Charlie Hofner

Most DevOps roadmaps are 80% hype. Here’s the one that actually gets you hired in 2026 👇 I’ve seen 100+ DevOps interview loops at top companies. This is the EXACT roadmap that consistently works: Phase 1 - Linux Fundamentals Not everything. Just what actually matters for DevOps: • Filesystem & permissions • Processes & signals • Networking basics (ports, curl, netstat) • Package managers • Bash scripting If you can’t debug Linux, you can’t do DevOps. Phase 2 - Containers (In This Exact Order) 1️⃣ Docker 2️⃣ Kubernetes 3️⃣ Helm No shortcuts. Master image building → container networking → volumes → Then orchestration → deployments → services → ingress → Then packaging with Helm. Most people try to skip Docker. That’s why they struggle in Kubernetes interviews. Phase 3 - CI/CD Start with GitHub Actions. It’s modern. It’s everywhere. It’s easier to learn. Understand: • Pipelines • Runners • Artifacts • Secrets management • Deployment workflows Then learn Jenkins, but only if your target job requires it. Phase 4 - Cloud (AWS Core) You don’t need 200 services. For 80% of interviews, you need: • Amazon EC2 • Amazon S3 • AWS IAM • Amazon VPC • Amazon RDS If you deeply understand these 5, you can design most real-world systems. Phase 5 - Observability If you can’t monitor it, you can’t run it. Learn: • Prometheus • Grafana • Basic alerting • Metrics vs logs vs traces Most junior engineers skip this. Senior engineers get hired because of this. This roadmap isn’t trendy. It’s practical. It’s built from real interview signal. Want the full visual roadmap PDF (clean, printable, structured)? Like, Share & Comment “DEVOPS-ROADMAP” and I’ll share it.

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