, and establish developer experience metrics.

Implement SRE Practices

Define SLOs and error budgets, implement observability with Prometheus/Grafana, establish incident management processes, and apply chaos engineering for resilience validation.

Automate Infrastructure Operations

Implement infrastructure automation with Ansible, create operational runbooks as code, automate compliance checks, and build self-healing infrastructure patterns.

Target Audience

Who Should Attend

DevOps Engineers

Engineers implementing CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and infrastructure automation who need structured DevOps training to advance their platform engineering skills.

Platform Engineers

Engineers building internal developer platforms who need expertise in Backstage, golden paths, self-service infrastructure, and developer experience tooling.

Software Developers

Developers who want to understand DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and containerization to improve their development and delivery capabilities.

Security Engineers

Security professionals implementing DevSecOps practices, shift-left security, and compliance automation in CI/CD pipelines for enterprise software delivery.

SRE Engineers

Site Reliability Engineers implementing SLOs, error budgets, observability stacks, incident management, and chaos engineering for production reliability.

Engineering Managers

Engineering leaders driving DevOps transformation who need to understand DevOps principles, platform engineering models, and DevOps metrics for organizational change.

Curriculum

Course Curriculum Highlights

Module 1
DevOps Principles & Culture
  • DevOps Fundamentals
  • DORA Metrics
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Continuous Improvement
  • DevOps Transformation
Module 2
CI/CD with GitHub Actions & GitLab CI
  • Pipeline Architecture
  • GitHub Actions Workflows
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Artifact Management
  • Multi-Environment Deployments
Module 3
GitOps: ArgoCD & FluxCD
  • GitOps Principles
  • ArgoCD Applications
  • FluxCD Kustomizations
  • Argo Rollouts
  • Multi-Cluster GitOps
Module 4
DevSecOps & Security Automation
  • SAST with Semgrep
  • Container Scanning (Trivy)
  • Secrets Detection
  • SBOM Generation
  • Compliance Gates
Module 5
Containers & Kubernetes Delivery
  • Docker Best Practices
  • Helm Chart CI/CD
  • Kustomize Overlays
  • Container Registry
  • Kubernetes Deployments
Module 6
Infrastructure Automation
  • Ansible Playbooks
  • Configuration Management
  • Terraform Integration
  • Operational Runbooks
  • Self-Healing Patterns
Module 7
SRE & Observability
  • SLOs & Error Budgets
  • Prometheus & Grafana
  • Incident Management
  • Chaos Engineering
  • Postmortem Culture
Module 8
Platform Engineering & IDPs
  • Backstage Setup
  • Golden Path Templates
  • Self-Service Infrastructure
  • Developer Portals
  • Platform Metrics
Delivery Options

Flexible Training Delivery

DevOps Fundamentals

3-day DevOps fundamentals training covering CI/CD, GitOps, containers, and DevSecOps with hands-on pipeline labs.

Duration: 3 DaysFormat: Virtual / On-site

GitOps Bootcamp

Focused 2-day GitOps bootcamp covering ArgoCD, FluxCD, progressive delivery, and multi-cluster GitOps patterns with hands-on labs.

Duration: 2 DaysFormat: Virtual / On-site

DevSecOps Workshop

Specialized 2-day DevSecOps workshop covering security pipeline integration, container scanning, secrets management, and compliance automation.

Duration: 2 DaysFormat: Workshop

Corporate DevOps Program

Customized DevOps training aligned to your toolchain, platform architecture, and organizational DevOps maturity level.

Duration: 3–5 DaysFormat: On-site / Virtual
Hands-on Labs

Practical Lab Exercises

GitHub Actions CI/CD Lab

Duration: 120 min

Build a complete CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions covering build, test, Docker image build, security scan, and multi-environment deployment with approval gates.

ArgoCD GitOps Lab

Duration: 90 min

Deploy ArgoCD, configure application synchronization from Git, implement Argo Rollouts for canary deployments, and manage multi-environment GitOps workflows.

DevSecOps Pipeline Lab

Duration: 90 min

Integrate Trivy container scanning, Semgrep SAST, Gitleaks secrets detection, and OPA policy gates into a CI/CD pipeline with automated security reporting.

Helm Chart CI/CD Lab

Duration: 75 min

Create a Helm chart CI/CD pipeline with chart linting, testing with helm-unittest, chart publishing to OCI registry, and automated deployment to Kubernetes.

Ansible Automation Lab

Duration: 90 min

Write Ansible playbooks for server configuration, implement Ansible roles for reusability, and integrate Ansible with CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation.

SRE Observability Lab

Duration: 90 min

Define SLOs with Prometheus recording rules, implement error budget burn rate alerts, create Grafana SLO dashboards, and run a chaos engineering experiment with Chaos Mesh.

Technology Ecosystem

DevOps Technology Stack

GitHub Actions
CI/CD

GitHub Actions — cloud-native CI/CD automation with 15,000+ marketplace actions.

GitLab CI
CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD — integrated DevOps platform with built-in CI/CD, security, and registry.

ArgoCD
GitOps

ArgoCD — declarative GitOps continuous delivery for Kubernetes application management.

FluxCD
GitOps

FluxCD — GitOps toolkit for Kubernetes infrastructure and application delivery automation.

Jenkins
CI/CD

Jenkins — extensible open-source automation server for complex enterprise CI/CD pipelines.

Ansible
Automation

Red Hat Ansible — agentless automation for configuration management and application deployment.

Trivy
Security

Trivy — comprehensive vulnerability scanner for containers, IaC, and cloud configurations.

Prometheus
Monitoring

Prometheus — metrics collection and alerting for SRE observability and SLO tracking.

Backstage
IDP

Backstage — open-source internal developer portal for building internal developer platforms.

Terraform
IaC

Terraform — infrastructure as code integrated into DevOps pipelines for automated provisioning.

Learning Journey

Your 9-Phase DevOps Learning Journey

01

Training Needs Assessment

Evaluate current DevOps maturity, assess CI/CD toolchain, identify skill gaps across pipeline design, GitOps, security, and SRE, and define learning objectives aligned to your DevOps strategy.

02

Skills Gap Analysis

Map existing development and operations competencies against required DevOps skills, prioritizing learning areas for maximum delivery velocity and platform engineering impact.

03

Learning Path Design

Design structured DevOps learning paths from CI/CD fundamentals through GitOps, DevSecOps, and platform engineering, sequenced to build knowledge progressively.

04

Curriculum Planning

Develop customized DevOps curriculum aligned to your toolchain (GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins), Kubernetes platform, and organizational DevOps transformation objectives.

05

Instructor-Led Sessions

Deliver engaging DevOps training with experienced practitioners, live pipeline demonstrations, and interactive architecture discussions on real DevOps environments.

06

Hands-on Labs

Reinforce learning through practical labs covering CI/CD pipelines, ArgoCD GitOps, DevSecOps integration, Ansible automation, Helm chart delivery, and SRE observability.

07

Practical Assessments

Evaluate DevOps knowledge through pipeline design challenges, GitOps implementation exercises, and scenario-based assessments covering enterprise DevOps patterns.

08

Certification Preparation

Prepare for relevant DevOps certifications (CKA, GitLab CI/CD, AWS DevOps Professional) with practice exams and instructor guidance on certification-specific topics.

09

Continuous Learning & Enablement

Establish ongoing DevOps learning programs with access to updated content covering new tooling releases, DORA metrics tracking, and advanced platform engineering specialization.

Business Outcomes

Training Outcomes & Results

DORA Elite
Performance Target
6 Labs
Hands-on Exercises
90%+
Satisfaction Rate
5 Days
Max Course Duration
GitOps
Mastery
100%
Hands-on Labs
Certification Path

DevOps Certifications

Professional

AWS DevOps Engineer Professional

AWS DevOps certification covering CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, and incident management on AWS.

Expert

Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

Azure DevOps certification covering CI/CD, GitOps, and DevSecOps on Azure.

Foundation

CKA — Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Kubernetes administration certification as foundation for Kubernetes-native DevOps.

Associate

GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate

GitLab CI/CD certification for pipeline design and DevOps automation.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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