60-Day DevOps Expert Roadmap

Goal: Become job-ready in DevOps in 60 days

Time Commitment: ~3 hours/day

Structure: 5 Phases — Foundations, Core Tools, Systems Thinking, Mastery Projects,

Validation & Branding

Track your progress: Use a checkbox or strike-through to mark completion.

Phase 1: Foundations (Days 1–10)

Day Topic Resource Task

1 Linux CLI Basics [Link] Practice navigating

[Link], files & directories
[Link]
.org/wargames/ban
dit/

2 Permissions & [Link] Manage user/group

Processes [Link]/lesson/permi access
ssions

3 Bash Scripting [Link] Automate file

wyp2NG-bY backups

4 Networking Basics [Link] Use ping, traceroute,

[Link]/paths dig
/full-stack-
javascript/courses/f
oundations

5 Git Fundamentals [Link] Create & push repo

[Link]/git/tutorials

6 Branching & PRs [Link] Create pull request

com/en/pull-
requests

7 Docker Basics [Link] Dockerize simple

-iBn73dDE app
8 Docker Compose [Link] Use multiple
com/compose/ containers

9 GitHub Actions CI [Link] Build & deploy app

com/en/actions

10 Terraform Basics [Link] Provision EC2 or S3

[Link]/terraf bucket
orm/tutorials/aws-
get-started

Phase 2: Core DevOps Tools (Days 11–25)

Day Topic Resource Task

11 AWS Basics [Link] Launch EC2

[Link]/learn/c
ourse/13456

12 IAM Roles [Link] Create user with

[Link]/IAM/lates least privilege
t/UserGuide/introd
[Link]

13 Terraform + AWS [Link] VPC and instance

[Link]/terraf setup
orm/tutorials/aws-
get-started

14 Jenkins Setup [Link] Build automation

KCS70sCoK0 pipeline

15 Secrets [Link] Store & access

Management [Link]/vault/ secrets
docs

16 Prometheus [Link] Monitor

Monitoring io/docs/introductio CPU/memory
n/overview/

17 Grafana Dashboards [Link] Visualize metrics

/docs/

18 Docker Registry [Link] Push image to

com/registry/ registry
19 Multi-stage Builds [Link] Optimize Dockerfile
com/build/building
/multi-stage/

20 Load Balancing [Link] Use Nginx or AWS

com/resources/glos ALB
sary/load-
balancing/

21 CI Pipeline in [Link] Create Jenkinsfile

Jenkins [Link]/doc/book/pipel
ine/

22 Infrastructure [Link] Automate infra

Provisioning [Link]/language using modules

23 Configuration [Link] Automate server

Management .com/ setup

24 Docker Security [Link] Scan images for

n/docker-security/ vulnerabilities

25 IaC with Compliance [Link] Integrate policy as

[Link]/ code

Phase 3: Systems Thinking (Days 26–40)

Day Topic Resource Task

26 Kubernetes Basics [Link] Deploy app with

8VuDVv0do Minikube

27 kubectl & YAML [Link] Write deployment

o/docs/home/ YAML

28 Helm Basics [Link] Package app as

s/intro/quickstart/ chart

29 Observability [Link] Add app metrics

io/docs/introductio
n/overview/

30 Grafana Setup [Link] Connect Grafana to

/docs/ Prometheus

31 Logging with Loki [Link] Setup logging

/oss/loki/
32 ELK Stack [Link] Centralized logging
.co/what-is/elk-
stack

33 Scaling [Link] Configure HPA

Deployments o/docs/concepts/w
orkloads/controller
s/deployment/

34 Fault Tolerance [Link] Multi-AZ

.com/architecture/ deployment
well-architected/

35 Service Mesh [Link] Deploy Istio and

t/docs/ route traffic

Phase 4: Mastery Projects (Days 41–55)

Day Topic Resource Task

41 CI/CD Pipeline [Link] Setup full pipeline

[Link]/playlist?list
=PLy7NrYWoggjziY
QIDorlXjTvvwweTY
oNC

42 Terraform Infra [Link] Deploy 3-tier app

Project gruntwork-
io/terraform-up-
and-running-code

43 Environments [Link] Separate

(Dev/Prod) [Link]/terraf environments
orm/tutorials/aws-
get-started/aws-
build

44 Secrets in CI/CD [Link] Inject secrets into

[Link]/docs pipelines

45 Secure IaC [Link] Scan Terraform files

o/learn/infrastructu
re-as-code-security/
46 Cost Optimization [Link] Tag resources
.com/aws-cost-
management/

47 Incident Response [Link] Run outage

[Link]/sre/ simulation

48 GitOps Basics [Link] Automate via Git

.works/technologies
/gitops/

49 ArgoCD Setup [Link] Setup GitOps

[Link]/e deployment
n/stable/

50 Capstone Planning [Link] Plan final project

[Link]

51 Capstone Build Day - Start building full-

1 stack CI/CD project

52 Capstone Build Day - Add monitoring and

2 autoscaling

53 Capstone Build Day - Implement GitOps

3 and secrets

54 Capstone Polish - Documentation &

security checks

55 Capstone Review - Peer review and

prepare for demo

Phase 5: Validation & Branding (Days 56–60)

Day Topic Resource Task

56 Mock Certification [Link] Practice exam: CKA

om or AWS

57 Portfolio Setup [Link] Deploy your

[Link] projects
[Link]

58 Blog Series [Link] Share your DevOps

m, journey
[Link]
 m

59 LinkedIn Branding [Link] Update headline &

m profile

60 Job Applications [Link] Apply to 10+

m, DevOps roles
[Link]